Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-05-22
ENTERpRusE IN MONTGOMERY
AND sTEWART COUNTIES-THE
IRON INTEREST-HOW FRO.
GRESSING, ETC.

GkESSlNGs ETC.
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1t is well known, says the Nash
vile Union and American, that be-
fore the war the banks of both the
Cumberland and Tennessee rivers
were lined with blast furnaces. SO
numerous were they, indeed, that
when oil were i'm operation, the light
reflected from one to another, pre-
sented the grand spectacle of rivers
Illuminated. 1t Is useless to refer to
the immense advantage these works
were to the whole State. The farm
ers had ready sale for all their sur
plus; labor was always in demand,
and the needful was largely distrib-
uted among the thousands who de-
pended upon these works for sup
port. The war stopped all this and
until recently nothing has been done
to start again.
The first to revive this enterprise
was party of gentlemen from Ken
lucky and Ohio, who purchased of
Cobb, Phillips & Co. Lagrange, Clark
and Eclipse furnaces, situated on the
Tennessee river in Stewart county,
and who have now in full blast La
grange and Clark, both having been
repaired and all the modern improve
ments added, Clark being to-day the
most extensive and best built furnace
i'm the State.
The immense deposit of ore and the
richness thereof at these works will
compare with the Iron Mountains of
Missouri. These works are operated
by joint stock company, chartered
by the Legislature, and known as the
Lagrange Iron Company. The out
lay requisite to start and carry on
these works has been immense, and
it is to be hoped that success will at
tend the gentlemen who have ven
tured their all in an enterprise so i'm
portant to our State.
Mr.. Swift has purchased very fine
ore bank, near the Lagrange bank,
and has now u very large force at work
mining ore. He has steam ore
washer at the bank, and ships to his
works at Cincinnati.
Woods, Yeatman & Co. have Dover
Furnace in operation, and ii is proba-
BILE that they will rebuild, at an early
day, their rolling mill, which was de-
stroyed during the war.
Mount Vernon Furnace has been
purchased by Messrs. Sechler & Co.,
of Cincinnati and Ironton, Ohio, who
are just the men to succeed, possessing
ample capital and having had years
of experience in the iron business
This furnace is twelve miles southeast
of GAINESVILLE, and was in ante BEL
iuns times owned by Jackson, Nc
Kernon & Co., and will be in opera
ton with hot blast and all modern
improvements by the LIST of next Oc-
tober. Mr.. Mendelhall, of the Ken
ton Iron Company, of Cincinnati, has
purchased an ore bank on the Cum
berland, twenty-one miles below
GAINESVILLE, and has Major John
Mathis in charge, who will as soon as
he can finish his horse railroad from
the ore bank to the river commence
shipping large quantities of ore.
Cumberland Furnace (Vanleer'so old
Furnace), Is at work with hot blast
and all the late Improvements.
The Wayne and Brownsport are
also at work. ....
There are from forty to fifty idle and
for SALE. nearly all having good de-
posits of brown pernatile ore, yield
ing from forty to fifty per cent. In
the vicinity there is ample timber for
coaling purposes, and by far the most
Of them well located as regards both
health and transportation
This is an opportunity for men Of
capital to embark in an enterprise
which will not only pay them hand
somely but also aid in developing the
resources of the State.