Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-02-17
AN INppsrRIAL SURVEY on
WrnT VIRGINIA..

HuiNtls Ahla atNN " "Ns'' W. -
Prof.. TuoMAs E0L1sroN, Of tho School
Of Mines Of Columbia Collcgc, Ne"
York.
Tho reason given by Prof EolEsroS
Tor recommending such survey are
not based upon mere speculation aS 10
what such work would develop, but
upon personal aud specific cxam'na'
ton OF the character and quality o'
the iron aud coal deposits IN
various sections OF the state. In
other words, his estimate ct
tho value Of our resources h not based
upon vague spcculat,ons. M most "l
such Investigations have heretofore
been, but having satisfied himself that
these RESOURCES are Immensely valuable
he thinks the State d,rcltct IN not pub
fishing them 10 the world, What W.
want il definite, reliable. scientific IN
formation, upon which capitalists can
~ LAT rely as to stake money upon IT,
Prot EutGsrnN SAYS that hc spout two
mouths lust summer making careful
geological reconnaissance at the dia'
trirts adluccnt To-. ~ we'll ~ thusc north
ul the huc ui the Chesapeake and OHIO
railway. and was very greatly I'M
pressed With the value ut the mineral
deposits Of thls section, aud at the dc-
aimblliIy ot careful industrial sui
vcy being made oI tue
whole region" Tho geology
ct the country" hc rcmarks, "ts well
settled. muat Ut the iormaliona having
been carefully determined 10y Rour1o
aud others since hln timr, hut the value
ul tho different dcposlla, the way IN
which they eau be- worked, what special
prupvrlic, they possesses from u mchllur
slcal aud industrial standpoint, at"
questions which have never been care
fully studied, To- my knowledge Aud.
lust here. rrni T. hlla the nal "n ia"
head. and d,scluara the real want oI the
State.
Upon the quality ul the ,run ores IA
this 'g,un, Prot T. says 1T Is welt
known L. a lew that thrrr ~ a great VI
uuty, both Ia tho quantity nnd quality
ui the ton Ores throughout this great
iron belt. but lta real value ~ not lpprc
,,atc,l Al home. aud n scarcely known
IN the NorIh. The quality oI somr at
these ores D. very high, but they som'.
fines pag7 into a material su -ili,vuu,
that It cannot bc u,rd nv un "tc ct ,r"n.
An imperfect examination at lu,nlitca
containing such material un the surface
haa given rlsc o. the ,mrtvsatnu, au-
nouurvd tu sruc ul the most im
purtuut In,ul works un the geology OF
,hr nitcd Ntutrs that the urakany lie
pu-lt yoututua ~ iron urca that eau Ice
worked have malc over SIXTY uualN
sees from samples COLLECTED hy myself aud
others oi these ores. aud lud hy tat tie
larger part 1T lhcu. Nuluahl" lot the
manufacture 1T uuu, ond many at thrm
very rt,h ma lrru aud Nrry tow u both
sulphur dui phosphorus. Very lew ct
thrsc utru, which | have auaN7o D,
would be- rejected 10y ,ruu men un o'
count oi their puairtN.
What they uvcd ls careful cNrlomtIonto
determine their extent, aud careful "a.
animation b. determine their quality AMI
when this has bccu done, see n" reason
Who the state ui Virginia SHOULD not l."
one ol the Largest aud rlyhcst trou pru
duclug countries Ia the United States
geographically these ores ATE situated
la such way that they can hC most
easily m,urd Tho geological accident,
which have occurred IA the great "ro
belt have turned az Ihcytrlta "a avr,cs
of told,, which. having been afterwards
ctudci ou the surh,c, throw the lie.
po,ils into a scrlcs ul I shaped boots, 49,
that ut the prc7cnt tune ,hc same out
crops over short distances Will frequent
IN come lu the surface several tunes. ~
IN PARTICULARLY the ease at Low Moot
Msilca th,s. the orrs urc usually inunj
h,sh up on the hills 81 that they ,1n hr
miuci easily. aud can generally bc
brought Ia the railroad hy gravity roads
There H. ruom enough la thu,r icon
hytds which | have examined personal
IL. tor irnm twenty to thirty very large
iron iurnacra Tho erection ui such
furnaces would develop the material
wealth at the state. wuuld create many
other industries aud hclp 10 populate
aud To- hutd up the country which "
nov ~ thinly settled
have hal many conversations With
rruu,y l,aula lion manufacturers, cspc.
cial;, irnm Pittsburgh. SINCE my return
lrom Virginia, relative lo these ores, aud
have been assured that II they couid be-
delivered IN Pittsburgh ut "A reasonable
Ia,rr. that city alone would take several
hundred thousand tons at the ore, %
Passing lrom the d,s,usuon oI the
mon tu the coal fields ut this same sc,
ton, rruf EutGsroN, gives some utter
rstlng facts aud Suggestions, from which
Ne make the following extracts
The coal dclds, however, have im
prrs.rd me even more than the iron
fields have examined u number ot
lhrm In their different geological hnrl
sanS, from the base 10 the lup ui the
coal hrid. and found the GOALS which
they Yield exceedingly pure. None Of
them. ~, Tar ~ my examination goes,
contain more than two per cent 1T ash,
aud are bcsidys almost irvc from sui.
phur and phosphorus, Almost all ct
them are capable OF making u coke
which h more like charcual Ia IT, Jual,
ties. being at the same Time much murc
tenacious aud capable oi resisting avery
heavy charge Ia the blast furnace, While
in other respects they act The that ucl
Snnr ot tbtst, ynals ate So valuable uT