Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-10-31

Wa+tsor seam What an enormous, in
ct incalculable amount of hematite
ora must these long and deep basins con-
tain. when we remember that the ore is a
continuous seam underlying each basin
its entire tCidth and length. But observe,
after the hematite or outcrOp ore ceases to
appear "remote from the 0utcrOp." heavy
bands Of the prOtO-cabonate of iron are
found precisely identical in chemical COM
I position with the nOdular and plate ores
of the Shales Of the coal measures RO-
! gers. D. 5S. This ore was long rejected as
/ impure limestone. but since 1857 have
constantly urged its use and demonstrated
/ thatit was genuine carbonate of iron and
now we have the satisfaction of seeing il
in daily use at GlamOrgan, with complete
, success. In KiShacOquillas Valley there
are immense beds of stalactitic iron ore
Welding an iron of great value, while
| the Seven Mountains are traVerSed bVye-
rv valuable seams of fossil ore Centre
county has many rich beds Of iron ore,
/ but they are detached cups or small ba-
! sins, without stratification and dependent
on no known law of geology for their Do
! sition. Enough has been written to sat
| isfy any rejecting and intelligent inqui-
rer that the amount of iron ore of the fos-
| siliferous. hematite and carbonate varie-
ties found in this region is sufficient to
meet any demand for ages to COME
| Why then are furnaces so rare in
| this district OF Pennsylvania? | an
swer, because good fuel is dear-and this
covers the whole case. We are not in
coal region. We have bituminOus and
semi-anthracite coal west and southwest,
and anthracite east of US, but we are far
below the coal measures; and charcoal is
scarce and dear, and will not bear the
blast required by the modern iron manu-
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stantly the clearest proof that anthracite
coal is specifically adapted to the ores of
Central Pennsylvania. Glamorgan Fur
mace stands before us a sD{endid success,
even at the present high price of coal.
1t requires no prophet to predict the ftI-
ture of this region when the Middle Creek
Rail Road shall pouFa steady and steadi-
ly increasing stream of anthracite into
the Valley of the Juniata. This is the
one great problem to be solved. not only
for Central Pennsylvania, but for this
State. What one furnace, managed with
skill and economy has done, fifty furna-
ces can and eOW do. Give to the Juniata
Valley the one essential element of cheap
and good fuel, and it will soon be as much
renowned for the extent and excellence of
its iron manufactures, as it now is for its
salubrity and the exquisite beauty OF its
scenery. | cite few facts to show what
the introduction of cheap pit coal has
done in England:
1T was not till after the celebrated in
vention of Lord Dudley in 1919, by which
pit coat 1c0S substituted for timber IN the
SmcltHg 0f iron ore that a great impetus
was given TO the working of this valuable
mineral: an invention which, though in
terrupted and clOgged for q time by the
devices OF an ignorant rabble, at last
established for itself sure footing both in
this and in every other European country.
From l740 tthe period at which Lord
Dudley's invention became generally
adopted the progress of the manufacture
has exceeded the most sanguine eXpecta-
tions. - Brand's Eacycl0pedia of Science.
1T is wise to learn from our enemies"
Pennsylvania must follow the same road
TO greatness and commercial independence
trodden by England. She DlftSt link her
iron ores and Goals together by direct rail
roads, thus stimulating the development
of these minerals to the very utmost, and
bidding defiance to hostile home leg
islation, and cheap, bad, imported irOn.-
The success of the furnace at Lewistown
cannot be over estimated cannot be too
often requoted. No better Daetui is nOtC
being mdde at 0nyttUndce, chdrcO0L, coke,
Oru1thrdcite than nOO9OeS to mdrketfrOm
this mace. / respectfully challenge a CON
tradictiOn of this statement How pow
erfully then will the construction of the
NJ. c. r. II. stimulate the iron manufac-
ture through this entire region, and how
deeply is Central Pennsylvania interested
in its early completion, and how certain is
it that the stock of this Railroad will be a
safe and profitable investment. Quality,
not quantity, is the question in the man
ufacture of iron. Good iron, like any good
commodity, will always command a mark
ct, and tits now in full proof thatJ uniata an 4
thracite iron has no real superior in mar
ket.
But further. The age Of steel is just
dawning on our country; a just economy
as well as the security of property
and life demand the introduction of steel
railroad bar; it has become necessity and
its rapid introduction is fixed fact. Now
the valley Of the Juniata is traversed for
many miles by the carb0niferOus slate
hills of No. s. and these hills contain
heavy stratified seams of the protO-carbO-
nate of iron, belonging to the 0e1y same
fdA1Hg Uith the famous btGck-bdnd, of
Scotland, and like it, yielding when
smelted alOne''-after careful roasting
Zone of the best metals in the world,
tLesleys Manual of COal.) The discove-
nv of the true character of this admirable
ore, must have very great influence on
the eirOn-manufacturei III this region. "The
Scotch mineral Held contains large guam
titles of argilfaceous iron-ore. Before the
discovery of the more .f,esi5le carbonaceous
variety these ores formed the chief sup.
ply of the blast furnaces in this District,
but of late years they have been compar-
atively neglected" (Truan's Iron Manu-
facture of Great Britain The. black
band began to be generally used only in
1880, but it has revolutionized the manu-
facture of iron in Great Britain, and made
enormous private fortunes for those who
had the skill and courage to use it, The
grey band of the Juniata is the destined
rival of this Scotch black band; it will
melt as easily, it will mine as cheaply, it
is present IN very great force, and yields
metal in no way inferior to Scotch pig
metal. Like Mushet's black band, our
! rreY-hand NaS ridicnlad hnsnisnd nnd