The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-20
BUSINESS ITEMS.

A marble quarry has been. discovered
in Vanderburg County, Indiana.
Of thirty-three rolling mills in Alle-
County, Pennsylvania, only seven. are
idle.
Coal dust is being burned with success
by the Philadelphia 81 Reading Railroad
Company.
The United States is now next to Lon
don in the supply of rags to English
manufacturers.
In one county Of California five hum
|dred thousand grapeyines are to be
planted this spring.
| The Benwood Iron Works, recently
destroyed by fire at Wheeling, are to be
rebuilt at an early date.
| L. B. Clapp, Of Battle Creek. Michi-
gan, recently shipped thirty-tive thous-
and cigars to the Black Hills.
The jackson, the Bessemer, the. New
York, and the Cleveland iron mines are
lshipping ore BY rail- to Wisconsin fur
naces.
/ Lead ore has been discovered in two
places near Oskaloosa, Kan, and the
Oskaloosa Mining Company has been Or
ganized.
l. Scales of mica, foot or more square,
are readily obtained in the Black Hills
country. They purpose using it for VIM
dow lights.
Silver mines, which bear traces of
Having been worked by a prehistoric
race, have been discovered in Mason
County, Texas.
The Girard (Penn.) Wrench Factory
received an order some days ago for a
quantity. Of wrenches from q hardware
dealer in England,
/ John Canfeld, Of Manistee, is, said to
own more pine timber than any other
man in Michigan, his possessions
amounting to about one billion feet.
The. coal mine in the vicinity of Evans
ton, Wyoming, are the most extensive
| IN the world, the vein being twenty.six
feet in thickness and several miles in
length.
Weyman. & Reacock's lead mines at
New Diggings, Wisconsin, are yielding
| large quantities OF mineral, three men
Eeasily taking out ten thousand pounds
Iper day.
The, iron mountains of Missouri, ao-
cording to Professor Waterh ouse, con.
| tain enough ore above the surface to
| afford for two hundred years an annual
| supply Of one million tons.
The Akron (Ohio) Iron Works is run-
ming full double time, excepting the bar
mill. The mill Ia running exclusively
Ilupon iron for agricultural machinery,
and its prospect for this year Is good.
1t Is asserted that excellent specim ems
of silver ore have, been discovered two
and a half miles south Of Preston, Fill.
more County, Minnesota. They were
discovered at o depth Of 100 feet while
drilling for water.
Ihier g. Cahill, founders, Chattanooga,
Tenn, are meeting with. encouraging
success, and have recently been increas.
ling their facilities, They are about to
commence making several, styles Of or,
namental cast fencing.
The Telegraph Supply Company, OIL
Cleveland, has; recently secured a 5000
toontraet for electrical work to be put
Iint0 the new hotel at San Francisco
which is now being erected by ME-. e. ]
Baldwin, one OF the merchant princes oil
that city.
4 The Etna Iron Works, at Ironton, o..
thave at least a thousand tons OF Etna anO
1 Vesuvius charcoal iron OH hand which
nets about $40. They have sold more
than thousand tons since the 1st OF
January. The company received an in
Qniry a few days ago for one thousand
tons of Alice iron, but they had not thai
amount on hand.