https://mrlocalhistory.org/bridgewater-copper-mines/ History and Gossip from New Jersey Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:17:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://mrlocalhistory.org/bridgewater-copper-mines/#comment-232677 Sat, 18 Oct 2025 19:28:38 +0000 https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=37418#comment-232677 I used to climb the mountain to the top where the mine opening was below, which was covered with truckloads of rocks at the time so no one could gain entrance. I could see my house from there (on Glenwood Terrace). Parked cars looked like matchbox toys from that height. I could also see Somerset hospital, and my school (Bridgewater-Raritan High School) from the top of the mountain. Stanley Tomaleski built the houses in our neighborhood and he used stone loaded with turquoise colored copper when he built the roads. It was so beautiful.

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