The Iron Age 1887-08-11: Vol 40 Iss 6

SOLES he atte aan me Pact a The Iron Age y Mm A Published every Thursday Morning by Davip WILLIAMs, Nos. 66 and 68 Duane Street, Vol. XL: No. 6. Review of the Hardware, Iron New York. Metal Entered at the Post Office, New York, and ‘Trac New York, Thursday, August 11, 1887. les. SL.50 a Year, Including Postage. Zen Cents. Stn ale Cant S, The Gogebic Iron Range. Deservedly wide publicity has been given to the rapid opening up of the great Gogebic iron range. authenticated tales of sudden accession to great wealth of some of the pioneers and a| few of the early speculators, a craze for gambling in iron shares seized the entire population of the Northwest, spreading rap- idly to Milwaukee, Cleveland and Chicago, and efforts were made later on to interest the public in St. Louis, New York, Boston and other E The most violent phase of the fever has passed, but there is still a good deal of speculation going on. It is natural that the eagerness of lay journal ists to furnish sensational matter have led to making the the reports in the daily press agant and to some extent misleading, especially since those who are _ work: ing properties for the money they can make on mining iron ore are not likely to be those who inspire newspaper articles, or are ever ready with data. The result has been that astern cities. Influenced by the partly well- | should | majority of | extrav- characteristic feature of the Gogebic range, and that which has made it relatively easily | explored, is the regularity and persistency of the formation, and the strongly marked character of the footwall country. The footwall varies in dip from 45 to 70 degrees to the north, being flattest in the vicinity of the Sunday Lake Wakefield. The rock immediately underly ing the ore beit is what is called a quartzite, } a sandstone with enlarged grains of quartz, | which is generally firm and strong, but in one | mines near locality, in the Pabst, is soft and friable, a cir cumstance which has led to the troubles re cently experienced at that mine. South of this quartzite ore is never found, so that the | efforts of prospectors are directed toward | its discovery. The quartzite is very regular in thickness and is persistent throughout the range. For 200 feet south of it are found variegated slates, these lying directly on the Laurentian schists or granites. North of the footwall are found concentrations of ore varying from 2 to 240 feet in thickness, then generally follows a layer of mixed ore and gangue quartz which cannot be mis taken for the footwall quartzite. In some with all its great merit, the Gogebic range! cases this merges again into bodies of clean has to the majority in the iron trade a flavor | of speculation which does it injustice. Nearly all the large mines in the district and a goodly number of smaller ones, are now con- trolled by parties who are either consumers of iron ore themselves or are closely al lied with them through many years’ busi- ness relations, or by men identified with the railroad interest. They do not nor will they appeal to the public as sell ers of shares. They constitute the silent conservative element, which shrinks from rather than courts public attention. The other element is as Sanguine as past suc- cesses can make it, and as the necessity for some exaggeration calls for. The Gogebic range offers to-day exceptional opportunities for investment in legitimate mining enter- prises. It can claim and has proven that it deserves to rank as an equal with the older districts as a source of supply for exception- ally pure It has advantages which make it a sharp competitor, at prices as low and lower than the majority of the mines in other districts can bear without loss. Active ores though explorations have been, and in spite | of the ease with which the ore-bearing zone is traced, there are great possibilities in some of the territory in which prospecting is now going on. Freely conceding these facts, it must be insisted that it has its drawbacks, too, and that at the present day a good deal of the property, and especially that controlled by the more speculative ele- ment, is offered at an unduly high valuation, a circumstance which we believe must to some extent react upon the district, and upon the Western iron trade generally. glance at the accompanying map will | show the territory over which the most active explorative work has been carried on. The shipping mines are all located within the shorter distance from Wakefield westward te Bessemer, Ironwood, Hurley to a point about midway between Hurley and Ben- jamin. THE GEOLOGY OF THE DISTRICT. Mr. J. Parke Channing, of Bessemer, ex- plains the general geology as follows: ‘‘ The REFERENCE, i Mineral E-rpl licated ore, as at the Colby and Iron King. of it is found more vein quartzite followed by red slates. Occasionally there is found in this territory layers of unaltered car bonate of iron highly silicious. This is over lain with fragmental black and gray slates, having their greatest development north of the Potato River, where they are kuown to be 14,000 feet thick. Over them lie non conformably the Keweenaw trap The best exposure of the unaltered car bonates alluded to has been found in the Mikado exploration, where there are about 100 feet of it. One feature of the deposits are interbedded diorites in some parts of the iron range, which are supposed to be in trusiv« In lenses of clean ore these layers or dykes of decomposed diorite, which is locally called ‘‘ soap rock,” are often struck. They have not been found to exercise any influence upon the ore. The lenses of ore have irregular boundaries in all directions, ore and vein quartz fingering into other. This irregularity is so great that it conveys @ somewhat erroneous impression to designate the ore bodies by the term of lenses in the generally accepted interpreta tion of the term. They are not the clean cut oval bodies found elsewhere, but often merge by gradations from clean ore to fer ruginous vein quartz, and are irregular in outline, often cutting off abruptly. The ore bodies generally show a pitch toward the east of about one in five. The aggregations | of ore in the neighborhood of the footwall are called the South Vein, while the compara tively rare bodies of merchantable ore nearer the hanging country are called the North Vein. The theory of two distinct, well- defined veins has been quite generally aban doned. No general tendency has been yet discovered in regard to the dimensions of the ore bodies in depth, although in a num ber of cases a gradual widening has been shown to take place. As to the continuance |of the ore in depth no reasonable doubt ean |exist. The faith in its persistency is well | illustrated by the sinking of a shaft on the North Aurora, the Tamerack of the Gogebic district, which it is estimated will reach the series. each North | continuation of the Aurora body at a depth of about 1200 feet Aside from the fluctu ations in the width of the ore bodies, their reduction by the occurrence of horses, their magnitude has been affected in at least one conspicuous instance by the occurrence of a dyke cutting clean across the vein In or two cases dykes of this kind sunk through and the ore has been discov ered under it. Faults of the entire forma tion have not been directly proven, but their presence in one or two localities is sus pecte 1. one have been COMPOSITION OF THE ORE, average the Gogebic ores carry about 60 per of iron, the product of some of the mines being above that figure, while carelessness in mining, notably in open pit work, is quickly followed by a de cline in the iron contents below it The South Vein is liable to contain more manga- nese and apparently in richer bodies near the surface. At the Colby a body of higher manganese ore was found near the surface, while at greater depth at that locality the ordinary grade was developed. So far as the phosphorus is concerned, no law of its dis On an cent Pine’ Lake} THE GOGEBIC IRON ORE RANGE, tribution has been discovered. Generally speaking, the product of the district is Bessemer, although the ore of a few of the shipping mines is almost too high in phos- phorus to rank as that grade. Quite a number of analyses have been pub lished of the ores of the Gogebic range, and we had occasion last year to print a num ber of them obtained from consumers. We have from similar sources the averages of a number of mines of numerous assays from large quantities shipped. We tabulate them as follows: Man Per Cent Phos gan Iron, phorus ese Kakagon ~ ... 0 0.05 to 0.06 1.50 (rer ania Of me t Ashland 1RR¢ 4 0.04 to Norrie 2 0.05 to OOF Aurora (open pit), 188; ‘ ) » to 0.04 Pabst 7 to 61 0.085 1.00 lron King, north vein...61 0.03 Iron King, south vein 58 0.04 4.00 Puritan 6114 0.0°5 Ironton Hille 0,045 Colby 60 0,045 3.00 Anvil 60 0.05 Sunday Lake 61 0.04 In some instances lower iron is due to the caving incident to open pit work, The Bonnie, First National, and Blue Jacket are rather high in manganese, and the Odanah shows a tendency to go above the Bessemer limit in phosphorus, carrying from 0.05 to 0.07. It is reported also that in some parts of the Colby property the ore is com mencing to crowd the Bessemer limit The averages presented are rather lower | in iron and higher in manganese than is generally claimed by the mines. One matter which will be brought up against the Gogebic mines. in the future, when the supply is more liberal and buyers become more critical, is the moisture. In the winter the moisture runs as high as 1 per cent., and 14 per cent, seems to repre sent the average at that time. During the |summer it is from 4 to 5 per cent. less, averaging between 9 and 10 per cent. The quantity, we uuderstand, varies in the dif ferent mines between fairly wide limits, ] ind in the future it is probable that the ditferences will find some expression, either ections for ex We understand in the selling price or in dedu cesses over given maxima that allowances in weight are now made at Ashland ; osed to rain for any length of time during transit for shipments of ore ex} from mine to shipping docks, but is certain that the heavy amovnt of moisture in the sott Gogebic hematites will prove a lasting drawback to them in the estimation of furnacemen, who must pay for freight on a heavy percentage of water, and use costly fuel to expel it in the furnace THE OWNERS OF THE LAND East of Hurley the greater part of the land is owned by the Lake Superior Ship Canal, Kailway and l[ron Company, whose president is T. M. Davis, of New York. This company have the fee of section 27 of the Ashland Mine, which is being worked by parties iden- tified with the Wisconsin Central Railroad, C, Colby being trustee ; the East Norrie, the East Aurora, the North Aurora, the Pabst, the First National, worked by the Burton interest ; the Puritan, worked by the Puri- tan Iron Mining Company, J. Sellwood, president ; the Ironton, mined by the Peuer |} & Snyder Development Company, and the Brotherton, worked by a company with which J. Sellwood is identified. A large area of territory isowned by J. M. Longyear, of Marquette, Mich, who has the fee, to gether with the J C. Ayer estate, of the Norrie, worked by the Metropolitan Lron and Land Company, controlled by the North Chicago Rolling Mill Company; the Aurora, a Moore, Benjamin & Co. property ; the Anvil, worked by G. E. Tarbell & Co., and the northern half of the southeast quarter sec tion 16 of the Valley Mine, a Burton prop erty. The New York and Lake Superior Canal Company, in which Prof, R P is interested, own the fee of the Iron Bonnie, section 18 of the Old Geneva and impelly K ing, the Blue Jacket, all Burton properties [be north half of the southwest quarter section 16 of the Valley Mine is owned by the Black River Company, while the Vaughn, a part of the Aurora ground, is owned by Mrs. Vaughn. The Sunday Lake and Iron Chief territory belong to Wake field, both being Moore, } properties, while the the Francis Palms estate control the fee of the Ironton, Tontine, Til den, East Anvil, and West of Hurley the Wisconsin Central owns every alternate quarter its leases provid ing that the ore must road. This Benjamin & Co Palms is owned by Miner & Wells Gogebic section, be shipped over that Irimble and the Moore. The 20 year lease on the former is held by E. Ryan, from whom the Pence & Snyder Development Company have it on a tive-year lease Che Odanah, which is being worked by the North Chicago Rolling Mill Company interest, is in litigation, so far asthe ownership of the fee is concerned Ihe fee of the Montreal is controlled by Mackay & Vaughn, while the Northern Chief Com pany, a concern with a capital of $3,000 includes the | COO, owns the fee of the Nimikon, Kakagon, Bessemer, and Superior The fee of the Colby, the greatest shipper in the district, is owned in shares by H. N. Moore, Lieu- tenant-Governor MacDonald, of Michigan; Mackay, and others. The property is leased | Ore at a cost of by them tot Penokee and Gogebiec Dev: yppment Company for a term of 20 years sub-leased to Mather, Morse & Co., H.>s Pickands and J. Sellwood being interested in the firm, which it is understood bas again contracted with J seph Sellwood to min the ore at a specified price Che lease of Mather, Morse & Co. expires in November rSss The mine is now ntrolled by parties identified with the Wisconsin Central Rail road, GOGEBIC MINES AS AN INVESTMENT I'he developments in the Gogebic district msidered from two standpoints that of the invester and speculator in indi- vidual properties and that of the manufact urer and consumer of iron and steel in its many forms. With the former we have little to do beyond discussing the question to what extent and how speculation is likely | to influence the yeneral trade. In its early | stages of development, mining is necessarily |largely speculative, and while the great prizes fall to a few, the majority of ventures result in the drawing of blanks in the lottery. I'he Gogebic range has had its phenomenal | successes, On the strength of which a large may be <« have been swindling has number of worthless schemes floated, and some downright been perpetrated For a while the craze reached such a pitch that a very larve num- ber of * opti n’”’ stocks were sold at prices as low as 3 cents on the $1 The speculation in ‘‘option” stocks has now practically and much of the excitement in con- nection with properties in which fair bodies of ore have been actually uneovered is over Many investments at prices which can only become fairly re exceptionally The their behalf are wonderfu mines, but it must be ceased of them now parade as *‘ munerative to purchasers if good fortune attends the enterprises arguments put ‘orward in based on tae records of a few productive remarked that the days of cheap open-cut mining on t! and that the very properties which turned out their (ogebie range are virtually over, cents to S81, delivered n cars, are not now, aud canuot | x pect mm CAS to, produce ore in the future at s3 than $1 as a minimum It is stated that last year the Colby, the greatest mine now developed yn the range, produced its ore at an avera of 7 cents ind that p jus to that ear ts yr st even less but 1 not t much to say that the is not now on the whole distri 4 single mine which can produce at less than $1 pe exclusive of royalty, and that with the ma jority the cost lies between $1 and $ And vet the majority of tl shipping mines are valued from $4 to 37 oO. | sidering the risks due to uncertainties of the ore deposits themselves, and the chances which must be taken on the selling price ol ore, @ return of 20 per cent per annum 1s a fair profit on such an investment, In othe words, a mine valued at $500.000 would have to ship annually for five years not less than 100,000 tous of ore and make a net proht of >i per tou, year in year jut, for hve years, and then only the investor would have his money returned in the form of dividends without a dollar of interest, the profits on his investment being what the mine —— ED (Concluded on page 9.) s ald Seti -- aces SR 2 Ae “he eae? 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Write for Catalogue and Prices. Mm. Ss. BROOEBS, Chester, Conn. (Established 1848.) Palmer Wire Mfg. Co ca: PALMER, MASS PHOSPHOR-BRONZE For Bearings, Slide Valves, Cylin der Rings, Cross-Head Gibs, Steps, Bushings, and all purposes where MARKS: Maximum Durability, Anti-Frictiona' and Non-Cutting Qualities are desi: able. Pump Rods, Bolts and Nuts - = Machine and Wood Screws, &c., &c Fl Combine Toughness, Strength, Dura (Op ,, bility and Resistance to Corrosion ; le a eae CODY, 2 Castings of all kinds to order. Senc : for pamphlet and prices. Rome Brass and Copper Mills,|r4e pHOSPHOR-BRONZE SMELTING (CO. LTD, ROME, N. Y., No. 512 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, Pé. Owners of the U. 8. Phosphor-Bronze Patents, Sole Manufacturers of Phosphor-Bronze in the U. 8. a E.T. BARNUM, §\ MANUFACTURER OF Cresting, ron Fences; W'ndow Guards, Office Railing, Balcony Fire Escapes, Weather Vanes, Hay Racks, Oat Manges, Poultry Netting, Jai! Cells, &c, Detroit, Mich. MANUFACTURERS OF — Roll and Sheet Brass and German Silver Mra ent Copper Setentineed rea teieg;s| WWICKWIRE BROTHERS, CORTLAND, N.Y. Rivets and Burs; Seamless Brass Ferrules Check and Key Tags Braziers and Sheathing Copper Copper Bottoms Bolts, Circles, &e., &c, MANUFACTURERS OF WIRE CLOTH AND WIRE Goops Dish Covers, Corn Poppers, The * Queen C€ ‘ity 99 Kx- “CORTLAND” tension Window Screen Coal § and the Original Patent Window and INDOW od /eves, Door Screen Corners, made by the SCREE y Porter Mfe.' Co., Bur- Flour Sieves lingtom, WVt., are not to be con- WIRE CLOTH. Etc., Etc. founded with inferior imitations bearing a similar name. Send for our price list. Metallic Coal Sieve-' AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT MAKERS | inpeeseesspscspsieee RGAN SPRIN TT aa ae Te ser. rIoOoUIsS, MO. 5 io SS e K x X SSS " 4 ~ <S~ Sl aad ~~ r ¢ Vy ue eS = Soe ~- nil ee we el e \ \ a ‘ pe Sh KY SOS OOK OSS ay KS 7 4 <_< oe PBI XL MAK XI corn ome SSS 7 t? ee " ae OS DB OK we A , OS Se i ~< * o,*.*.* S< Bh XX t es SSO : L . ~>-a-: ~S<, , SSS SS SS it es ~ TTENBERG ¢ S0GSER A Lhd WIRE, WIRE CLOTH, WIRE ROPE. Counter Railings, Window Guards, fron and Wire Fences, Plain and Barbed Fencing Wire. JOHN A. McCOSH, Sec. and Treas, pall) Le The above cut represents Preston's Patent Braided Cable Wire Fence Rail, manufactured by HOLLOW CABLE MFG. CO., Hornelisvitie, N. Y. We also manvfacture extensive four different sizes Wire Clothes Li Send for Circulars and Price Liste F.L. HONORE 48 & 5O Lake St. Chicago Ill. nes and a three-ply Braided Wire Web for Box Bands. ~ PENNSYLVANIA WIRE WORKS. \ ere : Brass Milk Strainer ay 231 and 233 ARCH ST., PHILADELPHIA. Wire Cloth, Cheese Safes, Dog Muzzles, Dish Covers, Con Edward Darby & Sons \ "nm Poppers, " Egg Beaters, Factories: 113 and 115 Bread St. Rat Traps, MANUFACTURERS OF + Mouse Traps, WIRE CLOTH, gree roners, Barrel Covers, SIE VES, RIDDLES, | ( L . . = a SCREENS, Steel Wire Brushes, AGKs Wire Hanging Baskets, BIRD ©. x ius. s% Horse and Ox Muzzles, Mosqulto Wire Cloth’ WIRE GOODS AND WIRE WORK \ Adjustable Window Screens, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, \\ CLINTON WIRE CLOTH C0. MANUFACTURERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OF WIRE CLOTH, HEX. NETTINGS, WIRE LATH AND FENCING. Perforated Metals. WIRE CLOTH and NETTINGS. Clinton “Standard” (Number 883 Wire) Painted Window, Screen Wire Cloth Factory and d;eneral Office—CLINTON, MASS. NEW YORK, 59 Beekman St. BOSTON, 23 Court St. CHICAGO, 137 Lake St. THE NEWARK, 0, WIRE CLOTH CO,, — MANUFACTURERS OF — Brass and Copper Wire Cloth, ALSO BRASS AND COPPER WIRE. Brass Strainer Cloth a Specialty. NEWAR IC, OFTTQO. The American Garment Etianger. PERKINS & BRADLEY M’F’GCO, New Haven, Conn. SOLFK MANUFACTURERS OF THE AMERICAN GARMENT HANGER, THE INDESTRUCT'BLE TOWEL ROLL, THE INDESTRUCTIBLE CEILING HOOK, THE INDESTRUCTIBLE COAT AND HAT HOOK FP. OO. Box 1404 A. PATENTED, MARCH 7th, 1882. eo oS Sa sea me at ee ee ie Gin om ae at 2 ond fem et ‘ - HE IKUN AGE. OSDEN & WALLACE,|The American Metal Co. O X FORD). 0. wooo 3 c0., Lt 85, 87, 89 & 91 Kim St., New York. Iron => Steel Of every description kept in stock. Agents for Park, Brother & Co.’s BLACK DIAMOND STEEL. All izes of Cast and Machinery: Steel con- stantly on hand, PIERSON & CO,, (ESTABLISHED 17 IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN IRON and STEEL, And GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 25, 26 & 27 West Street. NEW YORK. [ABEEL BROTHERS ‘LIMITED), 43 Exchange Place, New York. P. 0. BOX 957. | | COPPER, MATTES AND COPPER ORES, IRON IRON ORES, MANGANESE ORE. TIN, LEAD, SPELTER, ANTIMONY, NICKEL, dik | Advances made on Consignments. | AGENTS FOR Henry R. Merton & Co., Metralligesell«echaft, F. JUDSON, Importer of and Dealer in SCOTCH AND AMERICAN Pig Iron WROUGHT & CAST SCRAP IRON, B. London. | Pranktert- on-Main. IRON AND NAIL CO.., Cut Nails AND | SPIKES. lJ. S. SCRANTON, Sales Agent, 81,83 and 85 Washington Street, NEW YORK. BURDEN'S MANUFACTURERS OF PATKNT Planished Sheet Lron. Patented April 8th, 1873 der Pt gth, ey — 6th, 1874; Jan. 11, 1874 tith. 1877; Feb. 6th 1877 ; Bae. 10 ‘oth ai fan. roth, 1882 ; Jan. 1st, 1884 ; ; Feb. tath, 1884; March 4th, 1884 ; ; Jan. 6th, 1885 Guaranteed fully equal in all respects to the HORSE SHOES IMPORTED RUSSIA IRON, | ® | and at @ less price. August 11, 1887, JAMES P. WITHEROW, Engineer & iain Lewis Block, PITTSBURGH, Pa, GENERAL AGENT FOR WHITWELL FIRE-BRICK STOVES AND CLAPP-GRIFFITHS PATENTS FOR MANUFACTURE OF SOFT STEEL specially adapted for A No. t Boiler Plates Boiler Rivets, Wire Rods, Stay Bolts, Stamping Ware, Nail Plates, &c. Will contract to completely erect, equip and place in operation Blast Furnace Whit a OLD M ETALS. ALSO | well Stoves and Steel Plants as above. As § I Ses chat its, | |333 S $39 ee St ‘NEW YORK, —— Common, Refined Charcoal and Juniata I manufacture at our own works everything ’ NEW YORK, xs = GRADES OF appertaining to Blast Furnace and Stee! 4 ea ee 66 BLACK SHEET IRON.| Work truction, can guarantee prompt- : CAT ASAUQUA IRON. | PHCEN iX Burden Best an Smooth on both sides. win 6 silos Ps | in Large Assort. eat of Extra Heavy Sizes on Hand. . iollisemenicaeenakiabaend ARW CO. SHAPTING. HORSE SHOES [ron Manhattan Rolling Mill. SYRACUSE so genera aueor ment of Norway , Ulster and : aE ore exe a cree | J. LEONARD, |MALLEABLE IRON A. R, WHITNEY & C0,,) PHeWx Horse : 445 to 451 West Sto NEW YOR ry 177 & 179 Bank St, K SYRACUSE, - N.Y. MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS Im POUGHKEEPSIE, a. F. MANUFACTURER OF | — Ke pe — HORSE SHOE IRON,| Mower and Reaper Castingsand | — lron and Steel |jey you Office, 20 Reade Street. THE BURDEN IRON C0. Tue Calk Sie, Bods, Ovals, Half Ovals and Flats, | _ Carriage Irons a Specialty. AGENCIES: HI d (i Corrugated, Crimped and Clap-Board Iron Roofing & Siding : _ PORTAGE IRON CO., Limited. Merehant Iror and Chas. mr'o & 0, ; TROY, N. Y. W. B. BURNS, Proprietor. a patito! and Cut Ralls and Spikes Plates. ee ee Sd iets nis mae iia eam Bee Genes £00. Wrought on Bs WILLIAM H. WALLACE & CO., HENRY KELLY, CARNEGIE BROS. & Limited, Iron and mc can cena cheossandiahes PIG IRON. Iron Merchants, ) Pusiic ACCOUNTANT, - ae on ees eee Gar. ALBANY & WASEINGTUN Sf, (ron Buildings, Roofs anutvers,, Doors, Cornices,! 923 Walnut St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Mo 8c Plans and estimates furnished and contracts made for erecting Lron Structures of every oon. tion. Books containing cuts of all iron made se ov applicatios by mail Sample pieces at ome. lease addr ms Broadway, New York, P. ©. BOX 3 70 & 71 WEST ST., L. N. LOVELL, Cc A. GREENE, t New York. BH. L. FREELAND, Agents for the sale of FALL RIVER IRON WORKS CO.'S Nails, Bands, Hoops and Rods. DANVILLE NAIL & MFG. CO.’S NAII# AND SPIKES. | BORDEN MINING CO.’S CUMBERLAND COAL. No. 63 Wall 8t., HENDERSON BROS., MACHINISTS, WATERBURY, CONN., Manufacturers of EXHAUST TUMBLING sues ___Gitesteaned Catalogue sent on e applice t tion.) Chicago and Detroit. Borden & Lovell, |JAMES WILLIAMSON & CO,, SCOTCH AND AMERICAN PIG IRON, New York. MOSELEY IRON BRIDGE AND ROOF CO., NEW row K CITY. Office, 5 Dey Street, Room 13, NEW YORK. am, B.C, Wallace Wm. H. Wallace. henetsene IRON OmnrAey Rarer an CTU ees oF Wn. Bisphan, WM. McFARLAND, lron and Brass Founder, TRENTON, N. J. thilled Cast Wire Dies a Specialty. Any size or style made at short notice. The McLAGON FOUNDRY CO., Iron Founders and Pattern Makers, CAST IRON FIP EB And Speciai Castings for Water and Gas, Also, vane Pipe Emaus’ Lehigh Co., Pa __26-30 Audubon 30 Audubon St, - NEW.HAVEN CONN, oer: Iron and Stee! Manufacturers’ Cost ounts and Partnership Settlements. Late Chice Accountant ( » Cambria Iron Co mpany E. JENCKES MANFG. CO. PAWTUCKET, R. L, Bright Wire Goods, Belt Hooks, SPRING PINS, KEYS AND COTTERS. Bent Wire Goods of all kinds a Specialty. New York Office, SS Chambers Street. SAMUEL A. HAINES. Selling Agent Engineering instruments and Supplies, Safety Lamps QUEEN & CO., P pantry hia, Pa HOWARD, CHILDS & CC co., IRON AND STEEL FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, HAMILTON BUILDING, PITTSBURGH, PA. JOHN FOX, Cast lron Gas and Water Pipe. 2 to 48 Inches Diameter, 160 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. DANIEL F. COONEY, | BOLT & RIVET CLIPPERS. ae Rains off the ends of Bolts and Rivets, or ess, 2.0. WOOD & CO. PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of Cast lron Pipe FOR WATER AND GAS, LAMP POSTS, VALVES, ETC. Mathew’s Pat. Anti-Freezing Hydrants. 400 CHESTNUT STREET. Iron and Steel of all Descriptions. Iron and Steel Nails, Heavy Hardware, Wrought and Cast Iron Pipe. Rai:way and Mine Equipment und Supplies. Plain and Barb Wire. Manufacturers’ and Contractors’ Supplies. &c. Ask for them a T. S&S. BLAIR, Jn wagons, ar, you buy your hardware, or send for cir oi and price list. AMBERS, BROTHER & CoO., 52nd St., Betow Lancaster AVE., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 88 Washington St., New York, RON AND STEEL BOILER PLATES. GLASGOW IRON CO, PINE IRON WORKS. ALLISON BOILER FLUES. D. R. LEAN, LEAN & BILAIR, Engineers and Contractors Room 709, Hamilton Building, Pittsburgh, Pa,, John H. Ricketson, Prest. Wm. Holmes, Treas A. G. Barnett, Sec’y, will contract to erect, equip and place in operation Open-Hearth and Besse- HICKS & DICKEY, 4j3 Commerce St., Phila., Pa, Iron, Steel and Forgings of every Description. Machinery Steel in Bars, also cut to exact lengths. Crown Cast Tool Steel, Warranted. Specia! Quality Iron and Steel Shafting, with large assortment of heavy sizes on hand. Plate and Sheet Iron, Bolts, Nuts and Rivets. Hartman Steel Wire Nails. Steel and Iron Forgings of all kinds. Cold Rolled Steel Shafting. PASSAIC ROLLING MILL Co. Manufacture and have always in stock ROLLED IRON’ BEAMS, Channels, Angles, Tees, Merchant 7 Riveted Work Forgings, Hye Bars, &c : PATERSON N. J. Rooms 151 and 152, No. 45 Broadway, New York. CUT IL NAI LS, Hot Pressed Nuts, Bolts, Washers, &c. DOVER IRON CO.’S Boiler Rivets, Boiler Brace Jaws, Socket Bolts, BAF. IRON. FULLER BROTHERS & CO., joe 139 GREENWICH ST., NEW YORE. A. GARRISON FOUNDRY CO., mer Steel Works, Blast Furnaces, Lash Steel Melting Furnaces, Hains- Manufacturers of Sand, Patent Homogeneous, Steel and Chilled Rolls. PITTSBUR Ore and Clay Pulverizers, Rotary Squeezers, Haskin’s Patent Double Spiral Pinions, and Roll PLATE, ing Mill Castings of every description. OLD RAI L Office, Nos. 10 & 12 WOOD ST., PITTSBU RGH, ESBCDON. PA. M uC K . (No 2) worth ___worth Soaking Pits, Fire-Brick Hot-Blast Stoves, Gas W orks, #, Gas Works, &o, THE ROBINSON-REA MFG. CO., GH, PA. SHEARS CHAS. J. STEBBINS, 104 Reade St, New York, STEEL AND IRON MAILS. Bonnell, Botsford & Co.. IRON, NAILS AND SPIKES YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, ~ CONDIT, FULLER & CO.. Pig [RON BAR Cleveland, Horse, Mule & Snow Sho Works at Valley Falls, R. |. F Ww. CARPENTER, President. MANUFACTURER AND SHIPPER OF Cc. H. PERKINS, mt. Ss. H. PERKINS. Gen’! Manager, JM. SCHOONMAKER COKECO. @ CONNELLSVILLE Capacity ot Mines, 2500 Tons Daily. Siding connections with all lines of Railroads, Office, 120 Water Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. RHODE ISLAND HORSE SHOE Co, FACTUREKS @8 re Perkins Pattern. Office, 31 Exchange Place, Providence, R, I. i w. COMSTOC K, Seoretary DEA Nos. 101 30€ SPEC Steel, 87, nd )R. “ost any A. and etary 5 : ¢ = ffice, No. 265 S. Fourth St., Phil .delpnia. August 11, 1887. WILLIAM RNR. BART c& CO., “~SPANISH, __ AFRICAN _ CASTLE PIG 1RON. for Finest Steel (phosphorus uniformly low, sel- dom reaching 03 per cent., and Silicon from comparing favorably with English 1 per cent, upward, according to re- Ww ‘ [ : quirements of buyers). est Coast Hematites. Bessemer, Basic and Open-Hearth Steel Slabs, Billets, Plates and Bars to specifications furnished Oid tron and Steel Rails, Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Ferromanganese, &c. 226 Walnut Street, - - PITTSBURGH OFFICE, 84 FOURTH AVE, MOHICAN PIG IRON. A superior iron for ordinary Bessemer work, Cambria steel. STEEL RAILS, STANDARD AND LIGHT WEIGHTS, STREET RAILS ano RAILWAY FASTENINGS, Bessemer and Open-Hearth Blooms, Billets and Bars Steel Axles, Steel Angles Steel Castings, Steel Forgings. CAMBRIA IRON CO MPANY. Office, 218 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia, Works, Johnstown, Pa. - ALAN WOOD COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Planished, Galvanized, Common, Best Refined, Clesned and Charceal Biocom PLATE &# SHEET IRON. ALSO LIGHT PLATES AND SHEETS OF &TEEL, No. 619 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa, Orders solicited especially for Corrugated, Gasholder, Pan and Elbow, Water Pipe, Smoke Stack, Tank and Boat Iron ; Last, Stamping, Ferrule Locomotive Headlight and Jacket Iron. WW. H.WVALBAUM & CO., 206 S. Fourth Street, Philadelphia. NEW AND OLD RAILS. BLOOMS. BESSEMER PIC. Crop Ends, Spiegeleisen, Iron Ores and Railroad Supplies Generally. AGENTS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTH LONSDADE TRON & — CO., Limited, Bessemer Pig Iron, brand ‘“ Ulverston ;’ Malleable eA Tt brand" U. H MOSS BAY HEMATITE IRON & STEEL CO., Limited. Crienolaeen. Crop Ends, &c. Also for ** Lorn”’ Malleabie Charcoal Pig Iron and N. B. ALL & CO.,’S Dinas Fire Bricks. PENCOYD IRON WORKS, A. & PP. ROBERTS & CO., — MANUFACTURERS OF— BEAMS, CHANNELS, DECK BEAMS, ANGLES, TEES, PLATES, MERCHANT BAR, Shafting and Rolled or Hammered Axles of Iron or Steel, Agents for the sale of Glamorgau Pig Iron. GORDON, STROBEL & LAUREAU, Limited, Engineers and Constructors, Main Office: No. 226 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Works: Mifflin and Meadow Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Western Branch: PITTSBURGH, Pa. Southern Branch ; NASHVILLE, TENN. Gordon-Whitwell-Cowper Fire-Brick Hot-Blast Stoves. We have contracted for the following Stoves : Jefferson Iron Works, Ohio..... 3 Stoves, North Chicago R. M. Co., Ill. 3 Stove- Joliet tron & Steel Co., lll...... 4 Missouri Furnace Co., Mo........ 2 Jupiter Furnace Co., as... A Western Steel Co.. Mo veel Teno. Coal, fron & R. RL Co. Cleveland Roll. Mi:l Co. ,Onio ‘eis la. is“ Belmont Nail Co., W. Va......... 2 A ; Sloss Iron & Steel Co., ae... 2 Ala. & Tenn. Coal & Iron G 0., Als 9 Nashville Charcoal Iron ang Decatur Land, I. & L. Co., Ala.. Steel Co,, Tenn........... Nu. ¥.& Perry Coal and ‘Iron 0., Princess Furnace, Va.. 7 ; “ Garb base ct ene udeceveceseses 2 WR goons oan ocean 71 Stoves. QU A cmR orry FACING MILES. fox paiiple DDL, (tar) Stove tlate Facing, ; Tur -auuyit Oot, AA Macbipery Facing. ¢ We Guarantee Pertect Satisfaction. RIDDLES, SHOVELS BELLOWS, S1#HEL WIRE BRUSHES, BRISTLE BRUSHKS, And all other Tools used in a Foundry, of our Own Special Make. 7. Ww. RPAXZSON oH CO-., DEALERS IN MOULDING SAND, AND MANUFACTURERS ©F FOUNDRY SUPPLIES, Nos. 1015, 1017, 1019 and 1021, or Pier 45 North, Del, Aven + * * VSILADELPHIA, Pa. WAITE, VAN HARLINGEN & MACTIER, ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS, 308 Walnut St., - - Philadelphia, Pa Metallurgical Furnaces. SPECIALTY: GAS REGENERATIVE FURNACES OF THE SIEMENS TYPE. Steel, Heating, Puddling, Tube Welding, Zinc and Chemica Furnaces; also Glass Tank and Pot Furnaces, Works Ruilt Complete. ea 55.2 IRON ORES is PHILADELPHIA. tON EDWARD J. ETTING, IRON BROKER & COMMISSIGN MERCHANT 222 8. Tarrp St., PHILADELPHIA, PA PIG, BAR and RAILROAD IRON OLD RAILS, SCRAP, &c. Agent for the Mount Savige Fire Brick. Eastern Penna., West New Jersey and Delaware AGENT FOR IRONDALE FURNACE, PRESTON COUNT}, W. VIRGINIA. STORAGE YARD, Pier No. 57 South (old Nz ney are a) wk h is connecte with Penn. R. Ko and its varfous mnec tions) Negotiable Warehouse Receipts Issue a CASH ADVANCES MADE ON IRON JUSTICE COX, Jr. CHARLES K. BARNS. JUSTICE COX, JR,, & CO,, AGENTS FOR CATASAUQUA M’F’G. CO,, Iron, Steel, = . = . | Bars, Boller, Tank and Bridge Plates; Skelp - a - Te = Angles apd Shapes; Chek +s, Montgomery : =e a b PHILADA PA Conewago and Alice Furnaces ARETE PIG IRON sniinei . ae for Foundries and Mills ERIE FORGE Co LT Iron and Sieel Forgings LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR-WHEEL TIRES 994 South Fourth direc Manufactured from the celebrated OTIS STEEL BRAND ¢sTanpanp ¢ leone Keeley & Co. Quality and efficiency fully guaranteed as any of the same quality. - Phila., Pa Prices as low @ We manufacture Heavy and 206 Walnut tae, 5 “s : ~ . ° ‘ . ° Selling Agents for CHARCOAI d ANTHRKAC Light Forgings, Driving and Car Axles, Crank Pins, Piston | RLOOMS, PIG. TRON. BAR. TRON SHEET TRON Rods, &ec. STEEL and IRON RAILS [RON CI AD STEEL RAILS and Pore MAGNETIC and HEMATITE TRON ¢ RES, THE STANDARD STEEL WORKS, |iBN BRICK COAL and COKE. MUCK BARS, Handle Serap tron, &c. Examine WORKS AT LEWISTOWN, PA. and negotiate sales. of Iron and Coal properties. Office, 220 S. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. POTTSVILLE IRON & STEEL CO.., E. 1H. WILSON & CO., PUTISVILLE, PA., A. Katser. 222 and 224 South Third St, Philadelphia, IRON ann STEEL STRUCTURAL STEEL AND IRON owe (RON COMMISSION MERCHANTS 208 South Fourth st., Philadelphia. Manufacturers of all kinds of Viz., Beams, Channels, Tees, Angles, Plates and Bars. Also Steel and Iron Axtes for Freight and Passenger Cars, This Steel is manufa¢ ‘tured by the CLAPP-GRIFFITHS process, and is specially adapted. in aldition to the above, for Boi er and Bridge Rivets, Wire Rod-, Nail Plates, &c., &c. Our Mild Steel | _ Selling Agente PINE IRON WORKS, Pine Brand is well adapted for use in place of the best quality of Wrough* ircn, where a greater strength | Plates, GLASGOW IRON CO., Plates and Muck Bars and ductil ty 1s required ; it weids readily es Iron. Also Billets, Slabs of all sizes and any desired | SPRANG STEKL & TRON CO. (Limited) Siemens oO t Ss J y > temper, Shafting of all sizes in stock, from which prompt shipments can be made. Plates, ‘Augies and Shapes.” Universal and Sheared . JNO. L. HOGAN, IRON COMMISSION MERCHANT, 216 SOUTH FOURTH S8T., PHILA, Pig Iron & Ores, Stee! & tror Blooms Agent for Brier Hilllron and Coal (Co., Youngstown Steel Co. Open Hearth Metal, ee iron, Coanatis Isville Coke, d Rails, Scrap, &c. Brewery, Malt and Ice House Construction a Specialty. The Phoenix Iron Ce., 410 WALNUT ST. PHILADELPHIA Manufacturers of Wrought Iron Beams, Deck Beams, Channels, Angle & Tee Bars, STRAIGHT AND CURVED TO TEMPLATE, Largely used in the construction of Lron Vessels, Buildings and Bridges. Andover Pig Iron. Each Pig marked exact chill depth a in. Nadie a , A. Whitney & Son's standard tes Wrought Iron Roof Trusses, Girders and Joists, and all kinds of Iron Framing used in the con- struction of Fire Proof Buildings: Patent Wrought Tron Columns, Weldless Eye Bars, and Buil:-up Shapes tor Iror Bridges, F. A. ComMLY, Trea J. Wesiey Putiwan, Agent. 240 So. 3d St. Phila REFINED BAR, SHAFTING, and Every Variety of SHAPE IRON Made to order. Plans and Specifications furnished, Address DAVID REEVES, President. NORTH BROTHERS MFG, CO., New York Agents, MILLIKEN, SMITH & CO., 61 Liberty St. | ron Founders, Boston Agents, HOUDLETTE & DUNNELS, 272 Franklin St. Light Castings a Specialty. N. W. Cor. 23d and Race Streets PHILADELPHIA. Cc orreapandance soli¢itad The Allentown Rolling Mills, MANU FAcTU RERS OF Rails, Bars, Axles, Shafting, Fish Bars (Plain and Angle), Spikes, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, &c., Bridges and Turn-Tables. — ——— oie aesiannieaie Genera! Office, 237 Soutn Third St., Philaae:phia, Works at Alientown, Pa. Ketabiisbed 1847. EDWARD CORNING, 15 Cortlandt St., New York, New York Sales Agent, SS A. WHITNEY & SONS, PLYMOUTH ROLLING MILL CO., ©r=rspocke.|P AR WHEEL WORKS, MANUFACTURERS OF Plate and Sheet Steel, Every description S ies Plates and Sheets of Bteel. p Puddied Bars, | Plate and Sheet Iron, ~pecial for Axles, Best Neutral and Common | Skelp, Blue Annealed and Common, mk Particular atter attention given to Iron for ‘Special 1 Purposes. omiy PIG IRON ut Forge TESTED CHAINS, = Pic 1non Bradlee & Co., Empire Chain Works, ee LINDSAY, PARVIN & CO., Beach & Otis Sts., Philadelphia. 328 Walnut St., Phila., Chains for Foundry Cranes and Slings. lron and Steel Structural Material “D. B. G.” Special Crane Chain. FOR ALL PURPOSES Steel and Iron Dredging, Slope and Mining Chains. Ship’s Cables and Marine Railway Chains. PHILADELPHIA, Pig Iron, Special Whee's for Furnace and Mine Cars, Foundry and Forge. ; Jl. J. MOHR, 430 WALNUT ST., PHILA, PA., BOLE AGENT FOR Sheridan, Leesport, Temple, Lynch- burg, Millcreek and Mt. Laurel Estimates furnished for Lron and Steel Structures and Hallway construct/on C rre-pondence solici ed wi b railroad contractors L. & R. WISTER & CO., | CUMBERLAND NAIL AND IRON co, MPUMMSSINNEMIS AGENTS MANUFACTURERS OF “CUMBERLIND” MAILS & WROUGHT IRON PIPE. ccsts smn ome me 43 North Water St., and 44 North Delaware Ave., PHILADELPHIA. J. Tatnall Lea & Co.,, DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF SCRAP IRON, Successors to CABEEN & CO,, MORRIS, WHEELER & CO IRON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Iron, Steel and Nails. WAREHOUSE & OFFICES, SALES OFFICES, 16th & Market Sts., 400 Chestnut St. No. 400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. EssEMER, MILL AND FOUNDRY PIG IRON, SKELP IRON, MUCK AND SCRAP BARS, NATIVE AND FOREIGN ORES. AGENTS FOR CONNELLSVILLE COKE, BOOTH, GARRETT & BLAIR, ANALYTICAL AND CONSULTING CHEMISTS, HENRY LEVIS & CO., Manufacturers’ Agents 919 and 921 Chant St. (10th St., above Chestnut St.), Philadelphia, Pa, Established in 1836. For Iron and Stee! Rails, Car Wheels, Boiler Analysis of Ores, Waters, Metals and Alioys of all kinds A special departmen for th ANALYSIS OF IRON AND STEEL, |ton and Steel of All Description. Railway Eouipments, Old Rails, Axles and Wheels bought and so} Selling Agents for Cleveland City Forse end pn ¢ . t oO fitted with all the apparatus and appliances for the rapid and accurate analysis of Iron, Steel, lrov vorgings: opts | Lron and Steel Works, Plates Be Slegs. ‘ seeemsae, © cole, ( lays, Fire Sands, &c. Agents tor sampling ores ip New York and | Steet Nails. Boiler Tubes; Bridge, Car ‘and Boat Frank K. Esherick Barclay W ESHERICK & CO., 263 So. 4th ST. PHILADELPHIA 234 8. 4th St., Philadelphia. Dapville Nail and Mfg. Co,, Iron and oe One, Erice Eels o& epEETeEeD. | Specifications & Specialty, ke (F Eka s 5 ' i 1 : } ; ; } : 6 ioe LAON AGH, August 11, 1887, i sh : Established - - 1861. WROUGHT IRON ESTABLISHED IN 1848. SINGER, NIMICK & CO,, Lto, PITTSBURGH, PA., MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF HAMMERED AND ROLLED S'TEHEETL. “ARRANTED EQUAL TO ANY PRODUCED BEST REFINED TOOL GAST STEEL For Edge and Turning Tools, Taps, Dies, Drills, Pumehes, Shear-Knives, Cold-Chisels and Machinists’ Tools generally. SAW PLATES For Circular, Mulay, Mill, Gang, Drag, Pit and Cross-Cut Saws. Sheet Steel For Springs, Billet Web and Hand Saws, Shovels, Cotton Gin Saws, Stamping Cold, &c., &c. SIEMENS-MARTIN (Open-Hearth) PLATE STEEL For Boilers, F'ire Boxes, Smoke-Stacks, Tanks, &c. ge All our Plate and Sheet Steel being rolled by a Patented Improvement, is unequaled for surface finish and exactness of gauge. ROUND MACHINERY CAST STEEL For Shafting, Spindles, Rollers, &c., &c. File, Fork, Hoe, Rake, R. R. Frog, Toe-Calk, Sleigh-Shoe and Tire Stee