Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-03-03

SoaE person, over Inc signature 0
DUSDAs,' writes to the Cincinnati En-
quirer from "DundAs, Vinton county, Ohio
Feb. % 1859" as follows, relating to III,
wheat and fruit prospects, general bust
nesS, iron furnaces, mining, Sc, in Vintor
County:
| Dundas is very small village, situated
on the Baltimore & Cincinnati Railroad
abont l20 miles from The latter place. ano
about 06 miles from Marietta. it is thre,
miles from Macarthur, our county seat
communication vita which is had by q
hack line
Our McArIhur neighbOTs are organizing
q company TO build a 'plank road" trou
that place to this, the necessity Of which
can be readily underRioOd by any one
having occasion to travel from this point
70 Macarthur at this season of the year
Wheat In this part Of the country il in
rather n bnckward condition, but farmers
say 1t ia not injured TO any great extent
yet, and unless some unforeseen evil be
falls il, we will have an average crop
Fruit has not been Injured anv this
winter and there ia every reason to hope
fcS an abundant yield Of that desirable
article.
Business 10 very dull, and money! beg
pardon--l mean greenbacks, are scarce.
with the opening OF spring, business will
resume its former activity in this imme
diate vicinity. Our little town is the
centre Of great mineral region which
supplies several iron furnaces with their
stock OF iron ore and limestone. .anSa.
The zalesSi, Cincinnati and HopS .Kiu,
naces each own large tracts of mineral
lands near this place from which ther
receive a great portion Of their stock
Hope Furnace will get from six TO eight
thousand tOus Of iron ore here this season
aud perhaps two thousand tons of lime
stone The furnace is situnted twelve
miles east OF this place, and one and a
half miles from the railroad, They have
store here from which they supply forty
to sixty hands They have an agent who
takes up" all the stock, sees that il is
loaded upon fiat cars" and sent 10 the
furnace. Each ton Of iron ore, 80 ship
ped, costs the furnace company for freight
alone ST. Each ton of limestone 81 20.
The business of the ZalesLj Furnace Com.
pany is conducted in the SANS manner n
the Hope as is also that Of the Cincinnati
Furnace Company, The Zlleski FURNACE
is eight miles east OF this place. This
company will receive here this season
about six thousand tons iron ore, but no
lin stone. Ha
The Cincinnati Furnace Company will
get from two to four thousand tons iron
ore, and two or three hundred tons lime.
stone here this season. They have no
store here hut employ a maa to weigh
their stock, for which they pay five GEMS
per ton, and 81 per car for every car
loadei THIS furnace Is situated nine
miles west Of this place.
These three furnaces employ in mining
ore and limestone, in this vicinity, ahoul
three hundred hands, whose average daily
earnings, the year round, are about 81 20
The price paid for digging ore is from
ST. 40 10 81 so per ton. -sLimestone. from
SOC TO 90c per ton.
All the hsrd-fsted, honest. hearted
miners, in this vicinity, are white men.
and, thank God, the most of them are
Democrats. There are more Cincinnati
Weekly EaqirerS taken here than any
other paper There are three copies
The Gazette, and tVenty copies of the En-
qulrsr taken at this pOst-Ofice. We pro
pose that there shall be twenty more
taken here before long