Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-18

Enterprise In Montgomery and Stew
art .Countles-The Iron Interest
How Progressing. etc.
II is well known that before the wal
the banks of both the Cumberland and
Tennessee rivers were lined with blast
furnaces. So numerous were they, indeed,
That when all were in operation, the light
reflected from one to another, presented
the grand spectacle Of rivers Illuminated.
Il Is useless torefer to the immense advan.
tagss these works we're to the whole State.
The farmers had ready sale for all their
surplus; labor was alwa,s in demand, and
the reedfpl was largely distributed among
the thousands who depended upon these
works for a Support. The war stopped all
this and snntil.feceutly nothing has been
done to start again. - ls1a'sle1 a.
The FIRST TO revive this enterprise was a
party Of gentlemen from Kentucky and
Ohio, who purchased of Cobb, Phillips &
Co Lagrange CLARK and Eclipse furnaces,
situated on the Tennessee river in Stewart
county aad Ewho have now in full blast
Lagrapgesadd CLARK, both having been re-
lalred and All the modern improvements,
sided, eiAfk being g DAY the most extern
sive and best built furnace in the State.
The immense deposit Of ore and the
richness thereof at these works viii COM
pore with the Iron Mountains Of Missouri.
These works are operated By joint stock
company, chartered BY the Legislature,
and known IS The La Grange Iron Com
pany. The outlay requisite to start and
carry on these works, has been immense,
and il Is 10 be hoped that success will at
tend che gentlemen who have ventured
their all in an enterprise so important 10
our State. arrt rf
( Mr.. Swim has purchased very fne ore
bank, near the La Grange bank, and
has now very large force at works mining
ore. He has steam ore washer at the
bank, and ships to his work st Cincinnati.
Woods, Yeatman & Co. have Dover
Furnace ia operation, and it is probable
that they will rebnild, at an ssrly day,
their rolling mill, which visa destroyed
during the war.
Mount Vernon Fnrnace has been pur-
chased by Mesars. Sechler q Co, of Cincin-
natl aud Ironton, Ohio, who are just the
men to succeed, pos sessing ample capital
and having had years OF experiences 10 the
iron business. This furnace is twelve miles
Of GAINESVILLE, and was in @ante-
beIIum'' times owned by Jackson, MeKer-
non & Co., and win be 10 operation with
hot blast and all modern improvements by |
he lst CT next October. Mr.. Mendelhall |
,f the Kenton Iron Company. OF Cinein-
natl, has purchased an ore bank on the
twenty -one miles belo
audhas Msjor J 6hn Mathis in
,hafge, who villas soon as he can fnish
,is horss railroad from tins ore bank tothe
liver, commence shipping large quantities
II ore.
Cumberland Furnace. (Yaaleers old
Furnace Is at work with hot blast and all
he late improvements. r + 49,
The Wayne and BrOwnsporL are also at
york.
There are from forty TO City idle aud for
ale, nearly all having good deposits of
'rown pernatile ore, yielding from forty |
o fiiy per cent. In the vicinity there is
nipple timber for coaling purposes, and by
ar the most of them we'll located as re-
CARDS both health and transportation.
This il an opportunity for men of capt.
al TO embark in an enterprise which will
not only pay them handsomely but aIso
lid in developing the resources of the
State.