The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12
DEVELOPING COAL.
AND IRON OUTPUT
Southern Steel Company is
Fast Pushing Ahead
MANY MINES AND PLANTS
Pressed Steel Car Works Projected
company's Steel Mill, With Addi-
tlonal Furnaces, VIII Turn
Out 600 Tons Daily.
MANY MINES AND PLANTS

The Southern Steel company, which ac-
qulred the Laeey-Buek proprties last
summer and the properties of the Geor-
gia Iron and Coal company in November,
is pushing its development work steadily.
It Is developing its raw material at
Rogers station, Barlow county Georgia,
by the installation of additional steam
shovels and additional washers. The out
put of brown ore at that point will thus
be materially increased, and will reach
before long 1000 tons a day.
At Dunlap, Tenn, where the company
owns extensive coal lands, 200 additional
coke ovens are being constructed. With
100 already in operation Dunlap will sup
ply the blast furnace at Chattanooga and
the blast furnace at Rising Fawn, Ca In
the Birmingham district the Southern
Steel is opening new coal mines ON the
big seam at Jabuco, on the extension of
the Ensley Southern road, seven or eight
miles from Palos. The coal mined there
will be hauled to Trussville, where the
company has large battery of ovens.
The rich red ore output at Crudup is be-
ing materially increased.
The Southern Steel company as man
ufacturer of the finished product is Sec
ond only to the Tennessee company. 1t
is capitalized at $25,00O,000. and is now
spending large sums on improvements.
The Company's Properties.
Among the companys mineral proper
ties are: Coal mines at Virginia City. IN
Jefferson county; coal mines at Altoona,
In Etowah county; coal mines at Graves,
near Birmingham; coal Hines at Labuco,
in Jefferson county, and coal mines at
Dunlap, Tenn. Included in the red ore
properties are Crudup, on the Alabama
Great Southern, near Gadsden, one of the
Lacey Buck company's most valuable
holdngs Estelle, Ga, a valuable hold
ing of the Chattanooga Iron and Coal
company; Portervile and Dirtdevil, near
Gadsden; and these valuable brown ore
properties: Oremont, Ca, and Rogers
Station, Ga. The company owns the
Spencer limestone quarry near BrminS-
ham. 1t is thus seen that the Southern
Steel is abundantly supplied with raw
material
The company's manufacturing plants
consist of four blast furnaces, one at
Gadsden, one at Rising avn, one at
Chattanooga and one at Trussville, which
is thirteen miles from Birmingham; steel
works equipped with six furnaces at
| Gadsden and a large wire and nail nlill
| at Ensley. The steel plant consisted orig
| nally of four furnaces. but two are pc
| ing added and will be completed shortly.
| 1t is comparatively new and has all the
modern improvements for economic pro-
duction. With the additional furnaces
| in operation the company's steel making
| capacity will be 500 tons a day
Pressed Steel Cars.
! 1t is understood that the company is
| protecting a plant at Gadsden for the
| manufacture of pressed steel cars. As the
| Ensley wire and nail mill requires only
about 200 tons of steel a day, 400 tons
of the daily output could be rolled for
| car construction.
OF the company's four blast furnaces,
only the one at Rising Fawn is idle 1t
! is being repaired and will be ready for
the torch within few weeks.
The Southern Steel company carries
| thousands Of men on its pay rolls and
| from the way it Is pushing ahead its en-
ployes will rapidly increase In number
The headquarters of the company are
In the Brown Marx building. The execu-
tive officials of the concern are Moses
! TAYLOR, of New York. president. and r.
| r. Schiller and c. T.. Buck, of Birmng-
| ham vice presidents.