New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-12-08
IRON MINING on TEE KANAUHA.

GREAT RESULTS CLAIMED FOR VIRGINIA ORES AND
FUEL-moN MINING AND MAKING BEFORE AND
AFTER THE PANIC-CHEAP IRON
IRON An OCCASIONAL CORREsPOSDEErOF THE TRIBUNE
STAUYTON, Va, Nov. G.-The iron industry
is so init mately connected with the labor the growth
and the commerce Of the country that anything which
closely OF public concern. Like other great
depirtments or activity IL had been wonderfully
stimulated 10y the high prices % few years back,
that il poss bic To produce iron at profit AT almost
any furnace in the country, almost regardless Of the
kind accessibility. quality OF the ores and fuel Now
that reaction in prices has set IN for the finished
product, scores OF furnaces longer able 10
produce the pig iron at rates which VIII yield pr A.
and hence they are die When pig iron bringing SIS
70 81 ton aud when rolled rails bringing S. 10
so, It very VEN Of ore. or very bad seam
of coal, which could not keep furnace in blast Now,
however, when pig down to SIS ana rolled bars to SIS,
they De favored localities having the ores rich and
easily accessible, together with good fIel a.
hand, in order 10 keep running without
loss since the task OF producing a ton
OF pig iron from the requisite materials is simply
question Of much ore aud It's cost per ton, ana so
much fuel aud its cost per ton,he cost OF labor, ma
chinery aad interest being nearly the same regardless
OF locality so with conversion OF the pig into
the finished product, to large extent the clements OF
labor ana handling nearly equabe items added to
the arst cost Of the pig aud the cost OF moving 1t to
market
Pittsburgh ia prominently the great irou-workins
center of the country and has felt the force OF the re-
action severely The consumption of pg iron IN Pitts
burgh and vicinity sad TO exceed $4,000 tons annu
ally and by far the greater part % It Is drawn from
distance some or it from interior Pennsylvania some
from The borders OF the OHIO River, and notice
able proportion from Lake Superior Her ronlnikerS
and workers nave been compelled, OF necessity 10 cast
abont in oues OF cheaper pig iron. az the one thns
4. af4rf ma q
for their share III producing works oil IRON
From correspondence recently published in the Pitts
burcA and Allegheny papers, II wouII appear that Tue
have tor some time mad their eyes upon
rhe wonderful iron deposits of Central virginia. ana me
equally remarkable coal deposits OF west virginia Inc
npnecon OF these TWO valuable depOsitsprme factors
for successful manufacture of ron-3y the completion
30 ,na Cbosapeake and ONO Railroad through their cen
tr belts was the signal for the starting OF several en-
tororises more or connected with rOn-maklnS All,
OF nearly all Of them were oyertaken DY 1de great "ue
disturbance of year, before they had oecn pun III
opcration. Some OF them have recently pu-hen tner
works completion, IN spe OF the "a ~ .
and have commenced active operations tempted ny thc
facilities of rIch ores ana tne 0heI ] W
fuel aud limestone The result mas Dech iooke" lot lth
snme interest among iron and II Is claimed IRON
these experiences that iron r-& - pi0daced IN euiess
quantities along TIC ilhe ~ TINS Ioa1 dai onUpe
tnau the average cost throughout the country
and in fact cheaper than at the most i"S SOT
points elsewhere. and at the same uLe ueIIs
ftSta TO tie great markets at no disadvantage,
n A. shown that a ton OF piErOn can De prohuctd dt
certain points the line anu presuh,adoy az ,1an
Others either at the iron beds or nearer the co. n
90 o. low ns s5 per ton Assuming that, Tor the thc
heinz II has TO ~ Pittsburgh !" Ice "Iih"u up "
ca he delivered there, by all rail routes sr - Con or
b,. yav of the Quo River for less pFoAD v Wch "Oul
- w. h1nd.ome profit 70 0e divided between the
furnacemen and the fOrgeWen. ms II an w
t 10 the PIttsDuryi fOuudery NEIL shce WIN en- ot
a saving large enoueh to Keep u"NS u '"' - "'''"'
mi ght else have 20 close business . 49,. Wa,
~ course OF time wnen the merits OF ,nis sd;iy
urg,,n region more fuzzy recOgniZ a. II may rr,P
,nnn that fOlling-mills vi "a lac erected near tse u
s md near ne coal o. the K1uaTla, tIns saving INC
snnrfatou Of the pig 20 Pittsburgh Ut Tue coast io
s,1d ,of tine coke furnished by the New Qlihneh"ht
Gal Company OF the kanawha Is superior 10 'le '.os
EXPERIMENTATION coke, upon winch large irt oI lhe
p,,tshurgh industry now dependent Inc ru,o
1850 ~ the kanaWha coke IA estaDiiahcu "
In acti.aI practice, both IN producing lne
ne iron as AT furnace "f MT tiruistOle ~ husu
iunty, tnA city. where tne %
a. me Ouiunenont furnace itself on the hapahhe
md also the plg luto car ""'.'H ioi
snperiOr quality Of metal IL USED ~ thc 40 ie.s
1erv al Hunt gton, the ono RVer hf rrnls'ono
OF furnaces III thIe Ne"
v,rinia n non itself significant Inc results Nv 9
w produced ton OF No. IoH
from tive with about l2bJ POUNDS Oh tn'
80 10 This Is "A uropOrtion low as 10 Oesc.h Tor
,hat fn.l a very reputation among furnace hi-u'
Mr. Ensign OF the car wheel tr'DfS gives eNcn -
,..tluouy: he used only iJJpOund charges VI 'uo
coke, against rs POuhd chaTEis "a I'm
xiisTtiIe which mad bsen formerly used he" lhI-
b,eD erected at Qllnncuohl' anu luo Pi"',
~ m Al several more will follow along Il1c hU'"a va"
Weather result saving the Pittsburgh Iouh"
~ fran los. or III giving cheaper !!"u 10 lh '""'I
70 ~ Lining ne isinng proprietor, On t1e i iid"h1'
add thereby building up Acw works. u i every way
gain TO that section Of the couD ~ ana 10 Tue
Which has opened these 1naFJ dePI'''S ~ INC
markets OF the woIII