The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-17

vicinity; the unsarDsd miners supposed for some rsas
that the vein had nearly out and IL becAns esne
ly reported that the had III bsen exhausted Co.
Thomas W. Harvey Of this city, practical mnsrslogis4
asd gentleman we'll X own Of lreat experiences and skn
in he manufacture Of iron, Commenced geological
survey Of this whole region about the period Of the State
Geologs report, which resulted in only oonnrming
The various opinions Of the superiority this ore ovse
al Others but he also discovered eight separate ouorops
together with parallel veia Of the same speci mems Il
which having been snnayred proved to be the rohsse
and most valuable description for the manufacture Of the
finer qualities OF iron and steel-a located within .
fhsrt distance OF the continued line Of tho Harlem Raj
road, ard within fifty miles of New York and every
subsequent investigation has served to establish the fast
mors fully that these npe not only sord inexhaus-
ble supply o. ore but that its metallic richness has
never been surpassed in this any other couary-no<
even excepting the reno~ned Dannamora, which has
tisha'to stood drst in fame and quality.
The chemical composition OF the Swedish or Dapna-
niofs ore Is " per ccnt peroxide ard 81 per prot
oxoe oil non; white that OF the Harvey Company yields
eS FER cent protoxios Of Iron TO per cent Of sIsx
Fe1 The surface ore from the poorest outcrop yields g
per cent.
Tbs conpaDy has had one great difcuty to surmorxs
IN the estabshnent of this enterprise viz the prsu-
dice existing generally against all American steea Thas
objection hss heretofore well founded oI the fasS
hst suitable and uniform character OF could net
hitherto be obtained and hence the previously varabs
character Of 81 ercan steel. Tbs Harvey company
have been abe ron the great purity and superiority q
IT'S ores, combined with the beat scientific skill In :heg
manniactars to achieve and retain eminsnce the
productions of all competitors. Its steel been tested,
and now used with entire satisfaction by the owng
among various other individuals and manufactures
compsnes:-Ege Cutlery Company; Bsardsey scyths
Company; Winsted Manufacturing Company; and John
yknxA of nd r..
Brown Brothers, OF Waterbury; Devil scyths CompAs
Stevens Hoe Company; Plymouth Hoe Company Nauga-
tuck Hoe COMPANY; Hartford Tin Company; TAuntoa
Scythe Company, &c. &c Many Of the above companies
using this steel for all their and sthers fox
press dies and hammer dies which require the ssvcso
tests. Mr. Conover, Of Pleasant Valley, Barkhamstsd
writes" have used your steel for axes, adxes chisels
&c. &C., and pronounce it better than any Eng,sh sse1
ever saw and hereafter will other Steel" Nr.
Secor, agent for the AIlare Works in this city, Nh.
White agent of tho New York Iron Bridge Company a.A
several other gentlemen engaged in manufacturing ma
chinery, &c, upon extensive SCALE testify In tho
strongest terms to the superiority Of iron and steel mdo
| from the ore Of this company.
The new deoxdizing furnace invented by Cen Harvey
and conveyed to this company for its exclusive bene
is in successful operation By this process,
ing upon the production Of the best description Of ha
mered BE- made OF about fifty dollars per
the cost therefore, OF making iron ana STEEL osnS t1us
materially reduced is not only calculated to bring about
revolution in the whole iron interest Of the country. bat
1t plAoos this country fer beyond the reach Of any tar
and the laws OF nature remain unrepeAled the Harvey
Steel and Iron Company with its sixty millions Of eEs
above The water level aod it, Questionable quantity b.
low will DO able to make itself felt in the oommscss
the country by the export Of Its iron and steel and IT.
| ore, to Europe.
The company stll retains in its possession twcat0
Thousand shares Of the capital stock which ct the Pre-
sent par vaue is equsi to 5000 900. portion q this
may "a issued enable the company to extend ts vsE
and deveope its and manufactures more rapidly.
Thus far its operations have been upon limited soaa
and may be deemed advisable to make it, ressrvsa
capital available for the purpose Of increasing it, fAs
| ties for manufacturing.