The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-03-17


cure to them handsome sums, we hope
those who now hold stock in locations
which have turned out well, will hold to
it. We are among those who believe
that the richness of ore in copper and sil-
yer will not fail, and we wish to see the
wealth realised from the mines secured TO
our own citizens. Some who have sold
and received large sums for part their
stock, certainly have no inducement 10
sell now when the prospects are far more
fattering than they ever were.
We have several times alluded to the
project of building Furnaces for smelling
the ores, and mills for manufacturing the
copper in this city. The great advanta-
ges which we possess in every respect
ought certainly TO induce our copper stock
I holders to do this. Look at our location.
We are precisely at that point from
whence we can supply the entire South
West, West, North West, and North at
the lowest rates with the manufactured
article. We not only have access to all
these sections, but freights, as every busi-
ness man knows, are a mere trlfie, because
we can ship TO any point at the most fa-
vorable time. The facility for getting the
ore is also great. 1t can be brought to
this city from Erie or Cleveland at very
low rates, much lower than it can be sent
to Boston. Look at the price of coal
any quantity at 81 per ton, and even less
and that of the very best quality. Then
there is the difference in the freight from
Boston. The copper now sold here and
in the West is brought from that city;
but an article manufactured here, would
at once take possession of the entire mark
cts enumerated above-iust as our Cot
ton mills have excluded erstern yarns
from the western market. Ii is impossi-
bic to specify the great advantage OF
smelling our own ores and manufacturing
our own copper, in SO brief an article as
this. We are pleased to know, however,
| that one of our citizens, who, when he
undertakes work, never fails to carry ii
through, has the matter in hand, and Sc
riously contemplates prosecuting it. He
is genuine Pittsburghcr; and will do his
best to multiply her sources of wealth.
We have thus rapidly sketched this
new and inviting field in which our city
is now much interested. We have strong
hopes that those Of our citizens individu-
ally interested will endeavor to make our
own city the great seat of. copper manu-
featuring in the West. 1t is so obviously
their interest TO do it, we think the SUBJ
ject needs only to be brought to their
consideration to lead to decision. But
some one must take the lead. The furna-
ces and mills must be built, whether by
the gentleman we have taken the liberty
J 10 allude &c, or a company. If by the
latter, and charter is necessary, the pre-
sent session of the Legislature is as favor
able period as and to procure it. The
cost will be but little TO get it, and the
work can be prosecuted at leisure. In a
few months the veins worked by the
Pittsburgh companies will have yielded
some thousands of tons of ore, and if the
furnaces were erected this summer a
stock of ore sufficient to keep them in
operation during the winter could easily
be brought from the Lakes this summer.
The small Pittsburgh companies will
want to sell their ore or have it smelted;
and it would be to their interest TO bring
it home if smcltiug establishment were
in operation here.
These are the principal points which
will attract attention. The action of
Congress in relation TO the Canal at the
Sault, must be invoked Immediately, if
the work is 10 be done this summer, and
as as it would return hundreds per cent
to the Treasury, we think no diff
Guilty will be experienced in inducing
Government to undertake it.-Pittsburg
Gazette.