M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-01-06
mineral Development Of Ohio.

Ina communication to the Ohio
Cultivator, Prof. W. W. Mather gives
the following facts in reference to the
"Minersl Development in Ohio."--
They are interesting to this portion
of the State:
'sOhio has made great progress in
productive industry of every kind, in
agriculture, in commerce. in manu-
factures, in mining and facilities for
transportation, since that time. Her
manufactures have been mainly de-
pendent on the development Of the
coal and iron interests, and increased
facilities for transportation, combined
with increased capital and popula-
tion. In one of the countless in which
detailed surveys were then made, l5
iron smelling furnaces have been e.
rected since that time within its then
territory, and successfully worked.
In 1888, the iron furnaces were
mainly in Lawrence and Scioto coun-
ties. Now there are Is in Lawrence
Co., 13 in Jackson, 8 in Scioto, 6 in
Vin!on, ! in Gallia, 2 in Athens, 3 in
locking, between Logan on the Hook.
iEg and Ironton on the Ohio, or 40
furnaces in the south part Of the
State. In 1888, there were 9 in Law
renee, 5 in Scioto, and l in Jackson
county. Thirty-three furnaces have
been built and worked in that part Of
Ohio since 1888.
There are also Is furnaces from the
middle to the N. E. part of the State
nearly all of which are stone coal fur
naces, and erected since 1888, viz: 8
in CLARK, 6 in Mahoning, 1 in Port
age, in Tuscarawas, l in Jefferson
1 in Columbiana, in Lake, and l in
Cuyahoga. The charcoal furnace;
that were formerly worked from Lick
ing Co. northward, are all, it is be-
lieved, out of blast for want of char
coal.
The production Of iron in Ohio .ha'
increased from 10000 tons in 1888
to 106, 900 tons in 1851 In the %
Geological Report of Ohio, 1888, i
was estimated that the production oI
iron in the United States would in %
years reach the then production o
Great Britain, or I 100000 tons. l
has reached that amount in less thar
20 years. Ohio is the second iror
producing State in the Union, Penn
Sylvania being the first. The grca
development of iron production il
Pennsylvania has been by the use o
mineral coal. Most of the furnaces
Of Northern Ohio, perhaps all, ar
stone coal furnaces. Several in tn,
southern part of Ohio use the same
combustible successfully making gooC
iron. This business is destined to in
crease greatly in Ohio, throughout tn,
iron belt, where coal, orc and lime
stone are almost universally found il
the same hills. Tho charcoal furna
ces of Southern Ohio usually have
5000 to 10000 acres Of land attached
10 them, with a view to u perpetua
supply of charcoal. Stone coal fur
naces require but little land, and con
sequently but small investment il
real estate. Each of these charcoa,
furnace tracts Of land, is capable oI
availability for numerous stone Goa
furnaces.
The coal production of Ohio il
1888, was about 1 100000 bushels, Oh
5000 tons.t In 1857, the sixteen ex
porting counties produced 46, 1908
bushels, equal to 1,744,036 tons. H.
The entire amount of coal mined il
thirty counties in Ohio in 1857, inclu
ding the sixteen coal exporting coun
ties, is estimated from data deemed
approximately correct, at 59,S60,00(
bushels, or 1894, 400 tons. The en-
tire amount consumed in Ohio, ant
shipped from Cleveland, including
the imports into Ohio from Pa, anC
a little from Va. and Ky. is estimat
ed at about &C, 100000 bushels, or 2,
664,000 tons.
Salt, coal.oils, friedrich, pottery
gypsum, lime, cement, and superior
bnilding stones Of various kinds, arr
additional articles already largely
produced in Ohio, and the production
is destined to rapid ard great in
crease.
Ohio has made such progress in al
industrial pursuits, as to render it i'm
portant that the local geological and
mineral resources Of her territory
should be made known to the public
She was amorg the first to pass law
to effect this object, and great benefits
have accrued from the investigation;
made in the counties examined. A
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