Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-24

To the editor Of the Alexandria Gazette:
to Illustrate my position and sustain my
i1!acm mt respecting the value to the mining
and manntactinr interests OF our State, Of a
deposit = pmc. primitive, 0laguetic iron ore ];
its value "a sustaining the large BcsSt nIrr Steel
Work in active and profitable operation in
period Of financial embarrassment ard rrnsrr"-
tion Of all the leading industries 9th couu ry-
rs vs. are at h. present time experiencing,
will quote from the annual report of Prof Geo.
Ii. Cook, the State Gcoocist Of New Jersey,
Tor the year 1915, page IS. He states:
''Thc mlulng industry OF the State partakcs
Of the depression 50 general IN all branches o
business, aud that portion devoted to iron
n-ning is more seriously Altered in Consequence
81 the stagnatioD in the manufacture Of iron.
During 1874 many OF the complulc- i, their
force OF ,abcr in the mines nearly, if DOT gu tie,
qlaI to that oi 1873 h,rng ior revival OF
business aud better dnmaod for ore, and thus
10 be ready to reap the first results OF such ~
provemeut, aud also t. keep their mines In a
good working condliicn.
This, IN part, explains the conpara!yely
snail decrease in he amount Of iron ore mined
last year as compared with that oil 1878 Dur
lrg this year there has been marked change.
The continues lack o.! d. mtnd has DISCOURAGED
work, aud IL nearly all the large mues the
mining force has been reduced to minimum
consistent with keeping than from suffering in
Jury Ey an entire stand still. Ser era! OF the
are cpmpalics !,age S'0rod altogether. lie
srser mines ani individual eattrpris, $ are
doing even less than tie companies
LAS many jf the !uroaceS are cut OF blast,
the stock 1t the mines Is generally uiuch great
or than ever before. 10 some Cases the accu-
muatiop is at the furnaces. 10 that, athOuAh,
| ;heie Is "a large sm uat OF OIe ready tor them
| whenever the demaLl Tor iron shall CO Tor Il,
Que company is reported a. having OOc Lur-
! Ir2l thousand tuus Of magnetic ore ST Cke.!,
d there is prohably "a large all amount low
| on he bauk alta hat zon # our larger mucs.
Ia the mlust OF this amJ>t universal dc.
urcs.l3u there a:a some marked cXcgptiCuS.
| These are doiog quite as much Is 10 any pre-.
yious year while there are few newly opened
! localities which are being quite actively worked.
! LII Il few cases Iii ere are ~ 'clal BUSINESS aT&u
mcnt> Which are driving them, but III the most
{ vi hem We hud the superior character OF the
| orc-I,s adaptation TO the Manufacture OF IRON
; Tor B-s.emcr stcel-claimiHg mark,t tor IT,.
aud cuaLLg lis uwucls to keep work. Such
: ORES are wanted and COMMAND rcmunerativc
! prices. and miucs having such be worked
! prGia!y aud vigorously even In these times.
! Again he states: "Ooy lew years ago there
was scarcely any ore mined 10 the State winch
was supposed 0 do Tor mixing IUto steel. We
had ~ Brsse MR. ores on a"c0uat OF the ASSUME
I'd universal Lrt-oncc OF TOO much pE0st hrruu>.
Chemical analysis. followed b. experiment and
rJu,iuc practice, have upset ills wrong conccp
ton 50 much that 10 1874 several furnaces
/! mad sic, pig, running ~ New jersey mag
I petite. Their success naS started tn cXallDa-
. ton OF iron ores, aud stimulated Prospecting
in search 0! new mines OF The same Character.
Again he writes Il Wow OF the future in.
crcasjng and vide use II Stccl over thai at iron
there is the strongest probability tat ali ore
which can hc used n It's paGnactnra wi iird
a more ready safe ADD greater dcoaud than
the ordinary ores cJnanng pnosphurru,. "
less some process. Efficient ADD pIGcllc;.oic,
can b" found Wnlch will remove this clement
! 30 pf. ind cial 10 he highest va u: nf iron.
! Hcra ia Virginia, in Fauqni"r county, We
fnd similar magncric iron ore, a. referred to
above by Prof. Cock Pure maguetile, having
no sulphur or PHOSPHORUS. he very ktud now
! being searched for by gcoogi>ts, lnIncraogistS,
. tIy pa,ti : interested in the manular ure Ut {.
pnrr s.ccI, AID especially by those pcrooo. who
are engaged 10 the manufacture OF BcaScuic,
sc"l.
/ All ,h.r is r,qnir2a for the successful dcrcI-
! ,plneut Of thr>., ore deposits IS cupHu. rhc
. cn,crprlsr unI service ii cxp"rl"uc:l men ~
the iran aGI steel busiuc-S. the c1uStrurlt "a
OF work up proper plan, !nrnac"s similar
tn h. one 4 l. ucsvili, D:ip. hose CONNECTED
yt;, IT., B s.yn"r Steel Works at Cleveland
aud Harrisburg Pa. Such furnaces orcr cs
! iabIishcd. and worked urIcr n proper manage
/ uent, will prove Il success, aud add population
ami wealth Ia Virginia.
\ furnac" Eocar" ~ Jones Point. AEcx,n
! dra, to Cost say 800 900, with capacity IT
not lass thar - tons Of pig non i'cr day, and
with a surplus capital of 50 iGW paid III Ia
purchase stock, pay monthly expenses, aud
running On BtSsrHicr steel pig, wonId prov
| (cvrn in the Present pto~tra'lon nj tn" iron
| business OF the country certain Success; w"uI's
pay handsome dividends on tn. stock, increase
the 90, ula,ion Of Alexandria, add t"Ihc w'altll
ii he CITY aud increase the value al real estate
| Ana IT, in cnnnnc' ION with such An en'crprl>,,
! y Brss,mcr steel works were established, vi h
rolling mill manufacturing steel rails, and
| woi king force equivalent To the lOrcc employ
| ed hy he Cleveland steel work, "f over > 100
! hands. TINS wuuld increase the population OF
! al x.ndrl4 By An addition oil nearly - 600 IN.
! iabtants. double your present popuatlnn, and
| give an impetus to business enterprises thai
/ would, In very inW years, swell tn" limit III
| h" cty ana its population TO over $1,000 |
| know that such cntcrprl-" will require Il
! very large capital, from $500 600 10 81 0Oo,OO
bur let the value Of Virginia IRON or: he orc.
established the favorable position Of AIcxln
| d:la as u manufacturing city be known, then
N,,t bnr w oc al will s,pE =
meat here. The cid furnaces, tfosc uutortu-
natcly located convenient to small veins OF ore,
now, 10 many instances, exhausted aud their
ownerS now forced to look to distant localities
for the supply Of ore. will 'hcn be abandoned
the capital be removed to more favorable To-
cailtl9s to points where the orc OF the best cIa,-
and 10 heavy dcposits-in masses-comprisIng
ir 10 p0untalus not small, thin veins, or pockets
III ore, uul XiSriug in lneXhaustbie am0u is,
can be had, wllh Il the favorable circumstances
o. location, climate, soil aud trarsE oratlon, IN