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Cards.
FRANK FIELDING, '
ATTOENET-ATrLAW,
; . ,' i Clearfleld, Pi. "
Will attend to all limine" entroitod to him
' prouijitljr and faithfully. , ,
novU'73
WIl.LIAK A. WAL1.ACI.
tiAnitr r. wallaci.
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WALLACE Sl KREBS,
(Suiocnor. to Wallace A Fielding,) .
1. ATTORNK YS-AT-LAW,
H-12'73 Clearfield, Pa.
I. V. WIXaOK, D. B. . VA VALIAH, .
DRS. WILSON & VAN VALZAH,
Clearfield, Pa.
nffina In reiidcoee of Dr. Wilson.
OricE Uoum: From 13 to J r. . Ur. Van
Valiah oan bo round at night in hii roomt, next
1 door to Uortwick A Irwin'a Drag Storo, up
Itain. . . '
TV K. JEFFERSON LITZ,
I I WOODLAND. PA.
Will promptly attend all oalli in the line of bii
nroleulon. mww.t- i.
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JO.HPH I. a'MXALLT. AI. W. ,CtaOT.
McENALLY & McCURDY,
ATTORNK YS-AT-LAW,
flnarficld. Pa.
' MT-Lcal basinen attended to promptly with
OH.iiir. Offloe on Beoond atroet, aboTe the Ftrit
National Bank.
Jan:l:74.
G. R. BARRETT,
' Attobnit and Counselor at Law,
(m.karfield. pa.
Having resigned hii Judgeship, ha returned
the praotice of the law In hii old office at Clear
Held, Pa. Will attend the oou.rU of JelTorion and
Kli eountiet when apeoially rouinea in eonnoouon
with reiideut oouneel. ' '
; WM. M. McCULLOUGH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
ar-Offi In Court House. (SherilT'a OfBoe).
Leiral buiineii Dromiitly attended to. Rf al eitate
'. bought and aold. j"11'73
J. W. B A N T Z,
ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
8-Offioe in Pie'a Opera llouae, Room No. 4.
All legal balneal entruited to hii oare promptly
attended to.
T. H, MURRAY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Prompt attention glren to all legal builneu
entruited to hit eare in Clearfield and adjoining
tountiet. Office on Market it., oppotite Nangle'l
Jewelry Store, Clearfleld, Pa, Jcl4'73
A. W. WALTERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
fcVoffll! in Ortham'i Row. decS-ly
H. W. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
tl:l:T3 Clearfield, Pa.
walterTbarrett,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office on Second St., Ciearleld, Pa. noTl,0(
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
ar-OSet In Pie't Opera Houii, jyl 1J7
joh nHhT fUl fo r
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
-eT-OSo la Pie't Opera Houte, Room No. 5.
Jan. 3, 1874.
JOHN L ."CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
liid Real Eatate Afent, Clearfield, Pa.
OSoe on Third itreet, bet. Cherry A Walnut.
KaT-Retpectfally offen hit itrrieei la telling
ind buying laadt in Olearield and adjoining
lountiet j and wlthaatxperienctofoTirtwantT
can u a lurreyor, flatten himtelf that ha eaa
render tatiifaotlon. Feb- 38:3ttf,
FREDERICK O'LEARY BUCK,
SCRIVENER & CONVEYANCER,
General Life and Fire Ins. Agent.
Deedl of Conveyance, Artlclol of Agreement
and all legal pare promptly and neatly exe
cuted. Office in Pie't Opera Houie, Room No. 4.
Clearfield, Pa., April 3D, 1874.
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
ADD DIALia IN
Haw Logs and Itiimber,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Offloe in Orahnm't Row. 1:55:71
" J.J.L INGLE,
ATTOBNBY-AT - LAW,
1:11 Oaeeola, Clearfield Co.. Pa. y:pd
" ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
Wallaeeton. Clearfield Couuty, Peiiu'a.
,lfetj,AII legal builneu promptly attended to,
CYRUS GORDON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Market ttroet, (north tide) Clearfield, Pa,
All legal butlneii promptly attended to
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DR. T. J. BOYER,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Offloe on Market Street, Clearfleld, Pa.
Offlee hourt: 8 to 13 a. m., and I to p. a
jyi. E. M. SCIIEURER,
noMiEorATinc piirsiciAN,
Offloe In rwldeort on Market it,
April 34, 1873. Clearfield, Pa.
" D R. W. A. M E A N S,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
LUTIILRSIIURO, PA.
Will attend profeiiional eallt promptly. eugl0'70
J. S. BARN HA RT,
ATTORNEY . AT - LAW,
Hellefonte. Pa.
Will practlc In Clearfleld and all of the Coartt o
khe 2Mb Judicial diitrict. Heal eilat builneu
and eollectioa ofelaitnt made ipeeialtlat. al'Tl
JAMES CLEARY,
BARBER 6VHAIR DRESSER,
BKCOND BTRRKT,
jy33 CLEAR FIELD, PA.
WILLIAM M. HENRY, Juktiob
T T o tna r tc An Srairmra, LUMBER
CITV. Coliectloni made and money promptly
paid over. Article! of agreement and deedt of
aonreyanoa neatly executed and warrantee or
reel or bo enarge. jyn -71
CLEAKFiELD)
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Cards.
A. G. KRAMER,
ATTORSET-AT-LAW,
' ' Real Eitate and Colleollon Ajtot, "
CLEARFIELD, PA.,
Will promptW attend to all k(al bniinen
frnatAd to nit eara.
rOSM in Pie Opora Uoum, aecond floor.
apru l-om-
John II. Orrii. C. T. Aleiander. O. H. Bo wen
0RVIS, ALEXANDER & BOWERS,
ATTORNEYS AT LiW,
0 Ilellel'oute, Pi. Jan2S,'47-7
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN 4 SVRGEON,
TTAVINO located at Pennfleld, Pa., offon hit
IJ. profenlonal terrieet to the noile of that
place and lurroundlng country. AlloaJU promptly
attended to. Q"- "
GEORGE C. KIRK,
Juilloa of tho Peace, Surveyor and Conveyancer,
Lutherabure, Pa.
All builneu Intrnited to him will be promptly
attended to. Periont wiihing to employ a Sur
...... .Ml do well to live him a call, at he flatten
hi,n.lf that he con render tatllfaction. Deedl of
oonveyanot, artlclei of agreement, and all legal
papert, promptly and noauy txeoumu. -m.h
JOHN D.THOMPSON,
Juttlot or the Peaoa and Scrivener,
CurWeuivllle, Pa.
J5.Collcctioni made to1 money promptly
paid over. f.b3riui
SIO. ALBERT BEKBT ilKUT- W. ALU IT
W. ALBERT & BROS.,
Manufacturer! A extentlvt Dealer! la
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, (to.
WOODLAND, j-jsnn a.
9-Ordert tolicited. Billl tilled on thort notice
ana reaeuuauie w..
Addrett Woodland P. 0., Clearfleld Co., Pa.
Je3i-ly '. w 4LBKK1 m bhvb.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Erenehville, Clearfield County, Pa.
Keept eonitantly on band a full attortment 01
11 n ilt. Hardware. Uroceriei. and everything
ntnally kept in a retail ttore, which will be told,
for caih, at ehenp at eltewhere in the county.
French vine, June 7, 1001-iy.
THOMAS H. FORCEE
DIALIB IB
GENERAL MERCUANDISE,
CRAHAMTON, Pa.
Alto, extenilve manufacturer and dealer In Square
Timber and bawea liUinDeroi an iuu..
cnaOrderi tolicited and all billt promptly
ied. lJyl'73
CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAGER BEER RRKWEK,
Clearfield, Pa.
HAVING rented Mr. Entret' Brewery be
knnea I.t ttriet attention to bnainett and
the uanufaeture of a tuperlor article of BEKR
to reoeive the patronage of all the old and many
new enitomera. otiiaug?
J. K. BOTTORF'S
pnOTOGRAPII GALLERY,
Market Street, Clearfield, Pa. '
JCROMOS MADE A BPECIALTT.-ft-J;
NEGATIVES made la elondy at well at in
clear weather. Conitantly on hand a good
aortment of FRAMK8, STERKOSCOPKS and
STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS. Framet, from any
tyla of moulding, mad to order. apr-
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Penn'a.
tauWIll execute Jobi In hit lint promptly and
la a workmanlike manner. npN.OJ
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
r-4f-Pumpi alwayt on hand and made to order
on ibert notice. Pipet bored on returnable termt.
All work warranted to render tatiifaotlon, and
elirered Ifdeiired. my2:iypa
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
DBALBRn IB
SQUARE TIMBER,
and manufaoturen of
ALL KINDS OK SAWED LUMHER,
7'73 CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
JAS.
B. GRAHAM,
dealer In
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
SHINGLES, LATII, hlURBIH,
:10'7S Clearfleld, Pa,
JAMES MITCHELL,
DIALIB II
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
Jell'7J CLEARFIELD, PA.
TLIHARMAN,
. Mara j-aav I 1 r Y 1T nlfl tfm
J. MtAUliiJAJj JililjJjtYlUUUA,
LDTIIERSBURO, PA.
A tent for the American Doable Turbine Water
Wheel and Andnwi A Kalbach Wheel. Can fur
nlih PnrUble Grlit Millt on thort nntloe, Jyl3'71
DR. J. P. BURCH FIELD
Late Surgeon of the S'ii Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteer!, laving retaraea iron ne Army,
offert bit profeiiional tervioei to tbeeititeni
of Clearfleld oounty.
-Profeiiional eallt promptly attended to.
Office on Seooad itreet, formerlyooenpled by
Dr.Woodt. apr4,oo-u
H. F. N AUGLE,
WATCH MAKER & JEWELER,
and dealer In
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware, &c,
JelS'73 CLEARFIELD, PA.,
I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ABO DBALBB II
Watchos, Clocks and Jewelry,
Grakam'l lUm, Marktt Stmt,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All klndi of repairing In my line promptly at.
ended to. April 3.1, 1873.
REMOVAL.
REIZENSTEIN & BERLINER,
wholel deftleri In
GEMS' FIR1SHlG GOODS,
Have removed to 187 Church ttreet, between
Franklin and Whit Hi., New York. JySl'TI
Miss E. A. P. Ry rider,
ABBBT BOB
Chlckering'i, Stolnway't and Emerion'i Planoij
BmitB t, maion namnu't ana reloobet'i
Organ! and Melodtont, and Qrovtr A -.
Baker'l Sewing If ethlnoa. -
ALIO TBACBBB OB
Piano, Guitar, Organ, Harmony and Vocal Ha.
tie. No pupil takoa for leu than half a term.
T-Roomi oppotit Uullch't Furniture Store.
viearneia, May 6, ISOK-tr.
HOli.SF.3 FOR BALK. A pair of
well matched brown marei, young.good tlie,
""",M" or araogni team, with ne naraeit
ooDipieia. ano two Mitchell Wagnnt. Tenni
,MT' ... .' wAVU A BETTS.
nay 17 It.
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llEPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD, Pa. I ; .
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JDNR 17, 1874.
HEPOllT:
PRELIMINARY SURVEY
KEATING & KARTHAUS
' 'RAILROAD. ' !
Lock Haven, Mot 1, 1874.
To L. A. Mackkv, Esq. ,
Sin t I have tho honor to Mibinit to
you tho following roport concerning
mo contompifttcu raiiroau Doiwoon
Koating stution on the I'hiliidolphia
ana J'.no Kuiiroaa, in uunton county
and knrtliaus on tho Wott branch of
the Susquohanna River, in Cloarflold
county.
I be distance between tho above
points was caro fully chained and found
to bo twenty-one and one-half milos ;
the lopogranuical lcaturos ot oacb mile
were curolully obsorvod and noted
I lie lino was commoncod at a point
on the t'bilauolphin and Erio Railroad
a fow hundred feet east of Keating
station. The lino from thence follows
tho bank of the West branch of tho
Susquohanna in a Southwesterly di
rection ovor grounu generally lavora
ble for the construction of a railroad.
The river runs very serpentine; the
road will thorcfore require tumorous
curves, but none ot very short radii :
about one-half of the line will bo over
vory favorable ground, upon which a
railroad can be constructed at smull
oos t, but at every loop of tho stream
narrow- occur, and conorullv on steen
sido bills, abounding in lurgo loose
stones and often solid rock. The
grading on such parts of the lino will
bo somewhat expensive, owing to the
character of the material and tho de
struction of tho common roud that will
huve to bo rebuilt. Only two ru8s
bridges will havo to bo built, one of
fifty foot span ovor Birch Inland Run,
and ono of sixty feet span ovor Fpper
lureeuun; mo rem ot the streams
will be croesod by means of stringer
uriugeB, oox nna open culverts.
Land damages will no doubt bo
vory light, as the line seldom passes
ovor arable land ; fences will bo ro
quired at a fow points only, and as
the railroad when comploted will en-
hnnco tho value ot land a hundred fold
tho owners no doubt will choorfullv
donate as much land as will be needed
for the use of the road. -'
The grados will bo very easy, aver
aging about fivo leol to the milo.
Some points may require level grados;
in that case tbo grados at other points
would have to be slightly increased; but
under any circumstances tho grades
will bo very light, and will either be
levol or dosconding, which will bo in
favor of the heavy transportation.
'I Ins will be emphatically a road for
heavy freiulit. that will consist prin
cipally-in coal, iron, lumber, bark, fire
brick and iron ore; thoso articles
abound all along tho road.
from lvartbuu tho road might bo
extended along Mosquito Creek into
tno ureon-vvood, (so called), tho vory
hoart of the greatest pino forest in
Pennsylvania, from which point no
doubt a large amount of lumbor would
(ind its way to market over this road.
Tho Snowshoo coal mines aro but ten
miles South of Kartbnus; thoso two
points might also bo connectod by a
railroad and much of the Snowsboe
coal find an outlet by way of tho West
brancb roads : but independent of the
above extensions thoro will be amplo
Dusmcss uiong tins line to sustain the
road.
The furnaco of Karlbaus wont to
ruin simply for want of an avonue to
carry i'.s products to market. Bog
ore is found at numerous points oo
Mosquito Crook, and coal, and iron of
superior quality, and groat abundance,
arc found in the immodiato vicinity of
nartuaus, anu no uoubt as soon as
this railroad bocomos a fixed fact, the
furnaco at that point will again bo put
in blast. At Jiuttormilk r ails, tour
miles below Knrtliaus, bog ore,is found
in groai aounuance; much ot this ore
was taken in canoes and scow boats
to the furnace at Karthaus.
Jlr. John Jones, a gentleman resid
ing at Look Haven, has spent much
time and labor in opening the mines
and investigating tho mineral re
sources of Keating Township, In his
statement to me he speaks as follows :
I bavo oponod in close proximity to
the contemplated railroad (and only
about sovon miles above Keating sta
tion), the following voins of Coal, Iron
oro, Fire Clay and Limcstono :
Vein.
No. 1,
Thieknell.
4 feet 3 inobci,
4 " I "
fl o
8 " t " '
8 11 0 "
5 " M
8 " 11
Charaoter.
Coal.
Coal.
Coal.
Fire Clay.
Iron Ore.
LimeRtnne.
Coal.
Coal.
" Coal.
" 3,
" 8,
" 4,
" ,
fl,
" 7.
" 8,
" .
I " "
S
Vppor Vein,
The Coal, Iron oro and I'iro Clay I
found in the above voins I consider of
sunorior oualitv.
Extonsivo voins of coal and iron oro
wero found within tho lust few yoars
opon tho waters of Kinnomahoning
Creek, in consoquonco of which a com
pany wus organizod and aro now
orecting a furnace at Wmtar, two
miles abovo Koating station.
That coal and Iron oro. alooir the
line of tho contemplated railroad is
inoxhausliulo there can bo no doubt;
and ab soon as a railroad is construct
ed, thoso vast aourcos of wealth that
have boon lying dormant in the bowels
of tho earth wilt soon be dovolopod ;
capitalists will direct their attention
to thoso mines of wealth and in a fow
years Furnacos, Sawmills, Forgos, etc ,
will spring up; the resources along
the lino of the road be raoro fully de
veloped, and the West branch of the
Susquehanna loom with industry and
prosperity,
Itespeotfully submitted,
. , 1 JARRETT,
Civil Engineor.
THE
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CHARACTER OF THE WORK UPON IACII
MILE.
Mm No. 1. Will 1 reqoiro three
box oulvorta and a oonsidoruble amount
of embankment at tho Euslern end,
and is estimatod at $8,000. 1 ' ;
Mile No. 2. Two' thousand feet
vory light work ; the remainder in the
narrows is modoratoly boavy work,
and estimated to cost 110,000. 1
Milk No. 3. Light work through
out, will cost about 14,000.
Mile No. 4. Will require one double
box culvert, thus three thousand feet
will be cheap work; the balanoe will
be heavy. Cost. 99,000.
. Mile No. 5. Will bo very cheap
work throughout. Cost, f 4,000.
Mile No. 6. This milo Is on toop
side-hill narrows and will be expensive
WOrK. t,OHl, c;,uuu.
Milk No. 7. Will require threo box
culverts and ono stringer bridge ol
twolve feet span; grading easy and
cheap. uoBt, sa.uuu.
Milk No. 8. Will require a bridgo
of fifty foot span, line through narrows
ono-ball on sido hill, balance rough
rocky and very expensive; estimated
to cost imv.uuu.
' Milk No. 0. This milo will require
a Btringor bridge of sixteen foot span
work modoratoly heavy. Slo,U00.
Milk No. 10. One thousand feet at
uppor end very rocky and heavy, bal
ance light work. Cost, (311,000.
Milk No. 11. One box culvert, one
thousand three hundred foot at lower
end in narrows alone stoop sido-hill
boavy work, the balance light. Cost,
iu,uw.
Milk No. 12. Two thousand feet
at lower ond in narrows, work rocky
and heavy, balance light work. Cost,
BZl.UUU.
Milk No. 13. Easy and cheap work
uiroiinout. uoet, J4,imiu. -
.Milk No. 14. On tins mile at Fox-
loop run a Btringcr bridgo of twenty
leei span will bo required ; two thou
sand feet easy work, the balance in
narrows and work heavy. 824,000
Milk JNo. lo. Heavy work for two
thousand foot along sido-hill, narrows,
work expensive , the balance at lower
end light work, estimatod cost,Bl7,000.
AliLEJNo. 1. Narrows lor half a
milo, ond grading heavy; lower half
milo easy work ; a bridiro of twonty
feet span across Lower Three Run,
and ono of sixty foct span at Upper
i nreo win. uost, f -'S.iiuo.
Milk No. 17. Work light ovor the
entire milo. Uost, o,00O.
Milk No. 18. Light work through
out. Cost, $5,000.
Milk No. 19. Will require a twelve
root span stringer bridge and a box
culvort,the grading will bo vory heavy
and a sharp curve required. Cost,
$32,000.
Milk No. 20. Is easy and choap
work throughout. Cost, $t!,000.
Milk No. 21. Two thousand foot
on bottom, choap work, balanoe on
easy sido-hill. Cost, $7,000.
Additional Half Mile. Work
light and easy. Cost, $3,000 '
RECAPITULATION.
Mile No. 13 Coil $31,00
13
14
4,00
34,00
17.000
38,000
6.M0
6,000
33,000
8,000
7,000
3,000
IS
ID
IT
' 18
19
30
31
i
Total for Grading,
Superttructuro,
2K3,000
103,600
Total Co.t,
Total for Grading per Mile, $13,118
" " Superatructure per Mile, 0,000
tO,600
Cott per Milo, $23,11 1
LETTER FROM OKORGK ARMSTRONG, ESQ.
Tbo following letter from George
Armstrong, Ksq., a practical miner
and iron workor, shows that the min
eral wealth of Keating and Karthaus
townships is inoxhausttblo, and that
the manufacture of iron and raining of
coal may be as extensively and profit
ably carried on in those townships as
any whore in this Stato :
Lock Haven, Pa., May 25, 1878.
L. A. Market, Esq. Sia: Your lot-
tor of the 20th inst., requesting mo to
furnish you with such information as
may bavo obtained in my examina
tion of tho mineral resources of Keat
ing and Karthaus Townships, in Clin
ton and Clearfield counties, bas boon
received ; in accordance with your re
quest I horowith submit the following
as the result of my investigations :
In this loiter I shall endeavor to
show that tho manufacturing of iron
n this county can bo mado profitable
if properly conduoted. The reason
why so many fail inthis branoh of busi
noss, is on aocomt of bad and reck.
less management in constructing the
works. Davy Crockett's maxim, "be
sure yon'ro right, than go ahead,"
holds good in this as well as in all
other branches of business. No one
can expect to succeed in any enterprise
ii he knows nothing ol the business in
which ho proposes to embark. The
miners may send from the minos coal
that Is unfit for tho manufacture of
iron or iron stone of poor quality, in
eilhor of which cases the result would
bo an inferior quality of iron, or por
baps a disarrangement in tho working
of the furnaco. These are points to
be guarded against when once under
way.
It is frequently said that iron can
not bo made profitably in the coal re
gion. Lot us eoe. lit no place in tho
world is the manufacture of iron car
ried on moro successfully than in
Walos. Coal, iron stone and lime aro
found in the same locality, and even
firo-clay in valuablo doposita. This it
an exception to most placos, wherd
operators are obligod to send awav
for some portion of raw material.-
The oost of raw matorial in Wales, il
about as follows i Coal, three to five
shillings, an average of four shillings
per ton ; iron slono, seven shillings and
sixpence. This In curroncy would be
as ioiiows i
Coal, par ton,
Iron Mono, per lon.
Lima, ....,.,
.l m
I lo
to
In making one ton of iron there
would be consumed :
4toatooal,. U
'''tieaetttati4Het4t f 80
LlBf HIH4!1 itet!tM ItHMHt IMtltt Ht(f !) 1 9
Total ooft of raw matorial.
.$11 eo
Mile No. 1 Cott t 8,000
" 1 " 10,0001
uta 4,,on
" 4 " Mo
" " " 4,000
" " fl " , 14,000
6,000
" " S - 30,000
" " 16,000
" 10 11,000
" 11 " 10,000
' I ; p ;..J j : . i c.'-i , '.I. i -t
l" ' ' .". ' i"-'. vii. iii:.i.!'I-m -.it ;. ,.i .i ,. i. , r
- Tlieso figures abow the oost in ono
of tie boot mining district of Wales.
Nowjlet us see what it will cost us to
minJnnd doliver at the furnace the
quality of raw matorial requisite for
mo aanuiaoiure 01 one ion 01 iron :
4 ton.lof ooal at 7J wntl,..,(...-......,.,..IJ 00
3 toBikmatl.tO, d A
Zliffltat(aM.ttaMa4HttV X &0
... A . . ,
(', ; .'. . . $9 00
have all tho natural advantages
for tie successful manulitcturo or Iron
In C'fjiton oounty, but the cost of labor
is n(ucn higher bere loan in Walos,
and the actual oost of one ton of iron
won Id amount in tho aggregate to
front 116 to 116.
Another point worth considering Is
the mining of iron stone and shipping
it to tbo consumers olsowuore. . This
rill .utflbly oedon 4 a eonsiiUra-
ble extent before the manufacture of
iron is fully under way in this country
and it will be one progressive step
toward the consummation of my ex
pectations. Thero is now a domand
for our ores, and if owners can realize
even fifty cents per ton at the railroad,
thoro is no better investment to be
had. Thoro can be, with a sufficient
force, five hundred tons taken out of
the mines daily, which would givo an
income of $250 por day, or $75,000 for
one year (300 days.) What hotter in
vestment can be wished for? This is
comparatively a small calculation for
mining operations. Thousands of tons
can be mined daily if a market can bo
found for it, and though tbe iron busi
ness ha had a sevoro check during
the recent panic, it will soon spring
up again and be prosoouted with more
vigor tban ever, and there is do doubt
that an imtnonso quantity of our oro
will within tbe next year or two find
a ready market.
Kcgarding our coal supply, we have
as good quality and as large a quan
tity of bituminous coal as Ulossburg,
Tioga, Arnot, .Morris Hun and rail
lsrook, (Tioga county ,1 oacb ot which
placos turns out from 1,000 to 1,600
tons per day. The coal business can
be prosecuted a well and as profita
bly in Clinton as in Tioga county, and
if men of enterprise and capital would
open up and develop our mineral lands,
their roward would be spocdily lorlh-
coming.
All the coat ores are classed as the car
bonate of iron, or slato ores. Of thoso
ores all the iron produced by England,
Scotland and Wales Is manufactured
all mined from the ooal
measures.
They yiold from 80 to 35 and 65 por
cent, of molalio iron, and bavo boen
thoroughly tested by eminent scien
tists in eevoral elaborate analyses.
From ores of this same quality taken
from Scotch mine the finest grades of
iron have boon made. The richest
specimons out of nine, which wore an
alyzed cam from the district of An
drio, the apeoiflo gravity of which was
3.0633, and tbey afforded in 100 parts :
Carbonie acid H. 38.17
Protoxyde of iroa.
..63.03
.. 1.33
.. 1.77
.. 1.40
.. 0.83
.. 1.2.1
.. .3
.. 1.41
Ltmo,
Magnesia.
Silioa,
Alumina, ....
Peroxydlk-
Carbonaoeoua or bituatiaoat mattor,.
Moitture or lou............
Its contents in metalio iron are 41 25.
In comparing tho ores of Koating with
tho Scottish ores, lroin th best of
which ' the ubove analysis was mado,
we find that we can produce at loast
as good, and doubtless better, an arti
cle ol iron in its crude state as oan do
found in Europe, and in incalculable
quantities. Ilence it will ctoarly be
porceived that Keating township is
mnionsely woaltby in ores that will
some day employ hundreds of work
men and millions or capital in its de
velopment and manufacture into iron.
C'ne seam ot Iron oro in the Keating
coal basin will yield from 30 to 45 per
cent., and lays on the top of a vein of
coal. It can frequently be takon
down after the coal has boen mined
from under it, in which case the oost
of mining would be greatly reduced.
There are also immense bodies ot kid
noy ore that will yield at least 60 per
cent, through the furnace.
In writing on this subject, Dr. lire
says : "T he profusion of excollont coal
and its association in this and other
localities with iron stono, have pro
cured hitherto for our country a
marked superiority ovor all othors in
the iron trado." Tbe facilities for
making iron whore all the materials
are on the same ground cannot
be over estimatod. llore ooal, iron
ore and lima for fluxing are found
in abundance in close proximity. No
transportation will be required to got
the raw matorial to tbo furnaoe, while
there are good facilities for shipping
tho manufactured iron. The Danvillo
iron master are obliged to bring some
of tlioir ore from the Lake Suporior
mines, at a cost of from f 10 to IZ
por ton. but in Keating township thore
would be no such nocostity, as all tho
difforont grados and qualities of ore
roquirod aro found together in one
vaat flold. This sootion of our county
will somo dav be a thickly nonulnled
district, tbo inhabitants of which will
be engaged in or dependent on the
iron business. The sooner tho minos
are openod and tbe work begun, the
soonor will this result bo brought
about.
Having given a pretty thorough
showing of the minerals contained on
tbo Karlbaus pronortv. 1 will now
take up several other tracts lying on
tho line of the Philadelphia and Erie
railroad in this township. The Wis
tar Coal Company have a vory valua
blo tract of land oontaining at the least
calculation ono hundred and twenty
five million tons of the best bitumin
ous coal, suitable for the manufacture
of iron, either in Its raw stale or cokod.
Tbo iron stone on this traot will
amount to about three hundred and
seventy-five million tons. . Limestone
also Is fonnd in abundance, as on th
Karthaus property. Adiolnintr are th
land olO.D.Sattorlooct Cro.,tho three
valuable veins of coal and iron stone
extending through it, wbich yiold In
both tho tamo proportion a other
tracts described. Tbe tract of C C.
MoClolland lies in close proximity, un
derlaid with th same rich voins. All
of these tracts afford excellent sites
for the location of work of all kinds
neoeesary to carry on th manufacture
oi iron.
' An articlo ' published in tho Lock
Haven Enterprise of May 8, 1874, gives
a full account of tho operations of the
Wistar Iron and Coal Company. ' As
what is said in regard to tho quality
of tbe minorals of the Wistnr tract
will apply to tho wholo coal basin of
this region, 1 submit a copy or the
article entire :
' WIHTAt IRON AND COAL COMPANY.
. Tho Wistar Iron and Coal Company
is composed of tbe following gentle
men : l)r. E, Eldridge, President ; L.
Averill, Vice President; U. W. Rath
burn, Troasurer ; S. T. Reynolds, Sec
retary; S. T. Arnpt, Frank Hall, S.
II. Wadsworth, George M. Diven, of
Elmira ; Jay, Gould, of New York;
G. L. Post and J. W. Maynard, of
Williamsport : John Pott, of Pottsvillo,
and Isaac McUoso, of Reading. The
real estato of this oompany consists of
7,0UU acres of mineral and timber
lands lying on the Philadelphia and
Erie railroad, about forty miles west
of Lock Haven, within the angle
formed by tbo junction of tho Siuno
moboning crook with the Susquohanna
river, in Keating township, Ulinton
oounty, The tract is rich in deposits
or coal, iron oro and n re-clay, while
the surface, which is well adapted to
agricultural purposes, is well supplied
with timber, i bo coal, which is tound
in abundance on tbo tract, is ol i
mporior quality for iron rnanufuotur
ng purposos, losing only 20 per cent
n weight in the process, of coking
Four veins, having an aggregate thick
.ness of ovor fourteen feet, novo boen
oponcd and found to bo easily worked
by tho usual system of horizontal gang
ways and tram-roads; there being a
slight outwurd "dip'' or inclination of
the difforont veins, no difficulty can
ever be experienced on account of wa-
tor, as the mines must necessarily bo
self-draining, so to speak.
Tbe ore, tbe mining and working
of which is the paramount object ot
the company, exists in almost Im
measurable quantities, there being five
veins.aggregatingtwolve root in thick
nees, already opened. This oro has
been thoroughly testod, with the most
gratifying result, as will ue seen oy
tlio following report of Joromo U
Boy or, Treasurer and General Mana
ger of Temple Iron Co., Tomple, Pa.
Office of Isaac McIIose, 1
Reapino, Penh., Aug. 17, 1873. j
Messrs. EUridge Averill, Elmira,
Sew York:
Gentlemen: With this you have
Mr. Boyor's report of the results of
the working of Wistar . oro, wbich
you will find, 1 trust, tuvoraulc, and
with good -results. Tho ore works
well can bo worked by itself and
make good iron. Works kind and sat
isfactory in overy respect. You can
safely invest on this trial.'
lours ruspoctiuiiy,
Isaac McUose.
Temple, Ta., Aoa. 14, 1873.
To Dr. E. Eldridge and Levi Averill,
Elmira, Kew York:
Dear Sirs : We commenced using
burden of your Wistar oro, i mag-
notio and i of our hematite red oxide,
on Friday, August 1st, 1873. Burden,
2,000 coal, 2,000 oro, and 7U por cent.
lirao ; oontinuod doing so for fifty
charges. The iron produced there
from, JNo. A and plain o. 3. very
rich, dark gray color, very strong,
fracture jagged and torn. A medium
opon grain, ralhor round granular.
.Loil Wistar ore off lorty hours to
try again, and to boltor know wbethor
gases remain fixed in temporaturo and
condition of cruciblo when ore was
working which we saw in thirty hours.
Worked vory hot cinder fluid, clear at
Tuyeres, and aftor running ten to
twelve hours and feeling safe to go on,
(Monday, Aug. 4lb), put on i Wistar
ore again. Jiurdon in all respects the
same. Put in 147 charges with this
result : i oi the iron was No. 1 A and
No. 2 X, balance No. 8 G. F. Slill
dark, rich gray, very strong, and fair
ly pulled apart at fracture
On Friday, August 8th, continued
using Wistar ore, but changod tho
proportion from J lo J of burden, )
magnetio and i hematite. Changed
limestone to CO per cent, owing to
your oro having considerable moro
lime than our hematite. Continued
filling as above for 87 chargos with
this result : Furnaco workod very hot,
free and rogular. Gases burning vory
frocly, showing no carbonio acid, cin
der fluid, iron about 15 No. 1 A and
No. 2 X, balanoo No. 3 G. F., a shade
igbter in oolor, still strong and jagged
fracturo, inclined a little red short.
Loft off your oro for 24 hours, put
on our rogular burdon, 2,000 ooal, 2,
000 ore, 70 por cent, lime, magnotio
and t hematite ores. Alter 21 hours
I put on 1 Wistar ore and J uiagiietiu,
limo CO per cent., continued for 24
cbangos, whon your ore was all. Ro-
suit; Iron about i No. 2 X and No. 2
plain, balance No. 3, oolor two.shados
lightor than when using 1 burden of
your ore. V ery strong, puiiod irao-
turo, more or a hat uorous, granular
formation, and tbe naturo ot tho iron
about 13 red-short to 11 noutrnl.
Tho yiold of tho oro runs about 38
por cent, whon using i and of your
ore, and about 40 to 42 whon using
only i, owing probably to tho hema
tite; Dux working more diroct on tho
ore tban whon a largor portion of your
ore is on.
The ore carries no carbonio acid,
sulphur or phosphorus, at least not
sufiloiont to show any traco while
working it in our furnaco, which per
mit me lo state horo is a suro criterion,
as our furnace is ono of tbo most sen
sitive in tho country ; for instanco,one
charge of sulphurio oro will throw hor
off two grades of iron.
This is about tbe result and experi
ence at this prosont timo of tho year.
Two months later in the soason a far
hotter yield, more granular iron, and
loss consumption of ooal could bo ex
poctod, owing to tho extVemo hot
weathor and worst air possible for fur
naces was had at tho limo we tried
tbo or. I am very respectfully,
Jeromk L. Boykb, '
IVeaearcr and Ontnt Manngtr Tntplt Inn Co.
, Tbe gontlemon Interested in th de
velopment of the mineral oi the Wis
tar lands are determined to push op
erations to a successful termination,
and have already done a great deal in
1.1
the preparation for active work.
Thoir Improvements thus far conaint
ot i' houses, station, storo snd dwoll
ins combinod, stable, blacksmith shim
coul schute and saw mill, at the station
on the P. & E. railroad ; 7 minors
bouses, a farm house and largo barn
and about one hundred aores of land
undor cultivation, at tho mines, about
one milo and a balf from tbe station
two good wagon roads leading from
tbe station to the mines, 7,000 foot, of
tram-road laid with " i. ' rails, running
from the mines along the sido of the
mountain to tbo boad of tbe inclined
plane, the latter 2,200 ieet long and
now nearly ready tor tho track.
Thus It will be seen that tho prop
erty of this company, with its natural
resources and extensive improvements,
is exceedingly valuable, ana will even
tually bocome tho centre of a great
iron maufacturing district, its location
being one of the most favorablo in the
Slate, all things considered. In tbe
first place, the Wistar property has
within iiBclt all tbo natural advan
tnges essential to its own development ;
it has an abundance ot good ore, and
coal with which to work it; it bas
timber, stone and suitable building
site, any amount of land well adaptod
to the production of supplies, plenty of
good water, a bcaltblul climate, and
boing on the railroad is not an unde
sirable placo to locate ; it has two wa
tor fronts, the Sinnemahoning on one
sido and the Susquehanna on tbe other,
with a good prospect of another rail
road along the latter. It is, or soon
will bo, easy ot access liom all quar
ters ; is situated not many miles from
tbe contro of tbo State, having direot
communication with Philadelphia, brie
and (since tbe opening of the Bennett's
Branch railroad) with Pittsburgh. II
the manufacture of iron has been car
ricd on successfully in other parts of
the country, it certainly may be here;
for instance, the iron works at Elmira
aro supplied with the raw material
irom various points" ot the compass,
whereas Wistar bas comparatively
nothing to demand from a distance.
The Wistar iron & Coal Uompany
is made" cp of mon several of whom
are well known assucoetfui financiers,
and others as practical iron manufac
turers, having intorosts in old estub-
isucd works at other plaoos; and it
is not to bo supposed for a moment
that they would engage in an undertak
ing unless there was at least a good
chance for success.
The township of Keating lays in
the great coal basin oi the West
Branch, fifty miles above Lock Haven.
In this great coal field we have no
less than' six veins of coal, all of
them of sufficient thickness - to be
workable, and of tbe bost quality. The
celebrated Karthaus vein of coal is
located in this township, which stands
hign lor too production oi gas.
l'crhang tbo best plan to designate
these vein will be to number them :
No. 1 is found lo bo 4 foet 2 inches io
thickness; No. 2, 4 feet 8 inches; No.
3, the Karthaus vein, 6 foet thick.
We now find a fine bod of fire-clay 6
feet thick, of excellent quality; then
we havo a vain of iron ore 3 foet thick:
and below this a bed of limestono well
adapted to the "fluxing" of iron ore
in tbe furnaco; then we come to ooal
once more iNo. 4 vein, 8 foet thick;
No. 5, 8 foot 9 inchos ; No. 6, 6 foct.
Tbia voin gives us in the aggregato
nearly 27 foot of bituminous coal.
Tbis-coal field, lying so close to tbo
Philadelphia and Erio railroad that a
branch road running up the main
stream, would effeolually bring its
products into tho markots of the
country, is ono of the finest in the
Stato. This section possosses all the
natural advantages for the manufac
ture ol iron and mining of coal, and
all that is requisite to make this dor
mant tract blossom like the rose is
capital and entorpriso.
Here wo have from ten to twolve
thousand acres of land all underlaid
with these veins of ore, which have
been thoroughly examinod by mon
wbo know that these statements are
correct. Mr. Alex. Monroe and Mr.
John Jones bavo at different times
soarched for coal on this tract and
found the sovoral veins as bore given.
ben we take the pick and abovol to
assist in our researches tho troth or
falsity of the reported existonoe of
minerals muBt be proven ; bonce those
statemouls are based on facts that are
not to bo conlradiotod. Tbe quantity
of ooal in those lands is estimated at
four hundred million tons, at the low
est calculation.
Thero have been three veins of ore
opened on this tract. In ths serios,
wbicb is JNo. 3 down, wo hav three
feet thick of argillaceous oro. This
satnu vein vrne formerly workod at tha
Karthaus furnace. Thon we find an
other vein, properly called the red oro,
supposed to measure three feet when
properly under oovor. In oonnoction
with these we have the colebratod
white ore. This is said to be openod
on Bennett's Branch on tho Sinnema
honing, tho vein being seven foot
thick and the ore very rich in quality.
The upper portion of the vein is in the
nodular lorm, or balls disseminated in
slato; the lower portion is in thick,
compact balls, separated by a thin
soara of slate. Below this vein is an
other of ore about thirty feet lower io
the measures, wbich belongs to th
bituminous coal fluid. This voin was
oponcd by the writer years ago, and
is on excellent one, the upper portion
boing a flag ore of a doep blue oolor
and tho lower portion a specular ore,
vory rich will yield at loast 60 per
cent. The lowor porwon oi this voin
is two foet thick, with firo-olay at th
bottom impregnated with balls of ex
collont ore.
Now, In this coat Hold wo have at
least twenty foot of Iron oro almost
as much Iron oro as coal. Thoso voins
havo all been oponed in close proxiro
Ity to tho lands referred to. and all
that needs bo done to how the whol
mattor to the capltolist Is to opon th
mlnna and the result Will speak for
itself.
Tn connection with this Immons
amount of Iron ore and ooal, w bay
- t. v. nfliuliv aniLabl for to
manufaolur of fir brick and wars i of
various kinds, which is in "
,mand. In th earn field ar. two
oemi - limcstono, four and stiHoet
thick respootia-e ly. which is Q adapt
ed for use in the furnace. "
Thi small portion of Keating town
ship will yield, about nine hundred
million tons of oro, taking for our basis
tho ten thousand aeroo, with, those
voins of iron oro, oonoeoied with coal.
There is also In lb same afield the
kidney iron ore of the very best qual
ity, tho vein being in thickness from
two to four feet; and over this is an.
othor superior ore for the manufacture
of iron. Tho oualil v of the ore is
suuh as to losnro a ready sals for .all
that can be gut to market, and X oo
not hosituto to say that tbe time is
now approaching when Keating town
ship will be well supplied with blsst
lurnnoe and rolling mills, and the am
of the forge hammer will be hoard for
"many miles around." : "'
' In ordor to more clearly illustrate
tho different veins, I present the fol
lowing recapitulation : : ! . . .
' Vela No. I, I feet 1 1nch, Hematl'a.
- 3, 3 " i Ar-rillBoroneV
i fl, 8 S - ReJOilda.
- 4, T '" " Watt. - -
" 1,1 :. 7 Flag. I
" 44 6, 1 '. Spooular. .
These veins have all .beon oponed
by Professor Roberts and Newman,
and others. If threo foot vein of
ooal will give to tbe acre 5,000 tons
iron ore will yiold three times that
amount, or 15,000 tons. It is neces
sary to make this mattor plain, as ths
amount to some might seem fabulous.
Now, we find that instead of having
only three feet of. ore to the tore, we
have some six times that amount upon
this property.- !....... .
Now suppose we take out five hun-
dron tons in one day; we will have
ono hundred and fifty thousand : tons
in a year, or 3t0 days; to go on at
this rate of mining it will take six
thousand years to got out tbe amount
specified as being on this portion of
tbe mineral lands lying tn Keating,
and this is a very small portion of tbe
township. With these figures and
tbo facts heretofore slated, capitalists
have the matter set before them clear
ly and plainly, and all of which oan
be vouched for.
To dig 500 tons of this ore per day
will take 400 miners, which will re
quire each miner to cut H tons per
day and put it outside into the schutes
or cars, as tbe case may be. This
number of minors will call for about
50 laborers to handle tho ore and get
it to the proper plaoe, exclusive of all
others required in and around the fur
naces and mills. . Thus it win oe seen
that to mine and manufacture 500 tons
of iron ore por day will require a suf
ficient number of men to make quite
a respectable village.
Forty years ago Danville was a very
small village. Now, with her furnaces,
rolling mills, forges, puddling furnaces,
&c, she has increased from a popula
tion of soven or eight bunarea to
nearly fifleon thousand. The mining
and manufacture of iron alone has
mado that-place what it is to-day, and
it bas no other important industry to
support it. Danville bas now to trans
port tbe greater quantity oi ner ores
bundrods of miles. She is obliged to
go oast, west, north and south to get
ores to keen ber manufactories in op
eration. Now, tbe question oomes
home why cannot Keating township
become the Danvillo pf Clinton oounty r
There is nothing to prevent it. We
havo more of tbe material of all kinds
tban Danville ever bad, and coal
enough to supply all demands for cen
turies to come, while tbey bav to im
port tbeir coal from distant fields
both anthracite and bituminous. Hero
we have all upon tbe same property,
one lying above tbe other.
There is no coal or ore field in tho
Slate that bas a better outlet to mar.
kct tban this. Tbe coal can be mined and ,
shipped profitably as can the ore also;
or they can be used for the manufac
ture of iron on tbe promises to equal
if not better advantage. Tbe railroad
that is now likely to be built will ef
fect u ally open the mines to the east
ern market, and can be constructed at
a comparatively light expense. Tbe
grade will be lighter tban on many
roads that to-day wind their way up
mountains and passes, and are built
at groat expense to reach the beds of
ore and coal.
I would suggest that the projected
road be built substantially and in a
nrst class manner, so tbat a large
amount of shippiog can be done over
it without interruption for repairs.
When oompleted ths road will pene
trate tbe coal field of Centre and
Clearfield counties and a large amount
of coal that is now shipped py way of
Tyrone win nod it a cheaper way to
market. On the Tyrone route there
are several heavy and winding grades
to ascend before reaching tbe coal
fields of Pbilipsburg and other points,
and several large locomotives are re
quired to haul the trains from the
mines to the "bummil, as it is called.
All this extra steam power makes
tbe coal more expensive to both the
producer and the oonsumer. Now, to
reach these points by a new route, let
us start at the mouth of the Sinnema
honing and follow the main stream to
Karthaus proper: then we have a
light grado all the way through to
Philipeburg, and as moon further as
desirable to run the road. Thero is no
doubt tbat tho new road, when built,
will be one of the best paying roads
in the State. It will pass through
Clinton oounty, Centre, Clearfield,
and may be extended to Joflbrson and
Clarion, the whole route being ander
laid with the bost quality of bitumi
nous coal. It will have the advantage
ovor the othor roads in having no
heavy grades and requiring no extra
heavy locomotive to haul the trains
ovor tha mountains, as are now neces
sarily used atOscoola and Pbilipsburg.
mis entails a very boavy expense on
me coai oporators in that district;
hence the necessity of a route having
lightor grados. If those operators
can and do make money (and there is
no doubt about it; after all their heavy
expenditures for transportation, &o.,
we certainty can got a portion of the
Immense trade thoy now enjoy ; and I
have no doubt tbat within one year s
company can be organized to mine
and deliver coal to the seaboard for
tbe uso of steamships, 4o., that will
pay a good dividend to its stockhold
ers. The distanoe from Phlliptburg,
by way of Tyrone, to Philadelphia is
247 milos; by way of Lock Haven
and Williamsport from the lands ra
frred to, tha distanoe is about 2C9
miles, which would be more than o:.'
sot by ths lightness of th grade as
compared wit th other ronte.
Although this rosd can be made to
pierce th. entire ooal basis, ft0'0
the five oonntio named, it will nu.
doubtodly have buslne. enough .Vona
the first throe eouotioe, Clinton, tn
l,e and Qerflold, to make it a paying
inatituUoD. U wilt be the mean of
opening up rich field for wining od
fatioos, aPnd will greatly
value of property In that taotion.
Concluded on fourth page.