The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-11-07

81 per ton. Sll w
! One hundred bushels bituminous coal 65
| Th.ee.quarter tons Of limestone 81
| Labor and contingencies so
Cost Of a ton ofpig iron $25 %
! At another furnace at the same place the cost
is reported az follows:
! Two and hclf tons OF ore ,at 81 ger ton Sl2 %
| One hundred tons Of bituminois coal
| at 10 cents per bushel 10 %
Sixteen hundred pounds limestone 2 90
Labor 6 90
Total cost Of a ton Of pig iron $50 90
At the charcoal furnaces in Ohio tho cost Of
making iron is stated as follows:
4 Two and a halftons Of ore at 81 per ton $40 90
One hundred and fifty bushels charcoal, 90
| at cents ~ 90
Labor, inc udiRg Limestone 90
Cost por ton s2s %
This estimate probably applies TO cas-
es where tie orc and coal we're purchas
ed, as in the case of the SLonecoai IurDa-
eos, tho cost of the materials would be
much greater The capital invested in
the charcoal furnaces is much greater
than in sloneCoa al furnaces,
Timber land which will yield forty
cords per aero sells at twenty dollars per
acre. wood standing, worth fifty cents
per cord; common laborrrs receive 81
% 10 81 so per day. 1t appears from
the above statements Thai the cost OF
making pig iron in the West is not less
than thirty dollars per ton. whilst on the
line Of the Chesapeake and Ohio tOilroad
ths cost will not be much moe tina! if
teen dollars per ton.
Notwithstanding The high prices of la.
Dor and materials, the manufacture Of
iron has been extremely profitable in
the West.
The supply Of coal suitable for ths
manufacture Of pig iron in the Ohio VAL
ley 10 extremely Limited. Thus lar on.
ly about three hunIrol acres of coal
adapted to the monnfoclurs Of pig iron
have been discovered 10 Southern Ohio.
The seam of coal ig small, and the mi
ming is expensive,
10 the Kanawha valley tho supply Of
coal of the best quality for the manufdc-
iure Of iron is almost unlimited; the
seems are large, above water level. aud
Immediately on the line of the aiIroad.
1t has long been well known that the
KanOwha coal, for many purposes, was
superior 10 any in the United States but
its superiority for the manufacture Ofiton
now established in connection with an
abundant supply Of iron orc Of the best
quality on the line Of the railroad, will
have most decided Influence in favor
Of our great work.
A Knowledge Of The extent Of the coal
aud iron product OIL the United States and
England. and its rapid increase in the
few years, warrants the conclusion that
the profits which the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad will derive from the coNl
and iron traffic will alone DO equal to
the interest OF the cost Of tho work,
Tons.
Pig iron produced in the United
States in 1850 esi,47l
Pig iron produced in the United
States in 1864 100000
Anthracite coal produced in United
States in 10000 9,I2O
Anthracite coal produced in United
states in l83O-'4O 6,26l 1877
Anthracite coal produced in United
States in IS4O-'5O 1898, 429
Anthracite coal produced in United
States in lS5O-6O 5G,95i,s64
/ 10, d, ,n,1 IN lTnitnI
States in lS6O-'66 52,l7a,969
Cumberland coal produced in United
States in lsI2 l,7OS
Cumberland coal produced in United
States in 1850 BATS
| Cumberland coal PRODUCED in United
States in 1860 77S,9O9
Cumberland coal produced in United
States in 1865 9O3 l95
In the year 1865 the production Of
coal in the United States amounted 10
2r,635,642 tons. OF which Pennsylvania
produced in 1864, G4,OO0.OOO tons of
coal; in 1854 1,069,838 tons Of pig iron;
in 1868. 4,5l0,O40 tons pig iron.
The coal and iron fields developed by
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad are
equal in extent and quality to any in the
United States, and because of their cen.
trail posiuon. will command larger mar
ke'; and we may reasonably conclude that
in few years after the completion of the
work it will be the great coal and iron
railroad of America. 1t is only necessa
ry for the friends of this grea! work to
continue their exerIions, and they will &C.
compIsh results beyond their most
sanguine expectations.
L. L.
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