The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-03
Important rreasury Circaisv.

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SIR This department has beer funilhed with undoubt-
ed evidence thai there great difference between iran
rora dgeu Mines In The United Sales In he degree and
curing the LIT ,ossioo, sppTo riasa he ~ CT Joe %
teri The doereni irons 10 hls country IN aartcular
hoe experiments shall establish the important fac: test
have IRON. entirely or nearly prof sgars. tie caro-
son cf oxygen viii multiply me uses OF zach iron 20
very ona.as'Ioc extent fos PURPOSES 70 which no.
many purposes FOR which iron ls nov used.
The very large cxier, to which this Material
public buildings, erecting NJ Of many mIl,oas Of
dollars annually, under tbs department, renders u q
for TIE lopEss, period nc action o. oxygen Is hoped
thai the great interest the ron masters Fave In the result
OF tbs experiment will be oontidsredS sufficient apology
fortc9uosunG samples Of their ron, and The ores from
wnicn they arc made.
have therefore 70 request that yod viii forward 70 this
department, by mai o. express, Two three small
pies Or iron and ,smyie OF orc from each OF the irei
voiKed by y0g-lhe samples II Iron net u exceed
quarter Of polnd each ami ne ore no. 70 eTcead hall
pound IL weight ! would ssC request Information
following pcint viz line cxent OF the dcpa --i.ch
tee Of rrin2 orelr nsifncc from fa'nzce and tsrce
e. furnace from and mode OF rSrpporaaou tnenSe
The fuel esedrcAye c0si CT charcoal COKE Grade 81
luminous ard Anthracite ironklnd or nGs snd Is cost
Ac.h scaacJ Of esstabis hca and tue amount OF iron
psse-ced eurrg TIC los, year, and what would pe cspa
he Of producing under ready sale and remunsra.ng
Isices- any pecrlesilY 81 he ron prod1csdw hethrr
iho-o rolling mills 10 tEe vicinity, and what descrp
oas o ron they Fci-o Tba purposez moot CT the pro-
dscts G yorr furnaces spped, aud descrprou
OF ron the neni meat prndaoeswben di your
ruts arst &c irto orersuanrns has bse7 tho annual
rrodrc1cr, ard what ne ruling prja each year sHrs
yoCF 9orhE lfti k-1gleG You wl peAss give The
Slate ant county IN witch your run rhine .ra ed, ana
the 61Ar your feel IN transported An Il ia the nlen-
Ven O. ibe Department, 10 furnish with Ire resu OF
he experiments you -iil ples c name he POST od.s
through sh.rh 10 addrcn you. II yon srow Of suy
ere 10 vo-r ighborhcoc interested IN tue iron busl.
refs who does not receive eo3y OF ths ls,er,
VIII fcrwrrd he address win b. ssnl to him You
vii rcraro tire ysuo of the Information ~bsa you TeesC
ups TIC growing i7por',ncc q nc oa utore's q se
cocrr.a fsc Attributable, 10 no snail degree, 10 the
rirod ic % rcn iu5rstute Tor other naerils Ia
or rub y buildings
me pccy OF sso-cng eucoursT This grea, ne-
by promoting - pro iucicr aud Increasing 10
symptom, ben comm snced by the gov eni and
had The sne within view it, further dsyelcpeuer.
Thil circuls- viii be sddYeesed 10 persons not imme
cxiuly connected with iron eats 5sh merits, "a he-
Ee-ed thrt here vii DC not ony rilllngneu bet m
anxiety the part or every one 70 advance lie ob,ecs
sbioh The Dspartnsriyhhs IN view.
am dcriors OF obtaining tie information asked for
The earliest pfsciieal moment Very sfaliy your
osed.sni ttFvsri, HOWELL C0H5.
Secrc rry cf iae rreasury