The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-28

llshed thElF headquarters on AArket
street, opposite the Opera House, they
have besn bRIily engaged in collecting
specimens Of ores, woods, fossils, ETC., for
exhibition At the great Exposition. The
shelves Of the store room in which they
are quartered are rapidly filling with
curious relics and interesting specimens,
and the visitor may spend an hour or 50
very probably in looking over them.
There is generally little group Of per-
sons abouithe window; gaming At the Curl
osities within, showing The interest the
collection already possesses for the multi
tude. Awaiting ourself OF the valuable
services Of Mr.. c, E, Dwight, State Assay
er, We have been enabled 10 prepare !
complete statement Of the articles that
have been collected up to the presenEtime.
IRON ORES.
A very fine lot OF specimens OF Red
Hematiie iron ore from Hardy county,
This ore is known to geologists IS the
Clinton iron ore, Ii occurs in the Silu-
rian formation, and is identical with the
well.knoWn Alabama ore. The ore was
tested By Professor Liebig, OF Baltimore,
who reports it to contain 5l.52g Of pure
iron and small amounts OF sulphur and
Phosphorus. There is said to be a de.
posit Of some si1 feet thick Of this ore.
A tine display OF Brown HemaIite iron
ore from Hardy county, said TO contain
IS per cent Of pure iron and to exist in
4 stratum some fourteen Jet hiek.
Several specimens Of Red Hematite
iron ore from Hardy county, reported to
contain IS per cent iron, and to be found
;geafy fttt hiek in continuous bed.
Red Hematitc from Marshall county,
containing 50 per cent pure iron and Of
unknown extent.
Two specimens Of the Kanawha black
band iron ore, containing Is per cent
Carbonate Of Iron; thickness OF deposit
not given; Phosphorus and Sulphur pres.
ent only in small quantities.
One specimen Of Red Hemaiiie from
Marshall county, containing 81 per cent
pure iron; extent Of deposit not given.
A specimen Of SpheTosiderite, or blue
Carbonate OF Iron, asPecies OF Limestone
iron ore, from Marion county, giving As
per cent pure IRON extent of deposit not
given.
Several specimens Of Liminite OF very
fair quality, yielding from 40 to 80 per
cent pure iron. No place or quantity Of
deposit given.
4 specimen Of Red Hematite from
Middle Island, yielding so per cent pure
iron; also a specimen Of iron obtained
from it by Chas. E. Dwight. This iron
button was hammered out cold to a thin
plate, then doubled on itself twice in diff.
lerent directions, without cracking in any
way.
4 specimen OF Red Hematite from
Marshall county, yielding 81 per cent
pure iron. Thickness and extent Of de.
posit not given.
A very fine specimen OF pure Red
IIematite, from the region Of the Big
Sandy river. This ore gave, according
to Nj DWights analysis: One stratum Of
three feet gave 30 per cent pure iron and
81 per cent Of pig from another deposit
OF same thickness gave 50 per ceRLpuTe
iron; and still another bed OF same thick.
ness gave So per cent pure iron. All
these specimens Of different deposits are
from the same land, lying one above the
other, some fifty feet apart.
A specimen Of Spaihic iron ore from
same place as last, giving 81 per cent
pure iron while raw, and three feet
thick.
Another from same place a. last, Of
same kind Of ore, yielding IS per cent
iron while raw. These two last ores will
yield after roasting for the 81 per cent
ore, 40 per cent; Tor the IS per cent ore,
IS per cent.
$ pecimen Red Elematite, from Taylor
county, said to exist in paying quantities
and yielding 81 per cent pure iron,
Red liematite from Frazier's Hill
south Of Wheeling; not tested but will
yield probably 80 per cent iron; quanti'
iy not given.
A fine specimen Of Spathic iron ore
found near Wheeling, and said to be a
continuous bed throughout this region, Of
some three feet thick, and yielding % per
cent pure iron and Il per cent carbonate
Of lime, and six to eight per cent oxide
Of manganese. A small pig Of close grey
iron made from this ore Is on exhibition
with it, and was produced by Chas. T.
Dwight, at the Belmont Blast Furnace in
this city. The ore Is not 40 valuable for
its quantity Of iron, but rather for it,
quality, "a the presence Of.manganese, to.
gether with the lime, and small amount
Of silica (some . per cent, render il q
valuable ore to mix with others Of more
refractory nature.
TIN ORES.
Several specimens Of peculiar looking
rock, rather soft, yellow and dark brown,
from Marion county. This lot Of speci.
mems Is accompanied by a piece Of tin
which Is said TO have been produced
from the ore. The extent ofdeposit Is not
given.
LEAD ORES.
A specimen Of "galena" from Hardy
county. This Is a cube crystal containing
SO per cent pure lead, and Ia said to exist
in large quantities, but no definite extent
is given.
GOLD.
4 specimen Of rock weighing probably
one pound, labelled "Gold Stone, found
within four miles Of Wheeling"
GOALS.
A few specimens Of camel coal, from
Preston county, stratum six feet thick
over a tract Of 800 acres.
Several specimens Of cooking coal from
Preston county, containing less than
per cent Of sulphur and small
amount Of ash, and existing II feet thick
over 500 acres, under the camel coal
above mentioned.
A specimen oil Coking coal from same
place as last, 6 feet thick over the same
area.
A peculiar looking specimen Of coal re-.
sembling anthracite, from Richie county,
found In a vein resembling the position
Of the famous "Ritchie mineral" that Is
in KentiSh vein or nearly so; extent, &C.,
not given.
Fossils, ETC.
The collection Of fossils was not made
for any special utility, other than to show
what was contained In our local rocks, as
all Of them we're collected within short
distance Of the city, by amateurs.
They consist Of the following:
Several large plates Of rock called
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