The Iron Age 1880-08-26: Vol 26 Iss 9

The Iron Age A Review of the Hardware, Iron and Metal Trades. Published every Thursday Morning by DAVID WILLIAMS, No. 83 Reade Street, New York. Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter. Vol. XXVI: No. 9. New York, Thursday, August 26, 1880. 84.50 a Year, Including Postag: Single Copies, Ten Cents. IRON MINES AND FURNACES COPPER MINES OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR REGION. Keweenaw Co. 17. a nee. 6. rio Steel pene. | x8. Douglass Mine. 7. Bohemian Mine. _ ean . = pone ae | 19. Franklin Mine. 8. Aztec Mine. farquette Co, yo. Char ni Min 3. Pheenix Mine 20. Pewabic Mine. 9. Toltec Mine. = os = 5. Allen Ming ji. Empire Mine 3 Pittsburgh and 21. Quincy Mine. 19. Ridge Mine. _ ¥ —_¥ = = G Bay M \ Michivanm —o a2. South Side Mine. 11. Evergreen Mine. — } ManitowTd. ireea Bay Mine wet s. Cliff Mine. 23. Dakota Mine. 12. Msssachusetts Mine. ‘ » Rolling Mill \ Section 19 Mine 6. New York Mine, | 24. Montezuma Mine. | 13. Caledonia Mine. E : 1. Jackson Mine 14 lagnetic M 7. Manhattan Mine. | 25- Royal Mine. 14. Flint Steel Mine. Res 1 Cannon ss 8. Albion Mine * | 26. Atlantic Mine. 15. Rockland Mine. = = O ngan \l | g. Seneca Mine. | 27. Wheal Kate Mine. | 16, Minnesota Mine. : —— 6. MeComber / PI a MIE 10. Fulton Mine. | 28, aa on Mine. 17. National Mine. = Section 12 Mine. | 4 lard Mi 29. Erie Mine. 18. Victoria Mine. > , a Kloman Mine 11. Alloues Mine. | 30. Elm River Mine. 19. United States Mine. zo t toa 4 sag o| 4 , 3 “s Houghton Co, | 3:. Franklin Mine 20. Collins Mine. 9 ambria Mine { 4 Ir ns is M | 32. Acker Mine. 2r. Malden Mine. 5 =“ 5, Bessemer Mine. | ‘ © Smith Mu ~ Sb - Mi: 33. Everett Mine. 22, Hamilton Mine. t1. Teal Lake Mine | $1. Mastodon M : callee lt née. 34. Stonington Mine. = ia Cheeohena fi : : —- evelaund Mine 4- Schoolcraft Mine | Qntonagon Co ' New Vork Mi Baraga County. | ‘ 4Oe 3 , ork Mine z ee I, Foun Slee. ~\ 14. Marquette Mine i, Spur Mine 5 St Louis Mi 3. Cuca ies 15. Barnuin Mine 2. Steward Min : owes Mine 4. What Cheer Mine. 16. Lake Superior j i aytor Mine. 10. Osceola Mine. | 5. Indiana Mine. 17. Excelsior Min }. Huron Bay Slat a. arian Mine. " 4 = 18. Lake Anvelin lron Company = e Island. biz, (18 : Ig. Salisbury Mine 13. Albany and Bos- £20 2 20. Section 18 Mine “#emominee Co, ton Mine, 21. Goodrich Mine, !. Emmet Mine yO Paws Rad 7 Atlantic~ » | 27 ; aS \ 14. Dorchester Mine. = 15. Edward Mine. = 22. Albion Mine. 2. Breen Mini . Arcadian Mine. — | === SS 23. Sayinaw Mine 3. Vu.can Mine ers _ L. = 24. Winthrop Mine. 4. Curry Mine , = = = 3 25. lron Mountain. 5. orway ana = —.- = 26. Foster Mine Cyclops Mine re sé ails == = = = 27. Bagaley Mine, 6, QGuinnesec an s=MICE 7 ; = = ee . 28. Emma Mine. Saginaw Min : = =—— 29. Clark Mine. 7. Keelridge Mine | 0. Pioneer Fur. 5. Chapin Mon E Huron Tds. == == 31. CarpRiver Fur.) 9- Cornell Mine 32. Deer Lake Fur, 10. North Lron Belt 33. Greenwood Fur, +> : PINE-RIVER PT, === = = el d = JK 3 Boston Mine Wiseonsin, : r QA = 35. Michigan Mine 1. Commonwealth —- : 36. Washington. Mine. oO ae == Mine and Fur. 2. Florence Mine 2 C | 37. Humboldt Mine | ; é : : 38. Hungerford Delta County. % , | fa S- , - = . a “ F re iz. t % === Keystone Mine, 1. Escanaba Fur. | | ” y & ". yt mass = s 4 a AAVI 7 unite Id, a4 Marquette a. a re TN Prac 2 S Am f Humboldte™™ fF? J DS 4 ; 4 x f : , f ( (. C i 2 } ns 2 E Pr 7 « pape o ‘ 3 = é—| i oa 5 2X , 2 / sia t | f fas } < ‘ ;~ ; sf . c Plains aie = ae Smith Ji ? , RSS mm Gale ae Lak« ~! I I Escanaba SCALE OF MI_E&e ae ; I a | enomonee | ~' ¢ R.R.Je, ; rd { | COMPLETED RAILROADS ‘“eeeePreg : a | | PROPOSED 7) — a 9 | FURNACES - J MINES | ies a 4 A Pe Begley ———+} 5 EE RE MAP OF THE IRON AND COPPER MINES AND BLAST FURNACES OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR REGION, ver description, see Third Page.) SS — = me —- 9 THE IRON AGE: | August 2¢, 1890, __ HAetals. HMetals. PActals. live, etc. ANSONIA ThePlume & Atwood ePlume & Atwood BRASS & COPPER CO., No. 19 Cliff Street, = f Mfg. Company, SZ Phelps Building, NEW YORK, cS = ail aes ee oe . CHARLES F. aaeuee RN, BRASS AND COPPER! Waterbury Brass CO.| SHEET and ROLL BRASS and WIRE, Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co. CAPITAL, - - $400,000. ‘ ae Established, 1831, Capitz 8 $1,500,000 Sheets, Bolts, Rods, Wire, bc, Sheet, Roll and Platers’ Brass, yer oi and oak Metal, eraiieson ae Seamless Brass & Copper GERMAN SILVER, Opper hivets and burs, ; : Co »B ag Silver Wire, "Tubing. re ben mttene ee | Rerckes Beers, | 4 VIRE DRAWERS. Ansonia Corrugated Stove Platforms.! QQPPER RIVETS & BURS, Lamp Trimmings, &c. Patent Galvanizing, Rolling and Tempering, MANUFACTURERS OF PURE COPPER WIRE For Electrical Purposes, Bare and Covered. Pnospnor Bronze Rods for Pumps, &c. BRASS KETTLES, Doge Math, Beeae Tage,| 5° Chambers rest, Now Xo: IRON, AND IRON AND STEEL WIRE. PERCUSSION CAPS, 13 Federal Street, Boston. Of Every Description. ANSONIA * REFINED POWDER FLASES, 109 Lake Street, Chicago. : INGOT COPPER Metallic Eyelets, Shot Pouches, Tape Measures, &e. Rolling Mill, | Factories, ow * c ve escripti . \ —_- ——-| dusigu sical in Seis of Sidi 2 Speouty.| _THOMASTON, Cx,| WATERBURY, Ct} | k sbebidesé BRS és 8 t the . P HELPS, DODGE & CO. Capewell Mie. Co.’s Line of Sport- Bridgeport Brass Co, GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE, ilies ak ing Goods and Wood’s Paper j GALVANIZED TELEPHONE WIRE, = sisal Shot Shells. iii in MANUFACTURERS OF uf PATENT STEEL WIRE BALE TIES, TIN PLATE, 296 Brontway, New York, WATERBURY, | SNeet and Roll Brass, | PATENT STEEL BARB FENCING, ROOFING PLATE, | (89 Eddy St., Providence, R.1. Conr. | Brass & Copper Wire & Tubing, AND PUMP CHAIN, ya ‘ ' NEW YORK 0 ‘E: ST. Li : JHIC >w > ToR. CRO. Cay SES Pee Te) Sy German Silver Metal and Wire, \ uci S| OeeMo Seed seylabe om ee Manhattan Brass Co, Copper and Iron Rivets. \ MANUFACTURERS OF Manufacturers of Sheet Bra Olmsted Patent Oilers OILERS and CUSPADORES, | LAMPS and TRIMMINGS, COPPER AND BRA § §. | Brace Wire. Prior Patent Oilers | LANTERNS and TRIMMINGS, | KEROSENE BURNERS, | eeer Nitets, Brass Tin de Zine Otters, | “leks & Fly Fan Movements. | PLUMBERS’ MATERIALS. | | NATIONAL WIRE & LANTERN WORKS, Warchouse,45 Fulton SUNY ? ’ ep ate X, Copper Rivets, Brass, Tin & Zinc Oilers, ‘ Brass Tubing Brass Butt Hinges, Particular attention paid to cutting out Blanks an , HOWARD & MC IRSE, Manufacturers of =e ‘LisF STREET, NEW Y ORK. Zinc Tubing, Harricane Lanterns, manufacturing Metal Goods. SCOVI LL MFC CO Fire Sets “Fenders, &c. Bridgeport, Conn. |19 Murray Bt, N. ¥. Brass, Copper and Iron WIRE CLOTH. aces ¥ 3 BRASS, BRASS BLANKS AND TuBes| Harrison Wire Company, iz \IHINCES, WIRE, CERMAN SILVER. OF EVERY DESCRIPTION TO ORDER. 33 ed OFFICE AND WORKS ST. LOUIS, MO. ou st i PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS. | ist ave., 27th to 28th Sts., New York. | nace w. rire — £2 233 | + nn Prest. and Treas. Secretary. 2 HF 3 eg BUTTONS, |THE NEW HAVEN esesreano gisit CLOTH AND METAL. ams = —" "anid COPPER CO., All kinds of ay: E 2 siSSuerestst" EELS | 20s rea trent mow Yoru. | IRON & STEEL WIRE aH: 183 Lake St Chicage. New York City, Manutactarers of and Dealers in oa egsceé si icles paPi ‘ DICKERSON, VAN DUSEN & CO.,/Braziers’ & Sheathing Wire Mill Specialties. her Importers of ————. —$— patie - Tin Plate, Pig Tin, Sheet Iron, Cooper, COPPER. Holmes, Booth & Haydens, e 28:13 f one oa Kettle Bottoms, Bolts, Circles, Rivets, oT oe e sy (DICKERSON & CO., Liverpool, NEW vorK.| Ingot Copper, Spelter, Solder, &c. | 49 cnambers St. 18 Federal St. = eo 38 Manufacturers of al! kinds of No. 1, Star R. R. Lantern. Star Fire Department Lantern. Extra Heavy. 3 z ( Established 1837. Incorporated 1876. : ssid aaiaatansdiat liiaeeineeremenigtinnseae aang: oaaeuaeamaiipeammeeen WATERBURY MEG CO Brass, Copper & German Silver, a ROEBLINC’S . "9 ROLLED AND IN SHEETS. 5 PESOS PISS 9SS2 New York Office | WATERBURY, CONN. BRASS & COPPER WIRE} Warchous 117 Liberty Street Als Tubing, Copper Rivets & Burs. BRASS & IRON — Vw UVVUPvVUi JACK CHAIN, DOOR RAIL. —$—$—$—— German Silver Spoons, A. C. NORTHROP, | SILVER PLATED FORKS & SPOONS, MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE ROPE) Q.icanzey |Iron and Steel or Waterbury, Conn., Kerosene Burners, &c. lron, Steel and Copper Telegraph Wire, WIRE NOVELTIES IN BRASS AND OTHER METAL GOODS) JOHN DAVOL & SONS.) ,.iune rervosee ot an} Market Wire, a FOR HARDWARE TRADE. Brcckiph Diese anki Copper Gove ee ee net aoe Vi Market Wire, Fence Wire chine Screws; Tu on ’ ineyard Wire. | Bri4ee wire, chain wire, Set ee ponent en ee : ee ae Nicke or yy er fad Ingot Copper, "Bodie, hen d, Tin, ee os = y ire a. Wire, ~~ Wire, GALVANIZED WIRE CLOTHES LINES. THE JOHN A. ROEBLING'S SONS 00, | IRON AND STEEL WIRE ROPE 7 —_ : es od artial d ripti f Sheet Metal k, tfull licited and timates on paten articies, or any escription 0 ee e wor respec y 80 promptly given, Antimony, nee & Old | Metals, ——— JAMES HALL, Treasurer. ABRAM 8. HEWITT, President. WM. HEWITT, Vice President. E. HANSON, Secretary. TRE NTON IRON COMPANY, Y, PASSAIC ZIN C CO. For Hoisting, Sapning 4 Sign ming Ropes, Ferries, &. * : x : AN Y T HAND. Goe See Pure Spelter Address, HAZARD MFG. CO., Wilkesbarre, Luzerne Co., Pa. ro PERU RoC S MOU AE ID] oie ten Soweto! FEL TEN & GUILLEAUME, | = Carlswerk, near Cologne, Germany. — OF ALL CRADES, Also for BRIGHT, ANNEALED, COPPERED, TINNED AND GALVANIZED;| Galvanizers & Brass Founders. Tron and Steel Wire Rods; MANNING & SQUIER, Gen'l Agents 113 Liberty Street, Mm. ¥. EXTRA QUALITIES OF BAR IRON AND RODS. |___1* esis Best Qualities of Gun-Screw and Charcoal Iron Wire; Geo. W. Prentiss & Co., HOLYOKE, MASS. Crucible, Siemens-Martin and Bessemer Steel Wire. ee eee Wire Straightened and Cut to Lengths, hepresemmet fa New York by © OOPER, | ‘HEWITS & CO., 17 Burling Sip. _ PATENT CRUCIBLE STEEL WIRE, For Mining and Plow Ropes, Hawsers and Bridge Cables. SIEMENS-MARTIN AND BESSEMER STEEL WIRE, | Flusseisen, Swedish and German Charcoal Wire. GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE ef Charcoal and Swedish Lron and Steel, also with high conductivity, and in long lengths. GALVANIZED STEEL WIRE, For Plain, Barb and Strand Fencing, 3, ¢ene 7-ply ens. Staples &c. Annegled and Oiled Fencing ire, round and oval: WIRE ROPE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, TELEGRAPH CABLES. Contractors to the German and Foreign governments. Theo Idest house in the braneh on the Con- tinent. Telegraph Address, CAHLSWERK, c OLOGNE, STE EL Bright, eae aE ="| PERKIN $ & “CHOA1 T E. 23, Nassau St, N.Y. Of all mzee straightened and cnt ta order y . J. WOOL GRISWOLD, | een WIRE RAILING “ WIRE ROPE, | The Schoenberg Metal Mtg. Co., : 1x0 Manufacturers of and Dealers in Manufacturer of Ornamental Wi re Works. so L D Ee R, TY P E 5 WAT I EF. ES , No. 36 Seon: ¢ 4. & By ty Balehmere. K regtype, Electrotype and Babbitt Metals, an See | Manufacture WIRE RAIL —e for Cemeteries, Balco- BRODERICK & BASCOM, MANUFACTURERS OF IRON WIRE ROPE, 800 N, Main St. ae | St, Louis Mo, peg ne wed ees ——- ’ ’ paporsems of aw oe ations paid for Old Metals nies, &aq° Sieves, wey, Cages. fan and Coal _ and ail: kinds or Dros. Sos a nyt ep fet t 20th TROY, i | Sereens Woven Wire ron as Chairs HARD\ Btreet, between Ay Sheik & B, Now ¢, 1880, August 26, 1880. : THE IRiION AGE: 3 CAF Y ek AAO BSN The Lake Superior Iron and Copper | Che following table, from the Marquette 9 | Mining Journal, exhibits, in gross tons, the ee Manufacturers of Regions. total lake shipments of ore this season up to and including August 11th, 1880, togethe Pe Of the two most important minerals found with the amount shipped during the corres 3 a | in the upper peninsula of Michigan—copper ponding period last year RS SS , > and iron—the former has been known to _Where from 1896 189 RS aes) || exist there for nearly 300 years. When the anuawte ccaatd ea 2 . ; ; arquette 352 72,846 DEMANN g C0 > = a first white men visited this region, early in! L’Anse 1,707 7 5 6 es => a 0. LIN ‘y RS > a | the seventeenth century, they found among Total aa ere a. = 7 ; ’ oS rots 57,0 1,037,868 + Patentees and Sole Manufacturers of S a | the natives implements made of this metal, | oe which gave good evidence that it existed | >"0W'™S 4M increase of 370,502 gross tons. ’ ’ SS 5 £ OO € 1c 1a 1 existed | te aes cE . is ; Spring Brackets for Bird Cages, SS = somewhere in the vicinity in large quanti- | 1 a th f oq = 044 ete hoy sae RS = s a ¢ details oO he mines we must refer our And manufacturers he largest variety of x > = ties. Still, advantage was not taken of this |readers to Major T. B. Brooks’ report of Japanned, Brass and Tin-Plated Bird 2 ad knowledge ; the existence of the metal was | the ‘‘ Geological Survey of Michigan,” to Cages in this Country. > UL doubted by many, and the precious deposits | Swinford’s *‘ History and Review of the | Catalogues furnished to the trade. ef o were undisturbed, and even remained un- | Mineral Resources of Lake Superior,” and 254 Pearl Street, New York. ; ; 7 — discovered until almost the time when that |t® the report of Mr, Chas, E, Wright, Market stect Wire, Crinoline Wire, tempered and covered. other mineral—more common, but more im- | CO™missioner of Mining Statistics, sources Also Patent Tempered Steel Furniture Springs, constantly on hand. portant in mn. was discover i nd } t from which the facts of this article we r, a , ~—~Iron, as scovered and began to 7 : 934, 236 and 238 West 29th Street, ° é - A i NEW YORK, |} ocd. < largelydrawn. The character of the orer, The early history and development of the | hich include maguetites, hematites and Lake Superior iron region is almost exclu- | Specular ores, is too well known to require a VA L FE LO C K A FA C j U RI N GC C O sively that of one of the two principal dis | detailed statement. Regarding the Menom S * tricts—that of Marquette. The second—the | inee Range, it is not positively agreed as to ’ : : » - : . Menominee district—has gained emine whom the honor of its discovery is to be as- r sia tk. : 7 Ditincs : Ce 7 y ile ‘ 1as gained eminent im E New Illustrated Catalogue and Price List No. 7 ready for distribution to the trade. portance only during the last decade. The|Ctibed. It is probable that the existence of *,* = 7 + 1 : 7e i position of both to one another and the high- | i?on ore on the range in question was known SALESROOMS : ways of travel is clearly shown by the map | before the discovery made by the Breen Office and Works, 53 CHAMBERS ST.. NEW YORK. which we give this week. bectners, bub to Shem belongs the. honor of . The discovery of 5 ex ae at in . aving trst rought the range int uc |S0G COMMERCE ST., PHILADELPHIA. J}, {)' oo Sen aa ete sree Ors secdaesh nbtien wn. 00 lend ty the suber « 2 sr ‘ e upper peninsula of Michigan is pri- . ‘ yw aon es Ss I AM FORD, CON N. |so PEARL STREET, BOSTON. marily due to the United States pcan oe quent examinations through which the | GA LAKE STR BRET, CHICAGO. While running some lines connected with | large extent and excellent quality of its ore <ainaiaadaenamaaenaeeeeeteeee the survey, in September, 1844, they were | deposits were finally established. The late | ‘oo “2 led to the discovery by observing the large Judge Ingalls was, from the start, an enthu BROWN & BROTHERS Stanley Rule & Level Co FACTORIES, deflection of the magnetic needle, and, while | Siastic believer in the great mineral wealth , | se seeking to discover the cause, found some | Of the region, and never tired in his efforts MANUFACTURERS OF oe outcrops of magnetic ore. They secured to secure its early development. 81 Chambers St., N. Y. Waterbury, Conn. | New Britain, Conn, specimens of these and preserved them in| In 1871 the Chicago and Northwestern Manufacturers of improved aa the collection of minerals which they had| Railway line was extended from Fort — ; WAREROOMS made. Howard to Menominee, and in the follow 2 Ca rpenters : a Nothing was done relative to making use | ing year the gap between the latter village tN. Y BRASS COPP 29 Chambers St., of the discovery thus made until the next | nd Escanaba was closed. lL _ explora | 7 345 During this ve qa.|tions revealed the existence of large and .f T | year, (1845). uring this year an organiza- : — s J oo S. New York, tion was formed at Jackson, Mich., and sey-| Valuable deposits of iron ore in what is now known as the Menominee range, it had TH . Manufacturers of Bailey’s Patent Adjustable Planes. eral members went out to prospect for iron u , 5 _ ene Pioesnwae ry tet Bailey & Co.'s ** Victor Planes,” ore. These discovered, near the place where | been the intention of the Northwestern = ] urers . , : , ple a | D ! 2 j -_—- — . econ ntont Adjustable Pianes. | the surveyors had found it, the remarkable |Company to follow the bay-shore route } , , ” Thi v secur ro ‘ner »| but, with a view to the ore traffic which > ubing, | This Advertisement is Changed Every Week. outcrop. This they secured by a ‘‘ permit, it, ; 23 In Sheets, Rolls, Rods, Wire, T wil under the name of the aes Mining | might ultimately be secured, the road was =z Rivets and Burs, Etc. Company, and began. operations. ‘The | 8° located as to make the new mines easily sv oO first ore was taken from the mine in 1846, accessible by a branch line. The line as S32 ALSO, D. G. GAUTIER, Chairman. CHAS, DOUGLASS, Gen. Supt. the year following its discovery, and the | built extends almost due north from Menomi veo . - E 2? ° ° ° » 35 next year the construction of a forge was | nee 40 miles, toa point within 12 miles of Ss: Seamless Brass & Copper Tubing. D. J, MORRELL, Treasurer. begun on Carp River, which was completed | the Breen and Emmet mines, and from thence almost due east to Escanaba, a fur early in 1848, the first iron being made on PATENTED SEAMLESS BRASS AN ae th | February 10th of that year. In 1850 a few | ther distance of 24 miles. The Legislature HOUSE BOILERS, warranted to stand 200 [bs. GAUTIER STEEL tons of ore were taken to New Castle, Pa., | of 1876 granted a subsidy of several sections pressure and guaranteed against vacuum. LF | and made into blooms ; and two years after- | of State swamp lands per mile to the Me- ig . SHANK, ward a larger amount was carried to| ominee River Railroad Company, to ‘‘ pro ——— ae os wane, in rich Limited Sharon, Pa., and made inté pig iron. The|™ote the early construction of a railroad SILVEK-PLATED, - 7 through the Menominee iron range. The first regular shipment to lower ports, com- designs. prising 5000 tons, was made in 1856. Dur- ing the five or six succeeding years the GERMAN SILVER SPOONS AND FORKS. : a : — —— operations of the company were attended fai a with frequent changes, constant disappoint- POPE COLE & Co. Ss 1 E E co ment and financial embarrassment ; but * when the war broke out their fortunes ALTIMORE changed, and the impetus given by the boom in iron which followed sent them for- an ward to success, and made their company one of the most prosperous in the country. No. 57 South Gay St., BALTIMORE, MD., The Marquette Iron Company begun opera- Have always on hand and for sale tions soon after the Jackson Company. It INGOT COPPER, S] # | N i ; afterward became the Cleveland Iron Com a pany, of which the articles of association Street Also Cakes, of unequalled purity and toughness. were filed in March, 1853. The company railroad thus provided for was completed to the Vulcan mine, in Section 10, Town 39, Range 29, in the summer of 1877, and from thence dated the rapid progress which has characterized the developnient of a number of most valuable mines. Hon. John L., Buell, who, in 1873, made the explorations which led to the opening of the Quinnesec mine, exerted himself with good effect in bringing the region into prominent and favorable notice. The year previous to Mr. 3uell’s discovery of the Quinnesec deposit, the Milwaukee lron Company did some work at the Breen, under an option for a lease, but in the following fall or spring operations were transferred to the Vulcan, some four miles further west. The developments made by Mr. Buell and the Milwaukee company established beyond cavil the excellent qual- ily of the ores, but the development of the mines was necessarily longer delayed by the lack of transportation facilities, which were not supplied till late in the season of 1877, and then only to the Breen and Vulcan mines. The railroad was completed to the Quinnesec the following spring. Since the Ornamental Wire Fence. Guards Cloth, Sbhipand HRaliroad Lanterns, Sigoai Lights, Conductors’ Lanterns, ‘oal and Sand Screens, Nursery Fen Adjustable Glebe Hand Lantern. Desk and O dies, C = built a forge with ro fires at Marquette, and JOHNSTOWN PENN the manufacture of blooms began. Previous ’ ' to 1855, 3000 tons of ore were mined and used at their forges, and during that year —_— the first shipments were made. But the blooming was a failure, the cost of produc- N.Y, Store, cues Oe ST, tion being always in excess of the market value of theiron. Irregular transportation, ' the want of skilled labor, of supplies and Phila. Store, - 505 COMMERCE ST. of materials for construction and repairs, Wrought Iron Fence, falty. Also | ; Gone Taiie ind all contributed to the failure of the en- ‘teel Vanes;Stable Fixtures, terprise. Under these circumstances the srapnaeneg-—theee years ago the shipments ) Hitching Posts, Door . ’ a — — _ forges did not continue long in operation. | 2#V® D®en as follows and Window Guards, | WV I I, | # I A WEI YY q> Gq ES 2 The consumption of ore in both forges men- | Year. Gross Tons. Wrought Iron Grat 7 tioned amounted to about 25,000 tons, and, | *577 re ings, &. Address Manufacturer of Plain and Stamped after 1856, when the shipments of ore began, ‘8 an , is +4 the Jackson bloomery was abandoned, the ; cuevetano wroushT / TINWARE, SEAMLESS BOXES, ROUND, OVAL AND SQUARE CANS, | citer having been barned somo time'pre-| Tota 73799 e Wire IRON FENCE WORKS, Special Articles Manufactured of Sheet Metals. vious. Apportioned to the several mines as fol- | Wire, J. H. VAN DORN, 41, 43 & 45 South 9th Street, Near the Ferries, BROOKLYN (E. D.), N. Y. The first blast furnace constructed in the | lows ! ¢ Wire, : HENRY J. VOGEL ; Lake Superior district for making iron was] Breen.. 33.060 Proprietor, Sjasceee ete cma —_O0n & Voor. _| completed in July, 1858, by the Pioneer Iron | Emmet........ 3.997 CLEVELAND, Company. It is called the Pioneer Furnace Vulcan ‘ 100, 367 : ALL WROUGHT [BON, hio, U. 8. A No, 1, and has always been very successful. Cyclone f ———— eS Ohio, U. 5. A. Since its construction it has run out about | Curry 12, a ' 60,000 tons of metal. It now belongs to the oe uw, section 4 t3,46 ‘ ": ’ Stephenson . 175 Iron Cliffs Company, who have two other | ‘7\“! . 7 * ° uinneses é 1 S. H, PAYN E, Freight Broker, stacks, one of which was built in 1859. An oe Shipping, Insurance, Custom House & Forwarding Agent, other old stack is the furnace of the Detroit| Total The existence of copper upon the shores by &C. No. 29 PECK SLIP NEW YORK, U. 8. A. Goods received for re-shipment to all parts of the world. Insurances effected, Bills of Lading of Lake Superior had been known for over two hundred years. It had been discovered ’ Alban Sand d and Lake Superior Manufacturing Company, Cla . built shortly after Pioneer No. 1. It has ua record of 61,000 tons output since its cen- But the manufacture of iron has Pa of 1 dise retully” ai we diy attended straction. and written about by many eminent French . merchan carefully and prom attende ee Oa cg aaa ee ( ) vy mi enc! to at a saving in Freight and Fhe charges never attained the imp rtanc which the ore man and Magiishusen. Bus these discoveries Entries of Goods made and all Custom House | shipping trade alg Lake Superior district | oq to no practical result; the narratives uall ne. laims for overcharges of | ; ive : J : ary Rx 4 : ’ “acid Trolght nollected ee Rates of freight | aap aeseres of fir a sonnery erik. a9 the and records of these daring and accom 5 ranteed (when desired) from starting point to | total amount of iron turned out of the vari plished explorers and geographers were in = , . ces di »xcee ana ; . oe ome Bee : eeattnation, covering all charges. Correspondence Ss R iddl eas - wae = i ego tons, | teresting and instructive ; they were printed licited. rnue e "oO ore § per rom 1e region . . . | ho Q h & : 5 and mapped, read by the few, and then put ve S, i es, rus es, C. during that period amounted to nearly 12, : oe ‘ I away in the library. One man, indeed, did undertake regular mining on the Ontonagon 000,000 tons. Of this, three mines—the WHITEH FAD BROS, WM. WHITEHEAD, Treas., Sereeey the see and the Lake River, in the years 1770-72; but he was de 5617 W. 15th St. Superior—have contributed almost 2,000,000 luded by a large mass of float copper lying — Lo AMERICAN FACING CO. New York, tons each. ze on the clay banks of the river and was un lees Pes ce = The following is a statement in gross tons| successful in his venture. In the vear 1841, of the ag yregate product of the mines and however, the eminent Dr. Douglas Houghton, furnaces for each year since 1856, together | after ten years of hard labor in the wilde: RE SAND AND CLAYS. RE, | THE MONTOUR IRON & STEEL COMPANY, Works at Danville, Pa. - RE hs. " LTA | . ° - : ad A i i s > ne 9 | ow ® with the value of the same ness, presented his report to the Legislature, j Bw | Ca Ltd s = i and the eyes of the people were opened It Fencing AND PIC IRON 4 5 ft a. Years Ore Pig Pig. Wate was ascertained, definitely and certainly os jad 2 ow <r 8 £ - ~ --_—}!that copper and iron existed in the uppe A general assortment of Mine and Narrow-GauBe as =~ oe j aa ate = $3 as ot ; ; peninsula, and that veins of these minera!s Rails kept on hand, from which shipments can be | — -— 4 s 1828. cae a 9 the = 9-29 | could be worked with profit and success & 5 31,03 629 6 249,202.00 | made promptly. | oO a a A Ge 1859 65,679] 7,2 72,937 eae Then the movement to the new mining dis W. E. C. COXE, President, Reading, Pa. - mn = Fc N 3 ‘i 1860 116,908 bx 122,508 736,490.00 | trict started. A grand rush -began to | g aa e v2 & 7 OF »2 — > } : 8. W. INGERSOLL, Treas., Philadelphia, Pa. | @ = = a = c> = 3 2 aaa cane ates caaane dp "1the copper mines, which culminated in he Con- F. P. HOWE, General Supt., Danville, Pa. _ r) 3 => —_. : se 1863 185,257 9,813 195,070 1,416,935.00| 1545 his year was, perhaps, the most cat ean iessieeepeiaiammmnimrnenmianammamametait o mt ES aes ny 235,123 13,62 248,743 1,867,215.00] active of any in the work of explorin, | ¥ fe / 2«f > ” a . MOSES GOLDSMITH & SON, M2 pe mR ee SEE ee ES RS a Sten tunever the inereme of por YT = ~ fT — | = 1367 ae eet ae ne a neo? 499" T tion attendant on this movement was 7. 490,07 .2nt 49°, 207 3.475,02 2 ; ‘ 3 Key Box 156, | Ce ¢ 2c : = ? = 507,813) 38,246) 546,059, 3,992,413.00] only temporary Numbers came and re : er : . | ~ FJ a = sS09 ©33123°) 39,0 672,241) —4,968,435.00 ained in the region during the summe CHARLESTON, S.- C- | ” = 3 189 Gil ars| hoe rue $.90%1435-0° | maine in tl gl g the summer G Wholesale dealers in Lad —_ bal 5 ee Cc < ~ 1871 823,379) 51 > 864,604 ra aie meee only ; when winter came, all that | = 872 952,055! 61,1 1.013.2 2 }could departed from the country. ™ ee _ & ao @o6o r 7 5 ) I 1 C k \ ; METALS, IRON, RACS, = a a 3 2 & | 7a73 #1307379 [os - 1,23 185 11,305,887. the fall of 1845, there were in the coppe! And all kinds of Paper Stock. | od & C3 "3 = 99540 ne — 982) 7+592.511.00/ -oion only three small villages, Coppe: . ’ } 2457 ‘393 5+7 3:00 \ . rks. We invite correspondence. a —_ & | sare 977,233| 61,911| 1,039,144| 5,397.785.00| Harbor, Eagle Harbor and Eagle River as -_ x 1977 960, 932 29,05 990,007 4 299 98 a Other settlements there were none 2xcept ww 878 ; ; ¥ / ety ’ pulic ere 4 ©, ¢ cept 4 KING AND WITTE, : | i870 aan sail aan | seas aa “| where a mine was being worked The de , oo 79: ++] %5444,282 “5 2453,70!| 75423:3%4-50) : d Coal —--— —— | —---__ | _--__-—. | velopment of the mines is perhaps best zi |; Chairs HARDWARE & CUTLERY BUYERS, Total. 1139250, 43¢ [741,77 lt ,892,21: | 892,634.754 so | sh »wn by the following table, giving the *And previous, totals of every years production of coppes $96 Broadway, New Yerk. ' THE IRON AGE. , August 26, 1880, ert. | (on. Xvon. BRR ORK. NEWYORK. ——_|__—s——sSNNEW YORK. OGDEN & WALLACE, A. B. Warner & Son, John W. Quincy, RON Sea? | IRON MERGHANTS, [Anthracite & | Charcoal Pig Irons, es a 28 & 29 West and 52 Washington Sts i grants gy a yh ge oe | BOILER PLATE, BLOCK TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, &e | inure Clos KV. KON. PITTSBURGH. Se W. D. WOOD & (0 A. 0. Harry, Commission Merchant. Bar, Sheet, Tank, Boiler, Angle, T, and Railroad Iron, And Railroad Equipment. Nails & Spikes Steet & R. R. Supplies, WINDOW GLASS, GAS PIPE & BORAX, Rod and Horse Shoe Iron, Brands of Iron. Alsoall descriptions of Plate, Sheet, Machinery "Sora ition, Bras and Gasometer Iron. Special attention to Locomotive | pega. ee ie ee Copper, Compoa - Iron. Fire Box Iron a specialty. ROME MERCHANT IRON MILLS,| OXFORD IRON CO., ROME, N. Y. , t (B. G. CLARKE, antes Manufacturers of the best grade of Bwedes wlkpatued ea eonemed tel Rods. | ee IRON AND METAL DEALERS, OE ocd _}zon of ail sizes and shapes made to order. __| Eureka, c Pennocks, 558, 560, 562 WATER ST., and 902, 904, 906 CHERRY 8T., Pp — b ” NEW YORK. AT PENT —.— PIERSO N & CO., | Wawasset, Lukens, | have on on bend, a ‘Aine crlean ig eon. Wroughts Cast and Planished Sheet Iron. J U lA I A Patented March 14th, 1865 ; April 8th, 1878 ; Sept. 9th, 1873; Uct. 6th, 1874; Jan. 11, 1876. Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, fil cet tamu epic fm ROADSTER , ) a Established 1790, 24 & 26 Broadway, 77 & 79 New St. | een eee Seon Bar Iron, Bands and Fine Hoops. Scrolls, Ovals, Half Ovals, Half Rounds, Hexagon and Horse Shoe Iron. Alsofrom Charcoal rig a superior quality of Iron branded J.G. All puddle ed ball ls re by all the principal uced oe bammer. Orders may be sent to the Millor ‘ METAL DEALERS to J. Werk. ER, our Agent, at 59 Jonn Sercets New ork. MARSHALL LEFFERTS, SP] K ES. 90 Beekman St., New York City, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER, J. S. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81, 83 and 85 Washington Street, Galvanized Sheet Iron, wEw YORK. Ist and 2d Qualities. 5 Galvanized Wire, Telegraph and Fence ; Galvanized Hoop and Band Iron, Galvanized Rod and Bar Iron — Nails, Galvanized Chain, Galvanized Iron CORRUGATED SHEET IRON HORSE SHOES In the Large cities throughout THE UNITED STATES. And at their Office, 111 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. c. aw.” SNOW SHOES IRON and STEEL. The only Snow Shoes in the market that abso- Old Rails, Wheels, Axles, Springs, lutely prevent Scrap, Turnings, &c., fac toe nt all balling and give universal satis- PIG IRON, BLOOMS AND BAR IRON. Improved <Slow Shoe Shapes, Duqueene Way, near 6th Street, . All Sizes and Shapes kept in § Stock, ABEEL BROTHERS, Iron Merchants, 190 South Street and 365 Water, N. Y. ULSTERIRON(: A full assortment of all sizés constantly on hand. Refined Iron, Horse-Shoe Iron, PITTSBURGH. dard Siz Common Iron, Best Char coal, Best Refined and Common ‘ 34X7-16, 11-16X7- 6 Mar 16, 13- sey -16, KX7-16, 4% Cc. A von Bonnhorst. R A, Wilson. 15-16X¥4, 1X34, 1 1-16X%, 1 1-8X%. SHEET IRON. Plate and "Tank Iron, C No. 1,C H No. C H No. 1 Flange, Best Flange, bh B 5) Best Flange Fire Box, Circles. lil en ast BOILER IRON Stamped and Guaranteed. 1 descriptions of Iron Work Galvanized or Al Tignes to order. Price list and _ Price list and quotations sent upon application. ro n ~W. BAILEY LANG, Mand, Hoop and Scroll Iron, Sheet Iron, Norway Nail Rods, R. A. WILSON & CO.,) STEEL TOE CALKS. PIG IRON, SHOENBERGER & CO., ”**e.:"*™ Iron and Stee! Rails, All Sizes, BLOOMS AND ORE, /|Portsmouth Iron and Steel Co., 88 Fourth ave., cor. Wood st., Pittsburgh. Successors to John |, Williams. Henry M. Long. Nathan M, McDowell. CAVES TE Sepa ree Sts. co., Siemens-Martin (Open Hearth) Keystone Rolling Mill, 1 STEEL BOILER PLATE, Norway Shapes, Cast, Spring and Tir eel, etc. A. R. Whitney, Manufacturer of and Dealer in IRON, sn eee Sole Agent In United States & Canada for « 8 Willia L & M D I| Agricultural and Machi an Satan ultural a achinery Steel 48, 50 & 52 Thomas, ana | NEW ORK Boiler Riv es. ™ ong , _ : nce ane Pong 48, $6 4 8 eae L O W- NM O O rR Monutacterere of Also, Homogeneous Iron Boiler Plate and Rivets, ¥ ' Merchant Bar, Hoop and Sheet Iron, W rought. ousacnmiie M Spikes, Fish Bars an Bolts. acai miei Maen ii erchant Bar and Skelp Iron, Office and Works : atruction of Fire-Proot Buildings, IRON COM PANY, Burden Iron Works, H. we & Sons, Sh cao OHIO. eets and Plates of all sizes, J. ©. GEO. 8. LEWIS, Prei't aiid Gen'l Sup't -___—-_—«*Mec'yend Treas. Bridges, &c. Plans and estimates furnished, and contracts made for erecting Lron Structures of every description. Books containing cuts of all Iron made sent on ap- plication by mail. eces at office. Bieaee address ee 58 Hudson Street, “BORDEN & LOVELL, Commission Merchants |_: 7O & 71 West St., New York. Agents for the sale of fall River Iron Co.’s Nails, Bands, Hoops & Rods. AND Borden Mining Company’s Cumberland Coals. WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., IRON MERCHANTS Cor. Albany & Washington Sts., NEW YORK CITY. Wwe. BisPHaM. NO. 50 BEEKMAN ST., NEW YORK. JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO.,|— Troy, N. Y. SCOTCH AND AMERICAN EGLESTON BROS. 200. CO.., PIG TRON, | 22 fait sich) new york cry No. 62 Wall St., New York. BURDEN’S ULSTER IRON WoRKS| Hi. B. & S. AND 18 Wall St., New York. ULSTER BAR IRON & All sizes and shapes in stock, . | Tuckerman, Mulligan& Co was easter nll. aptar | Am. & Eng. Ref'd Iron,Common Iron,&c Passaic Pe oh PATERSON, N. J. : : . DAN’L W. RICHARDS & CO,, lron Bridge Builders | © And Manufacturers of Beams, Channels, Angles, Pig Iron and Bar Iron, EES, Scrap Iron, Scrap Steel, Merchant Iron, &c., &c. P P New York Office, Room 45, Astor House. Old Rails and Old Metals, WATTS COOKE, Presider W. O. PAYERWEATHER, Treasurer. Office, No. 87 Water Street, es Pittsburgh, Pa.| St, LOUIS Malleable lron Mill at Sono, Second Avenue. " Agency of en Company, N. M. HOGLUND’S SONS & CO., Stockholm. 2116 MARKET STREET, Swedish & Norway lron Henry M. eine nr FILLgy, of every description. Stock on hand at Boston, New York and hiladelphia. Importation orders @ President. Secretary specialty. MANUFACTURERS GUSTAF LUNDBERG, 3} Kilby st., Boston. pa o eAeTR Re EEN S00 9 6-58 Malleable and Gray ROME IRON WORKS, Iron Castings, ee "GENERAL HARDWARE. dc, > wm, Borden, | . N. Lovell, Brass, Gilding Metal, Cop-, per and German Silver | (In Sheets, Rods, Tubing or Wire), COPPER & BRASS RIVETS | AND BURS. | Rome, New York. ZUG & Co Pittsburgh, Pa., Manufacturers of {Wheeler's Iron & Steel Combination Shafting, Under license of the Combination Trust Co., Philadelphia. M. H. WaLLack. ; 3. FE. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN RPisg Iron, | 88 to 96 Mangin St., New York. CARMICHAEL & EMMENS, | ws MIDDLETON. 130, 1824134 Codes Aya New York, IRON AND STEEL BOILER PLATE | Broker in Machinery & Iron Wrought & Cast Scrap lron, Lap-Welded Boiler Tubes, &c., &c Agent for This Sh#fting is superior to any,now on the market, and the attention of machinists is ’ ' ~) L D M KE T A L s " iisent for Otis’ ce lebrated C ‘ast Steel B. otler Plates, FORSTER'S CRUSHER 6 fu LVERIZER, particularly called to it and a trial order solicited. Prices furnished on application. Laurel Rolling Mills, and Union Tube Works; Wrousne © best in market a : SS ED Iron Beams, Angles, Tees, Rivets, &e. a W.S. MIDDLETON, 62 Jonnst,,N.¥.| LL. EF ECH BURG IRON WORKS. TEdsgeesarst:| NEW YORK. DANIEL ¥. ‘COONEY, or to Jas. H. Heldane & Ce. HUGH W. ADAMS, bean Glengarnock and Carnbroe FOREIGN AND AMERICAN 45 23: KIRKPATRICK & CO., Manufacturers of all grades of (Refined, Cold Rolled, Show Gard, Stamping, Tea Tray, Polished, Shovel, Ferrule Iron, &c.)” NATURAL GAS USED AS FUEL. OFFICE, No, 143 First Ave., Hitteburgh, Pa. WoREs, peenene Pa, (Late of and Succes SS W nae deren St. BOILER PLATES and SHEET IRON, AP WELDED BOILER FI RAILWAY, PIG AND SCRAP IRON, Estimates furnished for all kinds of Iron Work. 56 PINE STREET, Angie & TI on tials & tion. bei = z rPuttatowen I he Via auet Ir Wo orks, D. L. COBB. NEW YORK. | For spot delivery and for prompt or forward lin 1e Ire ir on — eno Bers i ‘line Mille at Jere ey City, CORRUGATED AND CRIMPED IRON | shipments to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, A N D tg EW K LO M A N, PITTSBURGH, PA., MANUFACTURER OF P. W. GALLAUDET, | _cogge, f00FNG 4 SING, |r on | Steel and Iron Structural Material Banker and Note Broker, Ske Iron Buildings, Roo ae No 3 and 6 Wall Street, | b Shutters, Doors, Corntoes, JAMES LEE & CO., NEW YORK. ' MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO. Sole Agents for the United States, Skylights, Bridges, & PRER, SHOE, & Dey Street, Now York. 72 Pine Street, New York. IARDWARE, METAL, IRON Bt paves HANGINGS, = MBER, CUAI ee OUT NAILS GATES & DESPARE Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. thie and gresion FULLER BROTHERS & CO., CRAP Ik D RAILS ¢. f. and ? 139 Greenwich Street, New York, america, erf.o b. Knglish ports EYE BAR BLANK AS IT LEAVES THE ROLLS. EYE BAR FINISHED FROM THE 54Mg. Kloman Patent Solid Rolled Eye Bars, finished in Iron or Steel without Welding or * notin: Universal Mill Plates of Iron or Steel. Steel Rails of all sizes and patterns, Splice SPECIALTY—Unusual shapes and sizeg in eer! trom; Augen, Tees and other structural shapes in Be PA RE. | iS a MANUFACTURERS’ FOUNDRY rene > ~ au bg | Rails, Ri General 0 JAMES An Analys fitted with Urea, Slags Prite lists « August 26, 1880. Xpon, PHILADELPHIA. >, T, oo PHILADELPHIA. t. Siemens’ Regenerative) HENRY LEVIs & Co., lies, Manufacturers’ Agents GAS FURNACE. RICHMOND & POTTS, Kew Tenn and Steal a yhe jle® «-4 Sheet fron Jat, Wheels, ayors PoE ee Old Rails, Axles, and Wheels bought and sold. 119 8, Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. | 234 8. 4th St., Philadelphia. The Cambria Iron and Steel Works, Having enjoyed for over TWENTY YEARS the reputation of producing the best quality of RAILS, have now an annual capacity of 100,000 Tons of Iron and Steel Rails, Splice Bars, &c. ADDRESS, ° CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, No, 218 South 4th Street, Philadelphia. Or at the Works, JOHNSTOWN, PA. Or LENOX SMITH, New York Selling Agent, 46 Pine St., N. ¥. THE PHCENIX IRON CO., 410 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. ' a t aha Manufacturers of Wrought Iron satis- Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, les STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, : Largely used in the construction of Iron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. , WX¥ WROUCHT IRON ROOF TRUSSES, CIRDERS & JOISTS, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the construction of Fire Proof Buildings, Ss, PATENT WROUGHT [IRON COLUMNS, WELDLESS EYE BARS, aes h and built up shapes for Iron Bridges. a. 2m, REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and every variety of SHAPE IRON made to order. Plans and Specifications furnished. Address DAVID REEVES, President. NEW YORK AGENTS, MILLIKEN & SMITH, 95 Liberty Street. Co BOSTON AGENTS, HOUDLETTE, ELLIS & CO., 19 Batterymarch St. ") :0., ALAN WOOD & CO “ MANUFACTURERS OF TE Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Cleaned and Charcoal Bloom a ey PLATE: & SHEET IRON, No. 519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. ereaes Orders solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, yrougat Last, Stamping, Ferrule, Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. oO. eWISs, Treas. ° EEE Le ron Kensington Iron, Steel & Nail Works, 920 North Delaware Ave., - - PHILADELPHIA, r, Manufacturers of the a Anvil Brand Refined Merchant Bar Iron. Also, the James Rowland & Co. Kensington Nails, cut from their Refined Anvil stock. Also, Plow and Cultivator Steel, Rounds, Squares, Flats, Bands and Hoop Iron. Correspondence with Dealers solicited. ray ih PENCOYD IRON WORKS. ra. & P. ROBERTS & CO., } Manufacturers of CAR ASELES. Office, No. 265 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia. &c, BAR, ANGLE, TEE AND CHANNEL IRON. Agents for the sale of Glamorgan Pig Iron. 7 FACINGS. ze ai = a: = oS ng; 5 = de . _ - ow ee & = ists is uw = ce a. co is — o ~~ cS o ade = = => = = oS 4 = = - — : | GERMAN LEAD, BITUMEN, SIEVES, MACHINERY SAND, g, Pa. AMERICAN LEAD, ANTHRACITE, SHOVELS, BRASS ss ie GRAPHITE, CHARCOAL, BRUSHES, CHANDELIER ‘* PLUMBAGQ”, MINERAL, CRUCIBLES, STOVE PLATE * OFFICE & STOREROOMS, J. W. PAXSON & CO. § s1aMa19 cna Gis’ peach stn Philaderphia, Pa. ALLENTOWN ROLLING MILL COMPANY, Manufacturers of Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c. Bridges and Turn Tables. General Office, 303 Walnut St., Philadelphia. Works at Allentown, Pa. JAMES C. BOOTH. THOMAS H, GARR2°TT. ANDREW A. BLAIR. BOOTH, CARRETT & BLAIR, Analytical and Consuiting Chemists, 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St. above Chestnyt St.), PHILADELPHIA, PA. Established in 1g 36. Analyses of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alloys of allkinds. 4 3, vecia! department for the ANALYSIS OF IRON A y Db STEEL, “ fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and ag ‘urate analysis of Iron Steel, Iron Ores, Slags, Limestones, Coals, Clags, Fire Sands, c, All analyses, uade by (he members of the firm. Price lists on application \ sean, Edward J. Etting, TRON BROKER anp COMMISSION MEXCHANT, 230 8S. Third St., Philadetphia, Pa, Pig, Bar and Railroad Iron. OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the MUUNT SAVAGE FIRE BRICK, The Allentown Iron Co. and The Coleraine Furnaces. STORAGE WHARF AND YARD DELAWARE AVENUE ABOVE CALLOWHILL STREET, connected by track with railroad. Cash advances made on Iron. J. Wesley Pullman, 407 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Exclusive SALES AGENT, Chester Iron Co.’s Blue, Red and Hoff ORES. Also celebrated ** Brotherton ” Ore, D. W. R. READ. T. HORACE BROWN. D. W.R. READ & CO., Dealers and Commission Merchants in ORES, METALS, &c. Native and Foreign Iron, Manganese, and other Ores. 205% Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA. Office in New York, 142 Pearl 8t. J. O. RICHARDSON, ~ IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 232 Dock St., Philadelphia. Iron, Railroad Iron Iron Ores. Sole Agent for the MONOCACY FURNACE CO, DEALER IN MOSELEM, ROCKHILL, WARWICK, And other Favorite Brands. SILVER GREY IRON A SPECIALTY. J. W. HOFFMAN & CO., lron Merchants & Railway Equipments, 208 South Fourth St., Philadelphia. Sole agents Glasgow Iron Co. and Pine Iron Works manufacturers of Muck Bar and all grades of Plate lron. Celebrated *“*Gilasgew’’ and ** Pine’’ brands for fire boxes and dificult flanging. Pig and Bar Iron, Rails and all shapes in Iron. Quotations given on Bridge and Building Specifications. ROUCHT IRON Boiler Tubes, Steam, Gas and Water Pipe. Oil Well Tubing, Casing and LINE PIPE. Cotton Presses, Forgings, ROLLING MILL AND General Machinery. READING IRON WORKS. __ 261 S, Fourth St. Philadelphia. Pig and G. A. HEBERTON. S. FRANK SHARPLESS. HEBERTON & CO,, Selling Agents and Commission Merchants For the sale of Pig, Bloom, Plate, Bar, Scrap, Galvanized, Black, Sheet, Pipe and Railroad IRON. No. 333 Walnut St., Phila. Charcoal Bloom and Pig a specialty. LOGAN IRON AND STEEL CO., - 218 South 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. GREENWOOD & EMMA C. B. C, PIG IRON, REFINED AND CHARCOAL BAR IRON. Works at Lewistown, Pa., and Greenwood, Pa. J. J. MOHR, Iron Merchant, No. 430 Waltnut Street, Philadelphia, Sole Agent for the Sheridan and Leesport Furnaces. | J. F. BAILEY « Co., 216 South 4th St,, Philadelphia. THE IRON AGE. JUSTICE COX, Jr. | JUSTICE COX, JR. & CO., AGENTS FOR Chickies, St. Charles, Montgomery and Keystone Foundry & Forge Pig Iron. CATASAUQUA MFG. COWS | Bar, Angle, Skelp and Sheet Iron. Nn < HAILROAD CAR AXLES, | me sch P OLD RAILS. Walnut St., Philadelphia, PETER WRIGHT & Sons, 307 Walnut Street, Philadewhia, 52 Broadway, New York, 44 Second Street, Baltimore, Importers of German and English SPIEGELEISEN, Pig, Scrap, NEW AND OLD RAILS, And Iron Ore. : =. W.CLARK & Co. Bankers and Stock Exchange Brokers, No. 35 South Third 8t., Philadelphia, CLARK, POST & MARTIN, No. 34 Pine St., New York, Bankers and Railway Commission Merchants, Importers of Pig Iron, New and Old Rai.s, Scrap Iron, &c. THE STANDARD STEEL WORKS. LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR WHEEL TIRES, Manufactured from the celebrated OTIS STEEL. BRAND é or a . tm STANDARD. Quality and efficiency fully guaranteed. Prices as low as any of the same quality. We manufacture Ileavy and Light Forgings, Driving and Car Axles, Cirank Pins, Piston Rods, &c. Works at Lewistown, Pa, Office, 220 S. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. LANGHORNE WISTER. RODMAN WISTER. L. & R. WISTER, IRON BROKERS. Agents for the Clearfield Fire Brick Co.’s Fire Bricks. No. 230 South 4th St., Philadelphia, A. PURVES & SON, Corner South & Peno Streets, Phila., Dealers in | Scrap Iron & Metals, Machinery, Tools, Shafting & Pulleys, Steam Engines, Pumps & Bollers, Copper, Brass, Tin, Babbit Metals, Foundry Faciogs. Best Quality Ingot Brass, Cash paid for all kinds of Metals ana Tools, FRANCIS WISTER, Sole Eastern Agent for A. A. HUTCHINSON & BRO. CONNELLSVILLE COKE. ORES, Native and Foreign. 230 South Third Street, Philadelphia. ‘Bonnell. Botsford & Co.. Commission | "Iron, Nails & Spikes. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. 52 Wall St., (Room 8) New York. Selling Agents ATKINS BRO’S—BEAMS, CHANNELS, RAILS, &c. A. & P. Roberts & Co.—Car Axles, Plates, Channels, Tee, Angle and Bar Iron. WILLIAM McILVAIN & SONS—Boiler, Ship and Bridge Plates. BERWICK R. M. BARS AND SHAPE IRON. Advarces on Consignments of Old Material and sales promptly made. 81 gi? and ready for HORSE &MULE burrs shoes. BRADLEE & CO. EMPIRE CHAIN WORKS, Kkeystone Shoe Co.. Pa. Horse 6 Richmond St., Philadelphia Manufacturers of all kinds of Chains. Also of the Keystone Patent Solid Steel Calk Horse and Mule shoes. These Shoes are made of superior iron, completely finished cold shoeing; have ciip and solid steel calk. The holes are punched through at the proper angles and frve from Same number of Shoes per keg as in kegs of unfinished CRARLES K, BARNS, We wish tocall particular attentionto our D. B. G. special Crane Chain, made of au extre brand of reworkediron, auit- ing great tensile strength aud wear, fully tested and war- rautedin every particular of English Crown Chain, mining and dredging. SHOE. sud specially adapted tor rafting ; superiorto the very beat brands | * | up to 1879 We add also the total value in | New York city and the highest and lowest | prices : Side Year Production. Value Price Previous to r8«.« 6021.5 $ 960.00 29% @ 16 1955 2cog 1,543,930 294% @ 24% | 1856 4102 2,215,000 29% @ 24% Bee 454t 1271%,000 30 a : , 1.79 24% 21 sOU0 “+ 533 25434, 4 @i9 1561 6992 .¢ 3,977 a7 @ 7% 1862 ARe : TP -4 7 a 3 ) ‘ @ wy “ows 6477.¢ 454 > 7 @ ao 638 35 « 196 5 6631 304 « Ce ae > 680% .9 4,625 42 g ark&% omen 8651 51325,000 2% @ 2: — 10759.9 5,182,095 27 @oyzi2 1569 1412 6.2%, a @ 1¢° aor 227% 5,945,000 27% 21% 1871 12265.5 8,390,000 45 @ 27% 1872 14093 2,996,000 35 @2 1274 17166.¢ > . 2 @ 19 1875 ‘ 18019.7 8.1 % @ 20! 570 19135-4 403 18% 1377 19505 7-4 b 1739 678 20266.1 6,628,000 1745 @ 15) At present the estimated population of the copper mines of Lake Superior is 25,000 | Thea, a large foreign element, chiefly foundamong the mining classes, namely Cornishoen, Germans, Irish, Italians, Sean dinavians nd Canadian French hey are good workuen, and, as a general thing they are an crterly, law-abiding people. S ciety at the tmyes and in the towns is cul tivated and refing, Many of the leading people have immirated from the larger | Eastern cities of te Union, and have | brought with them al the tastes and re finements of an older cyjlization. Schools, churches and benevolent mstitutions abound There are many beautiful omes to be seen, }and a considerable dispay of wealth. The climate is salubrious, an@ the tahabitants en- joy execellent health. a fact, the Lake Superior country is visitea in tae summer season by a large number & invalids. The region is also avery inviting and favorite resort for those intent upon phasure, or who wish to escape from the opprestive heat of | more Southern climes. sania ; The City of Rome. is The advance made in the increase ¢ the- size of vessels has been very great withit the last few years, aud none has it pushed so rapidly the great ocan steamers of the Atlantic lines. Among thoae of huge proporti ns now being built is th City of Rome, in course of construction at the works of the Barrow Shipbuilding Company for the Inman Company. This splendid steamer will, when com pleted, be the largest vessel afloat, with the exception of the Great Eastern. Her dimen sions are: Length between perpendiculars, 546 feet; length over all, Goo feet ; extreme breadth, 52 feet 3 inches, and depth of hold, 37 feet. She will have state rooms for 27! passengers and accommodation for 1500 emigrants, provision being made for carry ing about 260 emigrants at the fore end and 240 at the aft end on the main deck, and fo 1000 more on the lower deck. The grand dining saloon is 72 feet long, 52 feet wide and 9 feet high, or 17 feet in the way of the large opening through the drawing room above; this saloon will afford accommoda tion for dining 248 persons at once. The estimated weight of the City of Rome, com- plete and ready for sea, is S000 tons, while her displacement on 28 feet mean draught is 13,500 tons, so that she will have a dead weight carrying power of 5500 tons. Her holds, however, have a cubical capacity of 38,600 cubic feet, equivalent to 7720 tons measurement, at 50 cubic feet per ton. In the constructive details of the City of Rome every endeavor has been made to insure strength combined with high-class accommodation. The hull is divided into water-tight compartments by a number of bulkheads, the maximum length of any one of these compartments being about 60 feet All the bulkheads are fitted with water-tight doors of the Admiralty pattern, worked either from above or below, and provided with tell-tales on deck. At the fore end a double hottom is provided for a length of about 150 feet from the stern to give greater safety in the event of stranding. ‘The framing is of t