Ceredo crescent. [volume] (Ceredo, Va.) 1857-1861, 1859-01-15

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| to obtain in1segard to the coal beds Of Wes-
| tern Virsinia, and il shows how deeply Gin
cinnati herself is interested in the DEVELOPS
ment of these. mineral resources. Doubtless,
the consumption of coal is to increase very rap.
idly through the growth Of manufactures, aud
nasmuch as the river must be depended upon
in the main, for the cheap transportation OF
coal, it must be a matter. Of great importance
that mines so much nearer the city than those
of Pittsburg, should be freely wrought, and
especially when from this point Gu the Ohio,
coal can often be shipped to Cincinnati when
none can be obtained from above These facts
Indicate very clearly that if the writer whom |
have quoted, is correct ih regard to the guam
tity or quality of coal, and its proximity to
nay,gable water, then Western Virginia offers
very attractive field for capital and skill in
this one department ofiudustry and commerce.
Nor should the recent introduction and success
of the coal oil be overlooked in these calcuia-
tons. Present irdicaions would lead to the
conclusion that this is to supersede, in great
measure all other iight-sviug fluids, both from
its safety, its cheapuess and the brillancy aud
softness of its light and if so then it will great
Ily increase the consumption Of thsee kinds o.!
coal from which il is manufactured.
The iroa orc found in connection with the
coal, aud the unusual facilities which this coun
try offers for the manufacture aud sale OF rari-
ous kinds of irons, should also DO considered
among the inducements which it offers to settlers
Throughout a wide region in the val!ies of the
Kauawha, Coal, Guyaudotte aud Twelve Pole
rivers. the lands are fich, not only in coal, bu
also in that kind ce ,iyon which is usually
associated with it--aualagous in character t.
that of the best ore OF the British coal heids
The lands which afford the iron and coal eau
now be purchased, it is said at from five dollars
, to twenty-five dollars per acre, while inferior
/ coal lands in Ohio have been sold. as IS stated
/ for three hundred dollars per acre this value
r arising from their accessible position. So
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|. eral lands, yieldinr<eoal and iron, abundance o
!, wood for the making Of charcoal, and cheaI
. TRANSFORMATION both for the raw material ant
, the manufactured article Indecd no reason
, offers why the country should not be thickll
: studded with blast furnaees aud mlls tor th'
, man atacture Of all descriptions of iron, anl
that these great natural advantages aud reSour
ces have remained 50 long uncared for or un
known, shows how completely slave-labor sys
TEN has excluded all proper activity and enter
j prise from the regions which it has crossed
Free labor steam and machinery will speedil!
change the whole aspect of this land, and fill i
with the busy life of varied industry, such as it
riches warrant. 1t is stated on apparently goot
! authority, that many Of the iron furnaces o.
, Ohio and Kentucky have transported, first thel
charcoal and iron ore several miles, to their fur
naees, and then the pig iron from ten to twent,
miles to the Ohio or Big Sandy rivers, aud ye
have made fair profits upon the business, wheI
t thus conducted 1t is doubtless true in othc
r portions Of the country, for instance in Massa
. chusetts, charcoal has been transported from
five to ten miles to the furnace, the iron or
, iye miles, aud then the manufactured iron sen
: by teams twenty five miles to navigable water
and vet the business has made the owner
) wealthy. These facts 90 to demonstrate that 1
GOOD iron ore coal aud wood, are found in HIr
ginia contiguous to each other, and all on, o
I very near navigable streams, then investment
: in the manufacture of iron in that region, otte
, promise of rich returns. | find the folowln!
8 statements made BY the same writer whom
T have Quoted already, and which are interesting
e THE iron manufactures Of Cincinnati occup.
Sites of the city property adjacent to the River
and worth from one hundred to two hundre'
c dollars per foot, frontage. The concerns pay
ing heavy city taxation, buying their Goals frou
I Pittsburg, Ohio aud Virginia coal boats at seve
t to ten csnts per bushel, aud their pig iron from
| the furnaces of Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee
r at about thirty dollars per ton Current rates,
they nevertheless continue in the business an'
. some of them have realized handsome fortune:
in few years.
: How much cheaper could manufactured iror
! be made here, where the land costs nothing fo
| crections, the timber only the price Of cuttin:
and preparing it, fuel and pig iron on the spot
and no city payments. The saving in fuel alon
would be nearly three and half dollars in tn
ton of iron A blast furnace to smelt the or
into pig iron, with all the necessary equipments
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