Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-27
The Iron Interests of Virginia.
To the Editor Of the alexandria Ga@ette
spIEGELEIsEN MANUFACTURING

lie logical Survey ui luGlana, 1913, page
ii by Pfof Is +. Cox. State Geoogist, in
he aric . OF Sl Gclcr-cn manufacturing, by
Hugh Hartman, Ci:i E.gIueer, tic following
statements are made
The countries winch at present, produce
the bulk OF S.,iegcc'stn, Russia, Sweden and
G ua1y, are, strange 10 say, worked upon the
u.ost rifrrcDt iron ores, which they, notwlth
s'auIl =, cQne 10 the very same result.
RUSSIA.
"Tno country around the coast of the Baltic
sea .ttalus ytry ,icb mineral deposits Ut Dag
uet:c ores, AID around b. many lakes, aud scat
tered over the whole Country, such IS brown
t.ema it's.
H. Fauuuer county, Va, W. have the mag
nc,ic ores II Nafr2r GUY; and the north
AID ii valleys OF the Shenandoah the very
fure>t ;ad most vl!uu Die brown hclnautel, also
-! uruatll ;, aGi hCmatl!cs rich III maDgan"st.
O.e :. ec;mcu from the ManaSutten NJ uut2ln
L. rcrori.l "a cGH;albiOg 81 per ct. 0' m';gt
ne>c aud 20 i,cr C. oi ruI, truly d sp1cgeletStn
Ore-;Lr Urs 5 that arc III such C. Il, ."d !"r
>ilrg"elSeB, required in the n!aouac; uGe oI
b IS Ill II steel.
Il >wcGeu tn" magnetic Of the district OF
Tr, inland. the pruclpal geologic Il lCrmation u
witch i, the Gnciss. tr, II the oelghborLood Of
Pr -hcrg, isbcrg. &c., with the red aud brown
ncm1rlrr- and tin mlnganltcr Us magnetic
lrUu ur.s, If al! Tie priui i've rock formations,
n granie. gncl=s very pure aud contalriDS
tr0uI % ~ per CT. ut manganese, are used
"Inosr countries %Xlott their comm01 pro-
ure u ;h" B@sscmer establishments 10 Eng
.aGG ahd Northern G.rmngy.
"hc production Of spogetelsen III Germany
Is larger than 10 any other Country, aDd l.
cnUti! t. two comIarat!rciy snail districts.
the t;ttncru part II Rhenlsh Prussia, aud ihc
sou hives ern patt o WeStphala. also a
province Of the Kingdom II Prussia The ores
used are the SparIy lron ores, or carhouate oil
lrur aud l.augl1G.c, and the red Or tr"WG
h.mati,,s B tn varieties of orr contao, the
iarl.r III ,re, the later less, maaeaGese.
B >aj"s these wo principal Classes, some
ar.,:taccou> carbonate iron, or c!us iron 1ne
, /. used Il, an auxiliary in som e>tap,Ishmcus;
tier. il a. 81 us~d 10 c)ubiD.'ou si,!i 'he ores
uuvDl 81 L, 10 i iultci eXeut, III Imported ore
from Sp4in, Sparry ore as we'll rs brown iron
ore,
The G,oiogical R'ro,t CT Indiana, 1873
na.c g5-lOl referring TO the advantages ire.
.cutytl uv Indiana tor The luauut,cturc Ut 5cs
: mcr steel, by III. adux ure IT the iron ores
Of tia; State with tn ores OF other otateS
ilueil iIar,ua!., {. f., says:
10 tie North IA Well a. TO the SOuthW 81
she is conn~ct. hy meats Il ra with Counties
bearing 4 sup"ramouut OF splendid ores, vel!
.,tup.cG ior he fabrication Ut Dlssenlcr crude
p!g iron Tucse countries are the l. kC gu
p-: D.. iron region III III, North, and tn" IIon
Il, u !an rogiou OF Missouri.
"Enplani, the for4m~s' importer or iron
i1io Ine y i. i Stat :, cauuot do we'll without
drawing upon Sweden AID Russia Tor Tie b st
uu tAtlyS oil ores. Tue macDrtlc ores OF Lake
Superior have b en- sutf.ieUty tested to prov
,ha; they i,r.Iuc2 The best quahty It iron, AID
il i known thai rom lhc uilXrur- OF The mag
ue;c xlrb he different hanstltes OF this u!s
trict ,.au,, car be produced every grade OF iron
that eau possibly b, r qur,d. The blast fur
macs Of the L k Superior roa districts. uuu.
berGs Il al ut fifteen, produce aG iron excel
leo - quaIjI,
! Il i, .u' fifteen years ago since tile first
shipments IT he ore t,ok p.ac'. SlDcc that
tim, nlccs have developed into sn inexhaust-
! alb" source II wealth, proving The sup@rl1Hly
AMI xco i.r'y II the ores. Fr'm 800 'ons
u ore - 1850 the shipments Increased 10 over
ne ia.ou Il tous IL 1872. TIE largest por-
tpH 81 thc o:vS 20 to Cleveland. whore they
are rc-hipp>G to The coal fields OF IA Mahonlug
aud ShoGang> valleys y 'a
The average COST Ut miui1g and delivering
or" IN t." cars At the unes, is estimated at
- per tou. h. cost Of transportation to
,'lcgelauj rIa laIqurtte, vas las yea: - -.
Al thc-e rates the ore IS put upon the d cks Il
CLEVELAND 81 Il c,s, 0! Sc p where il Is sod at
IS, .ui upwards. Ab u one hun4r d tur
naccs 10 o IL and PENNSYLVANIA u" j. axe gu
r"ri)r ore, and this number Is rapidly uuItl
- iug because the iron masters hJd that 1t
l. more economical To use Il rich pure orc from
a IL aut loc TIN, than cheap but III urc orc
pt the uclghbyrhuot o.! the tur nac@S.
The uagncuc Irou ores Of L,dcstonc Ridge
can be piac d at Alexandria a. a cost Is ioI-
lows, w:
Cos; iur mining and placing 90 cars, - 90
TraE>p ,riation from mlncs to AL kan
dril. CD nes, at cents per Ion
per miic 81
r ,yaIty. r.of 10 mining. &C., > Is
Total cost Of o,s delivered at Alex
anila, s. 90
O at a rcduc ion Of 50 per tn uaIer tn:
l. lkc sup rrinr ores ut Gevviaui, Dut hose ores
cln b. minci and placed on the CATS at ) pes
ton, aud 81. 10 will give good pric" Tor The
rcy ,Ity aud tiro pref IN mlnlng. aud tfus re.
du:n the cost price at Alexandra H. 50 per 90,
ani d tf-rcDca 10 favor Of Loj"-tUnc Rlig: u
against l. X Superior ores Ut So per Ton.
There can uc 90 ticuat tha the pig lr0H
trade Of LJd">tone ar Crooked Run ores, the
ores of the Blue Ridge and the Valley OF
Virginia, will De DOT Only able comp"'r wnh
T. gli-h pig iron, used n1w as al aGm'X urc by
n" Bcs>cmcr steel manu- 'ac'urcr, bus that 1t
will be even of superior quail1y aud FROM
The pure magnetic ne. cutlery or fine steel
can be produced equal II any in the world.
flUGH THos DOUGLAS.
CatleHs, Fauquir county, w
W VI, TWEED Tn Uuited States steamer
Fra0kiin arrived at Vlgo, Spain, yesterday.
T,e"i was much surprised wa2n told thar the