Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-05-17
Number 25.

- VINToN CoUNTr 'FuRNAoEs.- IA cor
respondent of the McArtkdr5 Herald
gives the following valuable informaiiis=
concerning the new Furnaces in Fintol
county, 7-9 aei sgzza ssa3! geoss1
Mr. EDrroE:-tha have Just visited three
Of the recently Constructed Iron Fur.
naces in this county, viz; the Vinton,
Eagle and Hamden, and would offer
your readers the following brief state.
ment of what Isaw and learned respec.
ting them: z 80 =
The "Yinton went into operation last
November, and has produced 800 tons
OF excellent iron, superior to that made
along the Ohio River. The works were
not in blast, but the stack, machinery
and Furnace buildings, were Of the best
kind. and admirably located for conye.
nience, on the Elk fork of Raccon,
about II miles from the Marietta and
Cincinnati Railroad.
"a Besides so neat and commodious
dwellings for the hands, L noticed a
Meeting House, School House, and the
new dwelling house Of Mr.. Newkirk, the
gentlemanly manager. which for situa-
ton and elegance is equal to any pri-
vate residence in the county; a large
brick building. containing the Compa-
ny's Office, store, warehouse, &C., an ex-
tensive wagon and smith shop, several
barns and granaries, &c. The entire
situation and all the improvements ap-
peared to be such as to secure the high
est degree of convenience and advan-
'tage.
Their school is regarded with special
care, and numbers ninety scholars,
while religious service, at least twice on
each Sabbath, is regularly attended by
those connected with the Furnace estab-
lishment.
Here, too, respectable physician has
located himself, and, including other
Furnaces and the adjacent country is
doing a lucrative business.
Four miles from "Vinton," in a SOU
thern direction, is the Eagle Furnace,
with which I was also much pleased
Mr.. Brown, the present manager, poin-
ted out to me during my brief stay the
principle objects of interest and with
him l passed through the Furnace bull.
dings. and had my attention directed to
his excellent machinery, then in full
operation.
Four miles from the Eagle, in the di.
rection to Charleston, or rather, Ham.
den, is the Hamden Furnace, which, as
it was not in operation, I only observed
as | could in passing by. All the i'm
provements, and particularly the stack
and the structures Immediately connec~
ted with it, were of the best kind.
Each of the above Furnaces is situa-
ted in the midst of the so called red
limestone ore, with several thousand
acres of well well timbered land at
tached.
No part of Southern Ohio, so noted
for its production of iron, combines so
so many advantages for operating sue
cessfully in the iron business, as Vinton
county. The best quality of ore is sup
posed to exist here in greater propor-
ton, than any other point. These in
exhaustible mines of wealth are being
made accessible by means of the Mari
eta .& Cincinnati, and the Scioto &
Valley Railroads, now in pro-
cess of construction along the Mineral
Belt. -
The samelands contain excellent stone
coal, in veins ranging from three so sew
en- feet in thickness,--the development
Of which will soon form an important
feature in the Railroad operations in
his part of the State. ca-
Capital seeking profitable investment
can here find an ample field, with every
of the most gratifying success.
W.