The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-01-16
The First Iron Furnace tn the
Gretll KnnnMlln Valley.

The First Iron Furnace In the
Great k'.naWhit Valley.
Correspondence ofthe coalTfadeJ Jour.
nai, New York;
/ have Just been 70 the new iron
furnace aud coal works ofthe Black
Band Iron and C,al Company. The
furnace Il located 1--WE milesw west Of
Charleston, w. Va, on The Great
Kanawha river; the coal property
is fifteen miles frdm the said river
up the Davis Creek, a tributary II
tke Great Kanawha river. The
Black Band ore is also brought
from upthe Davis creek by their
broad.geuge railroad, owned and
operated by the company. This
Company own fotty.six acres Of
level bottom and 2S0 acre. Of hill
or upland on the river, and $500
acres Of coal and iron land ON the
creek; the furnace, known as Bet.
de Furnace, is If seventeen TINS
capacity, butonly vent into blast
November LIST, 1888, and is now
running out ten or twelve tons Of
Nos. / and 2 Black Bandiron about
half No. land the other half No 2;
II hasnot made any No. 3 as set.
They ale using huff Black Band
and half Surface (Rnurh Kidney
ore with so degrees Of lime, and AZ
fuel ope,eisht raw block coal and
seven eighIs coke, part only Of The
c1ke Of their own manufacture, as
their ovens are mt completed hey
use the Fort spring limestone,
brought TO the works 6y the Chesa.
peake and Ohio Railway.
Two and sixtenths tons Of fuel
make one ofiron, but will improve.
Mr. OK. McDermit, thesupetinten.
dent, is no'inp very closely the
working Of this furnace, 70 as to
make ii improve in every possible
way, and even then il takes some
time 10 ascertain The exact duty
required Off The stock is weigh.
cd BY a Standard Fairbanks 6
beam charging scale. and the pig
on a Atom scale Of The sume make;
hence the tests there are equal.
The engine is WINES No. S, tlp.
rieht cylinder. 3IA4I feet three
hoilels, two fiue., eacb "a feet by
"A inches, with a feet gas flue, and
runs to an iron stack 70 feet bigh
by four feet diameter. Use Thomas
No. 2 hotblaSt furnace with pipes,
II feet bosh, 46 feet high, s feet
hearth, and about 4 feet wide; M.
3 hopper, Aka inch tnyeres, and T.
inch pipe, Use Is l.inch streams Of
water on the hearth from q 5000
gallon tank, 10 iuch hustle, 3 feet
down corners, 8 post supports
abont S feet high. Alr. A. Emp.
ticld is the foundryman in charge.
This company are also shipping
their surplus Of coal-thpy use N
the furnace and ut the shops about
60 tons per day, but are running
about 100 TINS; they expect tn in
crease to 800 tons in a short time
They have several seams If bitumi.
nous cual on their mineral property,
but are only mining from one, q
4O.inch draft.
The Black Rand ore 10 obtained
bv A drift he seam will averaoe
al fact over / (,1I) "cres aud y;sl6.
dtjdegrecs ofBIncS EanJ iran In
the f,1rnaca. thaS hovs "bnnt 1iH.
atm cnal and;r4r ors mrs m I,and.J
ma ono lSeH6,nEiye. have bIack.
smith. machine md car,,enter
sl,ops conceded Win tho works
and everything i done in The hest
Of order They are emplnying
abo q loo hands Mt nre.ent in the
furnace, at mines sand fixing the
nfoperty generally This il the
HIT iron furnace erected in the
Great Eanawha Valley If which 10
much has been saiG as IN liz min.