Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-04
Ridgc-magnetic Iron Ores
steel ores.


To the editor of the Alexandria Gazette:
10 my Grst Communication published in the
Gazette, Ma Magnetic iron ores of
Fsuquler couoty, Va," I referred to az aualy
sis of ore made for Mr.. Slater by Prof. VIM.
P. ToHry, Of the Maryland Institute. Prof.
Tonry's analysis gave the following result:
Metallic iron = 80 "a per Ct, Silica 40 20
per ceot. he lion eGistS 10 cGm 5iuatlvo with
oxygeD."
Low quote from ny Communication This
specimen corresponds very yearly with the "a
% Us Wcoz ore, out Of which the naive
H.ndoos manufacture the Iudian steel, or
Woo steel. Woy:z orc cons sta Of tn. nar
oetic txide Of iron, uoited Win quar- 10 pc
PORTIONS which do not seem 70 f:r uucb
being generally alb III ~ Of quaE'z and IS IT
magnetic oxide. lis gratis ale Of varyo.szs
dowo to sandy texture.
Prof. Toury gives 1920 Silica, or quartz,
sight dferelc'. W. uay expect the richer
ores to be as high rs - per ceut. OF metallic
lron, and az average OF Velu 70 reaco 60 per
cent. This ore, tom he gapeue o. III veio
may b. ra sed as Sicao ore Til, sampie,
as selected ny Mr, SAFER, SOS ak % from q
lnt Of ore %, aioed from Gear The top OF h,
deposit. wttio fifteen leet If III: surface. sot
which bad pronounced 90. be best; uyI rlci
eocsGh TO be ASSET a.; paylug J'e, an % It's
nca|ysis being reported TO me, l YES agreeabiy
surprised at its Iichoess 10 metallic ron
iuUther sntcneu. 80 ~ rage s.uD!e ii ore
um be 81 60: win, iro.D SIa crS suatf cjo
tGiuiuy t1z re as snaJz d by Prot Touiy, aud
sniectsd ard forwarded by Mr.. Sla'cr 81 the
Vtrsioia Mineral Bureau aod anabz d by j.
BioGgett Brlrton, Of The Iron Mss!c.'s brs
;nrY, Of PalIadelptia, gave the :oI0Hiug re.
suit:
"sIctaIlic iroo 40 81 per ceut.. 90 sulphur
Or titanic acid. or o.ner Impurities: being re.
por'rd."
n W notice that the specimeu,as ana!,z 4 t9
Prvf TORY, will DE represented bV
Metallic iron. So 81 per c:o.
Magnetic cz!de. - II 81
Silica, = u 20 -
The specimen 81 reported D. .ir Rr!tou
CONTAINS:
Metallic iroo. - ~ 81 nar eeuI
Magnetic oxide, - 30 " -
Au average Of those two auals Sc, vii g,se
Magnetic oxide Il 5O.4S per cent. | an All,
ii ID this Lean ore, WIN isfse per ccut CT Slt
G, or au.r'z vi yet prove 70 be II great value
10 the manu- aciure Of superior see fjs cl'icly.
swords, sabres, and :or all purposes wh9re IN:
r,qu.red.
IL coo6rma',o Of the above vegs hay:
lately CT, cured valuable ,mmucln,tloo lr,n
the pen Of !'r4t. W. r D!au. Of E.aarcnss,
d being bis third c,mmuoicsIoa 81 'l'oo.
5 eel aud Caribou" published 10 The America"
N4oufac;u-er CT P.'tsturv, p, ant ate! Al
Vluceone-, InJ., arch 81. 1877. la tbs
article [ fud the following notice OF WuO:G
or lndiau steel:
"Haviug thus briefly stated my views ;to
hoU Steel is prodased without attempting t.
letiue wha; i, is. desire . add i few V ri,
10 reference to Wonz or lnliaD Steel "!
gested by Mr. MAX a''s letter reviewing Pro-.
Ileercn. The ore used II :hs pT1juc 70! u!
this celebrated steel is H. magnetic oE'-".c}o
.lsting OF n per csot. Of iron, ~l II - q
1xygen, cDmblned With quhtZ 10 !he pr3anC
tivn Of S. Of OXIDE 10 4S i qltr'z
Nox notice our average U! l. d"St0ae or,
above slVea, is 50 IS magnetic ,1'l:, cjrfc-
panling very nearly vi. the cou!au,s OF -"
Wooz ore, the qulrtz briog 10 varying prop9G
lions, greater 10 the very lean Gre, l.s5 IN the
richer ores Prof. Dtan stats: "IhlI ur1 l.
prepared by stamping and washing He:h"a
describes lie coustruc i'm of the pc'mittv3 cay,
iIlDdoo fufn.c,, thu fuel used aui. the pr 'c.s,
OF manufacturing the ore irto iroo, aud thr
iron icto steel. He shows ,hs By the Use c!
the peculiar tue us:d by the Hlnd ,os, b?iDg
dried wood sod green leaves. Converted tnio
charcoal. "hydrogeu is generated, aad to-.
combines with the carbon to form ca!5unacd
hydrogen, 30 agent powerful enough 10 It's SO.
t.on TO CONVERT this iron ioto quality oi STEEL
hat has never been eqIaled By all the skill az.
piled by scleGcs 10 lt5 ul1r: approved m"tho!',
10 two hou and halt, and ~ this day remlII.
.ha u tuna rbuia,' that E,gl'sh m-t:!ur
{ lists lave never been ahlc 10 reach. LAKE ouH
Of these ludiaD iron masters ant pIac, han 70
" s!cro n nth Carolina, Oh the great deposits
Of magnetic OK d. that exist there. with BIZ
clay furnace and goat skin bello|s. aud he WI
convert he rich ere Of the % d Noitt Stat
lnto as Fl ie ingots of Woo:z steel as the %jr!d
yer l3Uked upoo, something that DOT on+ o.
the prescott apJr we'd methods OF steel mak@f-
90 either side OF the great ocean can accom- a!.ah'
and all because the steel makers are tee!lcg II
the dark to learn what steel is.
Let one OF the Ipdlan iron masters Io1ltr
hin self at l. )destoue ridge, aod from our lear.
poor, Silicau magnetic iron ores. he GIN m.Ca
tacturc iuso,s of as pure steel, "a l.. iu ql.l!;g
ineoess aud streogtn, 10 any ever produced,
n.log equal to the Wuo,z Indian steel, thr
world reuJwaad, famed s'eI Of rsls, GU. o.
Which Vas 10 ancient times, ma4ufac ure ri
aui costly sa5res ari swords OF ID!
ma. cu!, al1 "a Ial to the elaborated b ID
% .putlcsured 10 modern TINES GU; vt Slm ar
u agnc'lc ores ty the goverom .ut OF il l,,a ~
be,r works 10 lhe Udra! N u raus. Sped
specimens Of their mauufac ure " re Oh exl'.
it, a. the Centennial, All SAID b. exa'nst3
re cqrAI t. the steel on: OF wnch the Diml:-
u hales were forged
We have seen that our lcao, Silican orc CT
'esp md ~ yearly ia It's ,tpp ,sltIou. IS u x
,enc oxide and S'iic. OK qlr2 AID - IL
,urty. with the woo s'a.l IRE. S,ae may
properly call his ore OF l. ,ies,oae rllI: h'e
teel ora aod ius'cai Of wasting H. az b.Iog
90 lean. or poor IL N 'tallic iron TO stap1 rs
hpnens, it Gao b, work Il 10 ana u19uac
ured at the 70 o IS into the II ~ Valu ,bls brao'
"! steel, add may become ms. vsu sol: n'
lc!c OF manufacture and Commerce, III eng
ven al L,od 70 the lar fan d lIiiso ADD VI .ifl'
tie $50 nlshly pr;z:i by the cutters Of L'a iJ7
50 that this, the poores. o. our ores tus T:fj
can ore, from it. great purl y, abs :nss OF utIA'c
cld, phusunor0us or sulphur, WIlI give II q
yea: reuu alton and cause it to Do sought alter
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