The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-10

And are connected Herewith by branch rail-
road, OF uniform gauge and constructions dis
tant go miles from Baltimore. o. miles from Cum
heflanI, 100 miles from Wheeling, III miles FROM
rarkcrsbnrB land 60 miles from Pittsburgh by the
line OF tho Pittsburgh and Charleston Railroad
now building southwark across West Virginia. by
means Of which road II has access TO the markets
OF the East and West, and will shortly also have
access to the markets Of Pittsburgh and the mag
netic ore deposits Of Virginia and the KanawhA.
The TRACT OF LANDS embraces i,I20 acres OF
which 30 arc under cultivation, the remainder
being covered with heavy growth OF valuable
II Is also underlaid by THREE DISTINCT WORK.
ABLE VEINS OF GOOD COAL. accessible at or near
the surface 3, land feet in thickness, respective
y, which have been tested and worked on this and
adjacent properties for many yeRrS. The coal yields
fine LuSrROUS HARD.GRAINEU COKE,
SUITABLE FOR IRON MAKING.
There are also In close proximity 10 the bltumi-
nous coal THREE SEPARATE BEDS OF IRON ORE
OF the variety known to miners rs "CLAT IRON
STONE" 80 largely in use in English Furnaces,
ranging from % inches TO feet In thickness, and
10 easily mined that II can be placed at the Furnace
stack At 81 50 per ton.
In lux,apositlOn with the iron belts are LIME
stone, suitable for lluxlng purposes, FIRE
constructing Furnaces, Ovens, &c.
Among the permanent STRUCTURES AND
IMPROVEMENTS, erected for the most part by
the Company, are
ll.y bosh.
TWO BLOWING ENGINES, sO.horse power,
made by sweCny & Son, Of Reading.
llOT.BLAsT APPARATUS, IS feet stoves
FOUR MILES OF RAILROAD, 4sIS gauge
sidinSS switches, IS and 20 pound rail-, well lSil
and ballasted.
ONE sAwMILI, Turbine wheel, circular saws,
carpenter and teol-shOp complete.
EOUNDRf, including cupOla, molds, castings,
MACHINE AND BLACKSMITH SHOP, with
lalhes, drills, &c.
80 WORKMEES' DWELLING HOUSES, dou-
Die and single gardens attached, In good order.
STOREHOUSES,E NGI NE HOUSES, OFFICES,
Sheds, Coking Pits, Treslles and all the TramWays
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,
The works have been Ia successful operation for
several years. They were laid out, worked and
enlarged under the immediate supervision Of one
Of the largest manufacturers; the whole expcndl-
turc on the property being upward Of S700, 600,
The 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. and foundry lgry forge aud white) iron In
the Ohio River markets. The capacity can bC
greatly increased at hut little cost by the erection
ol second furnace the site for which Is selected.
There are but few, Il any, sites more advantage.
Gus for the successful, continued and profitable
manufacture Of iron; tho fuel, the lnX and the
ores being all on the same property, and connect
Cd 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 eau 10 eSsCneL
W Improvements in contemplation.
Further particulars, Geological and Mining En-
gneIrI Rcp1,i, can be had 90 application TO the
Receiver, at q NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK,