Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-07-17
EXTRACT or ALETTER TO LEWIS Inns
FORD OF THIS COUNTY


The Ami E1lam iron works owned hy John Nc.
Pnorsun Brcu. Ia are located on Ami Ealam creek
II Washington county, Nd about 1000 wards above
ils junction with ihc pr.cmlck and about three
uIics below h'phcrisiDwu, Va. The head aud "a n
Is ah'ri twenty one feet Next 10 The dam Is a saw
mill, built on au improved plan, the water wheel is
Hurlccn feet hirh and eight feet wide. AMI drives
The saw mill shil-lc, s,nye and jpiuius mae htnc,
Next hc furnace bellows wheel, twenty feet high
ari tour IrcI wide, this blows furnace which makes
7 from forty 10 sixty tons Of metal per week. The
nan "cI"ry wheel is sixteen fee high aud nine feet
"ti', md Gslycs nineteen nail and spike machines
WIN me necessary cutters - prepare the Tlatcs; all
SIZES a'r 'u nu two penny mills up 10 seven inch
"r.s'sEs.'H uIlr IL every description and will tnrn
"a' F's week fran i1nr 90 Eve hundred kegs The
oil factory w-s burned % ashcs on the 25fh OF Anil
s nov rr'GI.t increased in skr, and in successful
op ration Juuc 22I. 1871 Next is six fred f,rre
NitI n p'aa1russ mountaineering with lis fixtures
which lrc 900 cgsi iron. twenty tons driven by
water wheel sixteen feet hirh an eight feet WIDE
I The C.I.ry hammer wheel is - feet hsh aud liyc
/ ea, wide. Tho tND forge he.l'Vs wheel. arc each
seventeen !ryl H.4l and four feet wide The roll.
lrg m wheel D. i..rirou feet high and twenty feet
vide. ('nt aI over srnlh this turns rolls that rolls
every -. iron inch .Igures down 10 half iurh,
and rounds of sam" s. .za-gl>u lar IRON fom 4 bv
inches. down 20 bv It M iu.h. Mil rpIs ol
different szr. with mil pilates oi every description.
NgNi IS merchant mill with four ran OF French
'u-rs. driven b. wp water whers. each II fec,
high, auI ipHr leg' wio, aud GIcgu aad "A half feet
high AMI ntr feet lls. These are both over o,s
ihc va'n OF Iac WORKS arc driven from the same
r9cc. vhi 10 ! 81 p Cd by a strong Wal next the
work., Iia 90 wafer cement an presents al one view
an establishment which rC!iscs great credit on the
Owner, wa', a.11us3 raised Ia case and aiIlIcncc
r'mAars 90 himself more energy. pers, verilg H..
dnsF instant attention 30 hiu,n IS !han any man
tsiml'ar'y sliulied) lial ever knew There IS a
convenient na-pa % lhc canal go yard, Gon the
works. where the ore stone coal aud lumber Is nm
loaded and The Pg, bar round, squire. ulate and
mop irol Is pat on b1arl ho1is belonging 10 The e.
1blIshmcnt and sent Oft 10 their q frcrt mint, oc
destination. In addition 90 the works a 'resdv nam,
cd, there arc thfee pudding furnaces &. an air fur
mace Tue establishment furnishes cmpIuyru,nt for
about 2jO white hands with an adi!onaI force al
about O. slaves, who are treated with rre,, Ienitv
aud vol cl1aIhcd, md fed by a very humane mas.
ter MAJ % lhcir hIiy day glr5 few free cuured ner
nns can compare with them in pint ordr,ss. The
ore thai supplies his place Is dug from Mr. q : own
la"d. converted d" pig metal castings, dii square
roUnd .a'e and hoop nn. nail ro!s, aud nails ofalI
dcscrirtp"; his rolls cls, turned ana ranlireI
Hi ihe WORKS. which assisted r their orc rli:ons
b. tire ailiiIa $40 bar,snth shy2.. vi.h many
other shops re es1ry TO well rcsul ued iron works
Respectfully J. c. II.