The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-24
Said lands and works are situated in
PRESTON COUNTY, W. va,
OS THE
Line Of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
near the Grafton junction,

Anu are connected Herewith by n hnnch rail.
iuau' OF uniform gauge and construction: dis.
!ant sI0 miles from baltimore. o. miles from Cum
p peInu Ivy miles from Wheeling III miles FROM
nne Of the Pittsburgh and Charleston Railroad
now building southwark across West virginia. by
means Of which road II has access to the mATkeis
o. Tue East and West, and will shortly also have
ncSgs 70 the markets OF Pittsburgh and the mag
The TRACT or LANDS embraces i.I2O ScreS- Of
when %hlch 70 arc under cultivation, the remainder
TIMBER. "
Il i i also underIaid by THREE DISTINCT WORK.
ABLE VEINS OF GOOD COAL. accessible ut or near
the surface, s. and feet 10 thickness respective.
y, which have been tested and worked on this md
uuJacent properties for many years. The coal Yields
a., n me LuSTR0US HARD-GRAINED COKE,
SUITABLE FOR IRON MAKING,
There arc also In close proximity 10 the bItumI-
nous coal IhREE SEPARATE BEDS OF IRON ORE
OF Tue variety known 10 miners us "ClAY IRON
o.OSE, 10 largely In use In English Furnaces,
ranging from Y inches to feet In thickness, and
Stsy mined that 1t can be placed ut the Furnace
OIL, In iaxtapostion with tho Iron belts are LIME
SSiiONE' suitable for fluxing purposes. FIRE
CLAY and building SANDSTONE, suitable for
constructing Furnaces, Ovens, dc.
Among the permanent STRUCTURES AND
iiSSl ~ erected for the most part by
ii.9 bosh. '' "'"'~'
TWO BLOWING ENGINES, sO.horse power,
made BY sWeeny L Son, OF Reading.
ihUT,BLAsT APPARATUS, Is feet stoves.
-FOUR MILES OF RAILROAD, 4.SH gauge
SUI ~, switches % and 60 pound rail- well lall
ONE SAWMILL, Turbine wheel, circular saws
carpenter and tool-shUp complete.
.oUNDHf, including cupola, molGsr castings,
MACHINE AND BLACKSMITH SHOP, with
lAthes, drills, &c.
SO WoRkMENS DWELLING HOUSES, dOu.
bic and single gardens attached, In good order.
6IOREHOUSES, ENGINE HOUSES, OFFICES
SHEDS, Coking Pits, Treslles and all the Tramways
Drifts, Openings, Stables and other structures and
excavations necessary for the operation and main
tenanco Of an extended production and shipment
Of iron and coal.
The works have been Ia successful operation for
several years. They were laid out, worked and
enlarged under the immediate supervision Of one
o. the largest manufacturers; the whole eHpendI-
Inre on the property being upward Of S7o0, ooO
Inc Blast Furnace has capacity Of turning out
Ten 10 twelve tons Of pig Iron per day from the
ores on the estate, which product has ranked as
no No. ana foundry tgray forge and white) iron In
the Ohio River markets. The capacity can be
greatly increased at but little cost, by the erection
oil second furnace, the bte for which ID selected
There are but few. II any, sites more advantage
Gus Tor the successful, continued and profitable
manufacture Of iron; the fuel, the Aux and the
ores being all on the same property, and connect
ed with the furnace by rail. Pig iron, with the
existing facilities, has been made by the season at
cost OF SIS per ton and this rate can he lesseued
BY Improvements in contemplation.
Further particulars, Geological and MIning En-
giHesrF Report, can be had on application 10 the
Receiver, nj q NASSAU STREET, new YORK.