The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-23
said lands aud works arc situated 10
PRESTON COUNTY, W. Va,
on TuR
Line Of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
near the Grafton junction,

Aud are connected Herewith by branch rail-.
| road, Of Uniform gauge and construction; dis
tant go miles from Baltimore. % miles from Cum,
6erland, 100 miles from Wheeling, ia miles IRON
TTarteTseIrg lend % miles from Pittsburgh BY the
line Of the Pittsburgh and Charleston Railroad
now building IouthwRrd across West NlrSlnlA) by
| means Of which road Il has access to the markets
Of the East and West, and will shortly also have
| access TO the markets Of Pittsburgh and the mag
nc 1 orc deposits Of Virginia and The KanaWha.
Tho TRACT OF LANDS embraces l., l20 acres, Of
which go arc under cultivation, the remainder
TIMBER. ''7I1
Il Is also undGrlaId by THREE DISTINCT WORK.
ABLE VEINS OF GOOD COAL. accessible at or near
the surface 0, and feet In thickness, respective.
y, which have been tested and worked on thisand
adjacent properties for many years. The coal Yields
fine LUSTROUS HARD-GRAINED COKE,
SUITABLE FOR IRON MAKING.
There are also In close proximity To the bituml.
nous coal THREE SEPARATE BEDS OF IRON ORE
o. the variety known to mineIs as CLAY IRON
S'0SE," 50 largely In use IN English Furnaces
ranging from q inches 10 feet In thickness, aud
50 easily mined thntlt can be placed nj the Furnace
| stack az 81 90 per ton. s..
in JuxtapositlOn with the iron belts are LIME.
STONE, suitable for huxIng purpOJCS FIRE-
CLAY and building SANDSTONE, suitable ios
constructing Furnaces, Ovens, &c.
Among the permanent STRUCTURES AND
IMPROVEMENTS, erected for the most part by
Tue company, are
ONE HoT-BLAsT FURNACE, 80 feet stack,
TWO BLOWING ENGINES. sO.horse poWer
made by sWeeny 4 Son, Of Reading.
HOr-BLAsT APPARATUS, rs feet stoves.
-FOUR MILES OF RAILROAD, .4sIS gauge
sidingS, switches. % aud 60 pound rail-, well laII
| and ballaSted.
ONE sAWMILL, Turbine wheel, circular saws,
carpenter and tool-shop complete.
| FOUNDRY, including CupOla mOlLs casllnVs
patterns, dc.
MACHINE AND BLACKSMITH SHOP, with
lathes, drills, &c.
80 WORRMENS' DWELLING HOUSES, dou.
Bile and single gardens attached, In good order.
SrOREHOUSES,E ENGINE H0 USES, OFFICES,
Sheds, Coking Pits, Treslles and all the TramWnys
Drifts, Openings, Stables and other structures and
excavations necessary for the operation and main
tenance Of an extended production and shipment
Of iron and coal.
several years. They were laid out, worked tnll
enlarged under the immediate supervision Of one
Of Tue largest manufacturers; tie, whole expendl-
ture on the property being upward Of S100, 900.
The Blast Furnace has capacity Of turning out
ten to twelve tons Of pig iron per day from the
ores on the estate, which product has ranked rs
No. and 2 foundry (gray forge and Whlte) iron In
the Ohio River markets. The capacity can be
greatly increased at but little cost by the erection
Of second furnace the site for which Is selected.
There arc but few, II any, sites more advantage
Gus for the successful, continued and profitable
manufacture Of iron; the fuel, the 1uH and the
ores being all on the same property, and connect
cd with the furnace BY rail. Fig Iron, with the
existing facilities has been made by the season at
cost Of SIS per ton, and this rate can be esSened
by improvements in contemplation.
Further particulars, Geological and Mining En-
gfHeerP Report, can be had on application TO the
Receiver, ut q NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK.