, 1889-01-31
PUGET SOUND IRON Go.
4 100000 Plant
FINEST PIG IRON IN The WORLD.
FORTY TONS PER DAY.
STEEL WORKS & ROLLING MILLS
TO Be BUILT.
ALREADY EMPLOYS 400 MEN.
FORTY TONS PER DAY
ALREADY EM2LoYs 400 MEN
IRON INDUSTRY

IRON INDUSTRY
About eight years ago there began
TO be a stir about the Chimacum beg
iron ore. Mr.. II. l.. Blanchard was
among the first ones to investigate
and send samples Cf ore away for
tests. As result Il large company
was finally organized, principally
San francisco capitalists, among
whom Were AIesSrs. Simpkins. Pres
colt aud others Of the Bay city, for
the purpose of smelling iron ore on
Port Townsend Bay. 4 large amount
OF money was spent IL experimental
work-such a erecting Il furnace at
a cost Of $4,000 merely to demon
stTate whether or not the ore could
be manufactured prOfitably. That
! furnace was afterwafd torn down,
| and a larger one built Develop
ments have gone along until tn
company has invested about seven
| hundred thousand dollars. 1t has
the finest and most powerful engines
and machinery to be had; it has a
towGsite unsurpassed in beauty and
convenience, inclnding water supply,
the finest of wharf privileges, etc
The fuTnace Is operated with hot
air blast, and charcoal is used for
fuel-making the
BEST IRON IN THE WORLD
-Four grades OF iron are made, the
best having brought IN the markets
a higher price than The test grade OF
| Scotch pig iron sells for As proof
of lis superior quality, the company
is now supplying the Southern Pa
citic II. Il. Go. with iron for manu-,
featuring car wheels-a purpose that
demands the very best iron to be had
anywhere. 1t will take several months
although the furnace is turning out
FORTY TONS PER DAY,
To complete contracts now run
ming with this railroad company
saying nothing OF the general mar
ket The location of the reduction
works is on the southwestern shore
! of
PORT TOWNSEND BAY,
And is called by the suggestion ii.
tie of Irondale. Quite a town has
grown up, including good hotels, q
post Office, and also the company's
store where employees and surround
ing settlements are supplied with
merchandise to order The wharve:
are easy of access, cOmmodious, anC
easily reached by vessels OF deeI
draught. The ore, brought from
the valley mile or more back, anC
| 10 ICla To
group, is roasted thoroughly before
being smelted Ito burn all sulphur
out of it) and is then put into the
great yawning mouth of the furnace
together with limestone for fux, il
regular doses, so to speak. 1t i!
drawn out at intervals from the lot.
tom of the furnace, molten rive
that shines out its bright white ray:
all over Port Townsend Bay. II
drawing the liquid metal, it Is rur
into bed of sand, marked out Will
channels of convenient size, wher,
the iron cOols in bars and Is broker
into about three-foot lengths, suit.
able for handling afterward. Char,
coal was formerly burned in ordin-
ary coal pits, but the company nov
has dozen or more large kilns il
which cordwood' is charred NOR,
economically. Mr.. j. L. Smith is the
competent and successful manager o
this great enterprise in all it's detail.
assisted by Mr.. Frozier who is more
Immediately connected with the in
side work at the furnace. 4 larg'
number Of labOTeIs are employed
not only at the works, but at tn,
Texada quarry, in transporting or
and limestone, in the woods cutting
cordwood, &c.
STEEL WORKS AND ROLLING MILLS
| VIII be added in the near future, ,ane
in fact, speedily, if the great nava
station Just now a subject of sucl
public interest be located in the heaC
of Port Townsend Bay The Iror
company has practically unlimited
capital, and has not only to stay bu
to grow, and develop into one of th'
largest institutions in the Pacifi
northwest.