Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-04-09
MEETING FOR MANUFACTURES.

MEETING FOR MANUFACTURES.
REPORT ON BLAST FURNACEs-THE AID
.vANTAGEss OF sTAUNToN IN ORE, FUEL
AND FLU WHAT A FURNACE WOULD
CosT-TI eRoUND TO BE GIvEN-A
WAGON F4ofoRY INQUIRED ABOUT,
&C., &C., &c.
The adjourned meeting for the advance
ment OF manufactures was held in the
Town Hall last night,
THE REPORT ON A BLAST FURNACE.
The committee to report the cost of, and
facilities for the establishment of blast
furnace at Staunton, consisting of Messrs.
1. M. st. John, Jno. Echols, w. A. Burke,
Hugh W. Sheffey and Holmes Erwin,
made long and interesting report, of
which we give the following synopsis:
THE ORES.
The iron ores in easy and cheap access
of Staunton are the specular and 'hema-
titles of Augusta, the magnetites east of
the Blue Ridge, and the fossil ores Of AL
leghany. They range from IS per cent. of
metallic iron, with no PHOSPHORUS, up to
So per cent. metallic iron, with traces of
phosphol GUS occasionally rising to ! OF l
per cent. in the richer fossils and hema-
titles. The Quinnemont furnace, on the
c. & o. road, 1865 miles west of Staunton,
works proftably ores hauled by rail from
Fishersvjlle, miles east of Staunton, and
from Waynes3oro, II miles east Of Staun-
ton. The nearest ores to Quinnemont are
still SO miles nearer to Staunton. While
q tons Of raw ore and about l tonsof lime
stone are transported to Quinnemont to
make there ion of iron from 2-10 to II
tons of coke; at Staunton only 2-10 to II
tons of coke would be transported to the
ore and limestone. Besides these ores
which lie On or near the line of the e. &
o. R. r., there are the Elizabeth, Estaline,
Panther Gap, land other Rockbridge and
Bath ores west, while ores equally valua-
BILE and abundant lie upon the slopes of
the Valley Railroad location. All these
ores have been tested, and yield the best
iron, and there is no reason to doubt that
good steel irons may be made from the
magnetic and specular ores. The Fish
ersville ores are not only transported west
ward, but are sent 14O miles eastward to
Powhatan furnace, near Richmond.
The cost of ores on the G. Il O. r. r.
line shipped to Quinnemont in no case ex-'
ceeds $3.50 per ton delivered on the cars,
and some deliveries are made as low as 75c.
to ST. on the cars. The same ores would
be delivered in a furnace stock house in
Staunton at $1.25a$2.5O per ton.
FLUx.
Limestone abounds in and around Staun-
ton, and at three furnace sites examined
around Staunton not only were limestone
quarries on the ground, but limestone
would have to he dug out to build the
furnace structure. The cost of limestone
delivered in the furnace can be put at so
:ents ton.
FUEL.
The New River coking Goals, which sup
ply one of the best furnace cokes yet discov-
cred, only 40 miles west of staunton by
rail-analyze from 81 ITO to SO $40 pure
carbon, with but $40 of per cent. Of sui
phur, and at the Quinnemont furnace from
II to 10 tons of coke, according to
quality and season, is used with q tons of
ore unroasted and unwashed to produce
ton of pig iron. The celebrated Connells-
vile coke is also within direct railroad
access of Staunton, and has been carried
through and beyond Staunton to the Eliza
beth furnace. The President of the New
River Coal Company has offered to supply
coal for stanton furnace at SIS per ton.
LABOR AND TNCIDENTALs.
The committee recommend the estab-
ishment of furnace Of per annum
capacity Of $4,000 tons, requiring a
stack of 16x60, with first-class equipments.
The advantages of Staunton in health,
schools, workshops and churches, are
cited as likely to aid in securing desira-
BILE class of mechanical and ordinary labor
at lew rates. Powhatan furnace is oper-
ated near Richmond with anthracite from
Pennsylvania, limestone from Rockbridge
and Botetourt, and ores from Fisllersville
and other interior localities, which is cited
us good illustration Of how much better
a location stanton is, right in the midst
# all these. The committee say that the
ground for furnace here will be donated
to any company, thereby reducing the out
lay to about $125,OO 1t would take about
SO to 40 men to operate the furnace. Sew
eral experts have stated to the committee
that iron can be manufactured here at
final cost of SIPS per ton of 2,24O pounds.
The report was read and adopted.
WAGON MAKING.
Mr.. VIM. A. Burke read to the meeting
a letter from Mr.. A. Mcintosh Williams
asking about the advantages of starting
carriage and wagon factory in Staunton,
as he was looking for a location in Vir-
ginia for his business.
SEDUCTION CASE ED.-Wm, M.
Taylor, the boy who was sentenced to the
penitentiary for the seduction. of Mary