Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-23
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In the earlier days OF this century the
Withers family seem To have been the pio-
,eps There In none ot them now living In
this sectiou except w. w. Witheis, ESQ
who s,ili lives In tho mansion house OF the
Mt Eden property and who still has fafm
Of several hundred acres arounu IT, no - y
ucstion, but Of late years no has been much
afflicted with n partial loss OF eyesight His
brother, Thomas, died about six months ago
In Virginia, where he was managing large
iron works for the PsncoastA Tho only other
living member OF the family IL John, who
also is AN active iron man In Virginia. Dur.
ing tho time these three furnaces ran tho out.
put OF mono OF them was over from six To
eight tons OF Iron day. That, taken into
some OF the furnaces tho present day, looks
small, but yet those gave employment 10
more people than the present ones do.
You can still fnd an occasional old stove
that bears tho Hopkins name or Z. Brooks ~
Co. on it. The BEST preserved we know of Is
still used by Mr.. Hopkins himself 1t IL
over 40 years old. The stoves then made
were nine and ten plates and would weigh
five times M much a. tho present stoves.
The casting In them were all fully an inch
thick.
OF the folks who did tho work around
these furnaces most all OF them arc gone to
their rest OF them yet living is Charles
Forney, now with the Colemans OF Lebanon,
and who 10 much respected citizen Of that
place. lie was clerk Tor both Conow lingo
and Black Rock.
James Mccullough, who was at Black
Rock ~ bookkeeper, Is still living ON his
farm In Coleraln.
John Benson, who was general manager nj
Black Rock aud who afterwards managed
the colebrook estates, Is living In retirement
In Lancaster.
James McNiIchael, manager OF Conowingo
ore mines, lives on his farm In Drumore.
The Waltmans who hel ped their father a.
keeper at Conowlngo, are now Keepers al
furnaces in Berks county.
The Ktscadens, who were brought up at
Conowingo, are with tho Grubos ana at
Cornwall.
Much has been written about Conowin 90
ore mines near Camargo, in this county, and
which have yielded sn Immense amount OF
ore.
withors family, and have been mined by
different parties until within tho last ten
years. They are now owned by the Cole
mans Of Lebanon, but thoy are deep and ex.
peusive To mine, and though It Is OF extra
quality and there IL branch OF the Quarry
Vile railroad running to It and new lot OF
machinery built, 1t IL not worked.
II has been sold at high prices. We think
Cabeen & Co, had $4,000 in at one time.
And in 1912 Withers was offered for IL and
Nouo"iuRo iuiHa'h SiS',Vvp Wy bIi ih, Mho
was one OF Cornwalls iron kings OF that day.
Ba!rzer Eckman. who drove one OF the big
teams at Black Rock aud who hauled the
heaviest load OF ore that ever went to 1t, still
lives on his tsrm below Quarryvllle.
Dennis Carr, who was nj Conowingo for
forty yesrs,is living at Mechanics Grove aud
IL 30 years Old
Harry Rouinsky, ono Of the old colliers
who helped to make all tho coal Of Conowingo,
IL living on his iarm near the old furnace,
and happy in his old days because he has all
he want.