, 1865-01-20

1o VIA Ut HkLA4ueu. 14e eAormOuA pr
81 COKE Will prevent its use at present,
1uler Development Of our coal Mines. ho
ever, will enable iron manufacturers to {
tain it at living rate.
The yield Of the furnace during the .,
: SIX months has been ECO tons pig ir
= worth at the railroad truck $50 per net "a
Of ore and 10000 bushels Of charcoal. M ' Z Z
iron is OF very peculiar quality. It ao1
easily when melted, makes beautiful smoo
casting. but Is "co1d shortn or brittle VII,
cold. It Is excellent for foundry purpose
when great strength Is not required. /
hnldlty renders It valuable for mining. It
m@en fonts %sea r 19r 5eayy plPe LAMP posts bull
cold short quality Is said to disappear iu Il
process of. pudding, and the wrought iron
BE- Of serviceablo quality.
The ore bed Of the Northwestern Iron G.,
is at Iron Ridge, forty-tlve miles wcet Of hi
Waukee. near the line Of tho Lacrosse Raj
road. It belongs to the class Of dry ston
ores, extensively worked In some parts {
New York, Penasylyania and Tennessee.
consists Of small grains, generally about th
sizc OF fax seed, cemented together and lyin
in regular: strata, like the rocks which er
close it. The beds varies from five to twent
1eet IN thickness, and is enclosed betwee1
limestone above and shales below. It is cx
Fosed IN oluff, high above the water courses
roof Of rock has decay.d o.ra. ~ ,''a ~ ~ ~
orc with only thin Covering ~ sofI IN IL;
situation the cement betwcen tha 9ro;ne ~, -
orc has also decayed aud it now lies. an in
conere1t mass, which is loaded into wagon,
With shoyels, as readily as dirt. In this con
furnace. without dux, and ths s e1nense ~ -, ~
| mining is saved. This ora hed .onto;.s u
less Than SO. OQQ go tons. or suff5eiant - an,,
ply the cntiie demand Of The conntrr ~ a. ta,,
years. The Company owns efghty acres .,I ~
this orc.
May, Esu.. President of t;sa Wan,h,.oa; ~. -; ~
Company. its afTsira aro +, n' ,r, -,o..n"eskein
condition. II Ia ent;rofr ~ - w prosperous
n Iarra u1nor,t ~ cu..ety out OF ueot, anu has
coal ior the ne1 II hoe Mo9a 9ireaay prepared TO
handsome J;v;da,5 5'4ot: 70 H. - VII soon PAY
the iast Scar,a asueno 70 us sIockholders from
be nernancnf,s 81 ~ as, aa aan cannot iail to
Naw Wnri.. ot PtuAtapie Investment
shore ut IN earIr G,p +e sE1 S1:,':' N inc Lake
be transnortnS Hv ~ ~ ~ Mnicn the ore Is to
pend upon nlIneiai cna, ~ ~, "oFhs Will oe-
Tle Sweedes Irn, Ga1,,sa,,.e Nv, tuc..
coal furnace ~ nene.ao u,e oea, ana nave char
They hova h,i1t See roIa =, tsecttoa near It.
connect f1e ora had ,.;,1, "a tu1es ioag, 70
road. They nronoea - hn;1S ,a1a;. a.ossS ,, hali
large furnaces at Sfi1wanEaa ~ s5., m'.s a.1 aau
point On Lake Michigan. This eompany coE o,1is Is
-kf'A3
ShoLn possa ~ ny naa'n1y o1 Eastern men, among
1n14 Mno4 a'e several heaVy capitalists, attracted
a.aI ~ 1ne qnequaAed Richness Of our min
g. - ~ MIus: ~ " cnoos1n the lake shore
a. ~ tuc eaee ior laen Works, they arc enabled to
oe1aan their fuel, either from Eastern sources
nels: ~ iaey can also sweep the entire circuit
OF the lakes for ores to mix with Their own
ana an thus produce iron Of my quality desired
aney 1ave recently shipped q cargo Of the
osc ~ r!ttsourg, ior trial there. Should the
experiments prove satisfactory, the ore will
~ = tn I"a6n oo III extensive demand for shipment
io,t4 e ialnaces OF Cleveland Buffalo, aud the
~. +, ta mhe encraily, where ores Of Its class
NJ Talsa S,., uInuoo 10 mix With the rich ores
T1.is ,.ast '5i.,.,.
In connan1;ou ,;t ~. " iron ore, When taken
ic Ennnst pa;t..s, n.su the GompAetioh OF the Bay
ats snuarian .4teau 70 lne rlch iron deposit Of
.aso; .ias; lne ron manufacture has been moving
,ntn;sts e.a an a;x aos sesefai years past. Its
,n11er 1on'a ~ a'tea9s On INC shores OF the
,; s;1,p; An' Tho' l,,.y anu oeyond tile Missis-
rpp' TX m,kine ex;at eonql1ons OF successful
vt degree. In lie eoncs,tl,t,da ms IN Tue = h1gh;
he be materials necessary to make iron, it IS
a, e tnat we have the advantage Of
ION % 10 - ptr ton, over the best Eastern
usar ~" 'es. ~ Mas shown in the columns of |
Ae iA1cSE last winter, A'4t blast furnaces
.lsclea .I, Aefe, uslnS elteer tains:-n caal, or
.oke from inc coal OF our Illinois -.;nns
Toala ray tor themselves IN SIX months a's~.
mear erection, and @ pay largely as permanent
Investments. The experience Of the past |
,sas s. nas sn9"n IN mat tnls statement WIS not |
,aifi =; ;..G.! lae psessnt :me holds out
sinn h ,1ausgnts ; 10 oee1o III earnest TO dc"
@ cope lae VAST iron resources OF tue North |
'gst;; ..
,h;,a s,ra,r1 rat.er moFtny o. thought. that,
W. 49,; Snesu ; Gssaesn capitalists aFe oay!ng
ul r. tlsh mineral Ianos, our people arc looking
y ~ inae9 a9,1 ~ @ alslant sources o. p'olt. They
). .9n "la over MINES IN Idaho and oil wells
~, aennsllsan!a, Ehich are said to yield fabu~
Jus plon's, ana leaFe useless, under their
W. W. lect, 1nthes OF coa! anu iron lead and
INC: equally valuable and requiring only the
y nagc " e,1 i9uch o. cntefpTse TO convert them
~ eoiaen streams. Eastern men may be
,3.9.' nsusea IRON coming here when their own
,nle ~ :. g. sources o. supply are al occupied.
~. ~ " oAac4i! 70 understand thcse FagrAnt
enoensies OF western men, In the midst of
laaf,;, aeposlas, Wnsh arc as sure sources Of
t1a as sr1 ~, " lug s.ooe: anu "nieh yet lie
he pert;'annnt @ aney he5n 81 taelF a.vsa3pneat
az HSluA0EuL uuSluls5 Interests not |