The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-09-18

Four blast furnaces at jackson, which draw their
fuel from the Jackson Shaft coal, are:
The Star Furnace. supplied from the Star shaft.
The Huron Furnace, Supplied from the Huron shaft
The Fulton Furnace, supplied from the Globe slope.
Tropic Furnace, supplied from the Tropic shaft
The Kyle slope ana EHreEa Shaft ship along the
line of the Ohio Southern Railroad, reaching out to
Toledo, Dayton. Springfield and other markets. ~
Long & Co. also send part of the product of their
mine the Eureka, to Ironton, for furnace use.
The first furnace built at Jackson called the s'Or-
ange, erected in 1853 This furnace has been
in blast during the past years, but is still standing
The gtar Furnace which was erected in 1866 is one
of the most successful OF the county. Last year it
made fraction less than 1000 tons etai the daily
product of the furnace when running, being about
81 tons. The average amount of coal used daily was
400 bushels, IS and 1926 TONS besides about of
Connelsville coke.
The Star shaft deep; the coal varies from
to feet in height, receding below feet the hills
t4 the mine. The coal is homogeneous mass. The
mine makes little EFe-damp, and has done so ever
since it was opened. "
Owing to the irregular floor of the coal seam, sys-
tematic mining cannot always be followed, the hills
and hollows encountered perplexing the mining
engineer. Four pumps used in the Star mine to
Drain the workings of water, the aggregate capacity
of which is 300 galGns per mtnHte, and they all
day and night The size of the shaft is eNls feet di
divided into three compartments, two for hoistiDg
and one for dumping and for the ngress and egress
of the miners in case of accident. q
The Tropic mine of the Tropic Iron Co. for
merly alongside the blast furnace, but in December
1879, the workings were inundated with water, the
roof having given way in a room driven directly
gnder Salt Creek. The water pumped out, and
fhe fen area flicd with clay and furnace cnder. In
1850 the roof again gave way under Salt Greek, and
the workings were again filled up. The hfnewas
second time pumped dry and the course of the Greek
changed, bnt the proprietors, dreading accident,
the workings altogether in 1892 and To-
Gated new shaft q of mile east from dangerous
excavation. The Tropic Iron Co., is thus volun-
tariy abandoning dangerous mine rather than run
phe risk of sacrificing human life by iDundaton of
water is deserving of special mention Such Gisin-
is rare indeed: "
This new shaft is 9s feet deep. 4he workings make
fredamp, though not eopiously, The coal is of the
same quality and thickness that Of the Star mipe
and the floor promises to be equally irregular.
switch les been built to the new shaft from the
Horse Creek branch of the Ohio Southern Railroad,
,n@ tq mine and furnace thus connected by rail-
way. '-' -
Raw coal is used in the Tropic Furnace in the re-
iuction of ore, tons of coal being required on AN
Iverage for every ton of iron made. This mine pro-
uces coal for the of the only the daily
product of the mine being 20 tons the average.
Ihe Fulton Furnace, erected in 1865, is owned by
he Globe Iron Company, and receives its supply of
oa from the lobe slope, situate half mile distant.
'his slope, which was sunk in 1865, had blast fur