Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-06-13
The Iron JEOunfainS.
LuDESG ONE RIDGE, MOUNT EDDIE AND MOUNT
WILLIAMS, FAUuUIER co., VA
10 The riicr Of the 1lcrun,lftu Gazette =.

LuDFS9 ONE RIDGE, MOUNT EDDIE AND MOUNT |
WILLIAMS, FAuQUIER CO., VA.
10 The niiior Of tie Alcurnlfm Gazatc:
In io5n>r ,;:;:c have 'niy mentioned Tie
l'ri.utiyc lre.o i':un'~'n 81 I'orutir' cHan:y.
i'ha L2cieSioac hi"yc south .; til, !t,jEe,1u
continuation j.! il CONSISTS Ji twj 5no.' iila:',
io,s moutual1S, ;!.a one adiyit.:Gg Lolcs;oae
Ridge, and .iat.t2t iron' i b. Iruoked Greek,
narnul Mount Eddie, and ah,,', :. '.aI: mile
south Of this hr"; is Mount W:!l iauls. each
showing srnnE r:i,!cic: u! containing an ca
tcnsivc am0unt I" iua"G":ic ron ore, bui al II
never geological lorna lon, AMI ;h" ore ,ilIttr-
cut irnru tp Scvcrl! varieties luund OH L'dc-
i III, Ridge. yt. ~ duu.t al Il valuable class
TT creS. ioi :Iii%,ucc with the more ancient,
primitive and .urer ores Of Lodcstone Ridge
To show the va,u. thrs: MOUNTAINS Ut iron ore
may prove to Virginia, ana spec! ally 10 Alex
anGria, | will give statements showing what
the l.:ot kaoh, Iron Mountain aud Shepherd
Mountain lrJu ores Of Missouri have accomp.
lishou Tor that State, acd Tor The cry OF st.
L2us. quote from the Geological Survey o!
Mi -se"li, ~. |, page IL, Is PrOl. Ii. &.
+ ur,..e"e., lo13-lS14:
"lIa fist bar ot' irGa mai" oct oi r;e' metal
III
blooms in So, >
Ia 1896 Ike l'!j, Kou5 i.H.i Vas catered
by Van DorcD, pva:c u Co., Hho proceeded to
| form company for speculation Tney also
purchased the Iron Mountain and laid eff
city. La 1913 charter was granted by the
! Legislature OF Missouri to q. q. L:iSer for
hm sci! aus; others, ard il Ju1c, S4j. the Iron
| M2ultain Comnapy' was formed.
"Ihc Pilot k1oh works were b@gun NJvc;a
her, lSl1, under the management vi g. Z.
| Il :igl-r and f. f. Pratt. No mining had been
previously don" at these places.
In 1918, H. Mead, OF St. Louis shipped
metal from lron Mountain to Eo4l.nd, and the
following spring he received it back maDu!ac
tured into .&zJrs and pocket and table cutlery
By Jas Il ,.c!s 4 Sons, Shelf I'D. These eX
pcrimcn,s proved The ore to be we'll adapted Tor
the manufacture Of lirc cutlery. 10 1888 Child,
Pratt l. Co., had large quantities manufactured
! into icck cases, and they were found to be
superior to those made l!om other IRON
La the year 1854 Prof. G. ". FcatLer-t1l-
haugh made his visit to those Iron Noun
taius, and publishes the frs authentic account
We have Of them from scientific person. They
were then the property oil the Go7crcmcns, ex-
| istpg 10 primitive wild nature. 1t was thlr-
tsen years lat.r before the first works, TO inInc
| five years from that date, (lS47l in the year
| 1872 We will soon &c. what w)a!ers that peri
| Cd oil tine ms accJ,ap.l>hci IL trc develop.
ncut Of wtatt, the iLc,cast oi' population, en-
tcrprise and profitable industry. La the year
| lS72-l qlotc from Page 100. Geological Re-
| ports, Mss uri, vol. |, lSI3-lS1i:
"Ey the lea 'iCuaialn Railroad was traps
! po-tei INTO st. Louis from the lran Mountain
! 26l Isl tons So lis. Oi VOC ore of 30 lbs.
each, and from tie Pic, Knob Il, 272 tons $50
| lus.. or a total from those TWO iron mountains
! Of 17G $50 tJos. ihY to:al amount OF iron orc
delivered .; ST. Louis iu 1872 weS 22>O, l23 tors,
! O: 3j9,4 4 ro25 eac!i Of 1000 It's.
Ia tic same year the amount Of pig iron
produced in Missouri and shipped to St. Louis
was -, ST. tons Of 2240 lbs each. From this
amount was exported IS $50 ,ous, and uscI 10
Missouri II 907 tons. Two hundred aud ninety
one thousand tHo hundred tous, each 2O00 lis.
Of ore were exported, and the orr necessary Tor
producing the 1909 tons Fl * iron made in
Missouri, was about l222,OOO tons, (tak!og 60
per CT. as The average weld, the whole amount
| oil iron ore mined in Missouri theu cannot be
loss than so 200 tons, each 1000 pounds. equal
| to i5+ G5j gIc.s tons, each y 40 pounds. =
I Note that, the first bar OF iron made out
| of pig m=tai 10 i ssou:! was 10 May. 1925, and
the INST ulOQlD> IL: lCJ- IL 1904, THESE iuaS-
| sirc deposits o. irou ore, when visited b. Prof.
| Fcathcr.touhau.h, were 10 state Of nature
At that time % mining having bcea done,
shaft equal 10 the oue at Safer 5 niue had not
been c. mmenc4d. The Pilot Knob works
were begun November 1911 NJ mining had
been previously Gnuc at these places" Yet
We SEQ what wonders n uiuing, manufacturing
and Increase Of population aud wealth twenty-
iiY, sc4rs have accomplished. Let our Virginia
az ! her c;tz;ns lock to Missouri, ard th,y de-
tcrmiae 10 oow her lead. BET A!cxandrans
!;r:iow tic example Of the citz.ns oi 81. Louis.
Thea he ;-2o interests Of Virginia sill be de.
vo!oryd the nun OF manufacturing industry
viii be heard throughout her territory, Alex-
audra will increase in population and wealth,
and hy TIC proper ENCOURAGEMENT and the es-
| tab'ishmcUt OF iron works, furnaces, f0rgas,
rolling r,s. !ouGd:ies, machine shops ard
kindred works. she will become to the Potomac
wl!.; II: h@u;s is to the Mississippi.
HUGH TI0s DOUGLAS.