The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-11

discovered by Sir Walter Raleigh i'll
North Carolina, II was many years ne
for" the ore was regarded as OF sutIlcIei[
Importance 10 Ice worked the TtAt@iil5 81
tobacco being SO much more prontapit
and easier However. in lo-p. the I-oiiloh
Company. of England. sent forty IRON
workers to establish q 'hloomeTy IN II
GINA The fuel used was charcoal l n II,
fortunately. the following year the WEgle
working force was maSSaCTtu pE tl'l-
ans, and il was not until ltt years later
that n second ATTEMPT to work iron was
made il the colonies. In lJ-t, the cen
eraI Court OF Massachusetts Bay colony
granted TO Abraham Shaw, oae-haiL shs
benefit of any coles or yTOa stone "hlttl
shall he found in any common ground.
which IS in the countTye's dlspoSlnE- ID
1915. the same colony granted charter
to Il company to make iron from bog
ore. on the condition that the lnhahl-
tantS Of this jurisdiction he furnished
yvIsF bar iron of all sorts for their use
ore was discovered in Connecticut IN
1851 and there are several Instances after
that time OF special privileges oeiLS
granted TO persons to engage in iron min
ing Until 100. when Darby. an English
man. discovered d process OF working non
ore with coke. which together with the
aid of new blowing engines made IN" IN
dFstTv profitable the working % iron was
engaged in bat little. At the time OF the
Revolutionary war however, Nv -
sew PENNSYLVANIA. Connecticut. MaTVtsin@,
and North Carolina found iron mining
profitable The 'bIoomeries as they
/ construct. and that at small expense,
4 building containing a rude hearth ana
I q chimney with 2 small water IAN 10
run the blast. and hammer, ana a con-
venlcnt supply Of charcoal and ore We're
all that was necessary to turn out Il lev
] hundred pounds of iron. which was con-
sidcrtd fair days work
{ After this the primitive forge rcnlaih-d
/ idle until again called into special use
/ PENNSYLVANIA began the maDUt IctuTe OF
/ iron in III and in I72S she had four FUR
( naces- In 17Z5. all the large coast colo
( MES were producing iron, which was uSed
. BY the village blacksmith in making sim
/ Die farm and household utensils. casting
hollow ware and fireplace uXtuTeS- a
small quantity Of this crude iron was eN-
: ported, and in exchange were taken cut
4 Jerry. tools. and other goods. winch the
CoICnistS did not possess sufficient SIKH 10
manufacture. In 100, the erection OF
J steel furnaces rolling and sitting UiitS,
and plating FORCES was stopped by Eng
10 nd. as a common nuisance the pnilS% 81
the mother country tsing always u en-
{ rich her home manufacturers al the eN-
DenSc Of the ColoniStS-
( in I750 England restricted iron products
/ in the colonies to bar and pig iron ano
castings The blacksmith still W0rkel
away st wrOught-iTon implements. Nails
! were made by the C0lcnistS at least IN 9
{ small way, in a chimney corner evenings
and stormy days. Up TO no 50 HttI,
progress had been made in the working o.
iron that the casting Of a teH-pOund can
non was Of so serious i nature chat lev
dared 10 attempt il. The Continental Con
gress used the public funds and employee
( the troops in starting iron furnaces anl
{ factories and this industry had becom'
firmly eSta pliShed by the end or the SeVO
lutiouary war. as had also the manufac
ture Of edged tools although Implement
made in this line at that time were crude
ana not durable.