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The Onnond Minc^ situated in Ga.stoii county, on the 

 Charlotte & Atlanta Air Line, produced during 1892 about 

 5,000 tons of ore, valued at $17,500 at the mines. It 

 was shipped to Binninghani, Ala., and Richmond, Va. , 

 for the fettling of puddling furnaces. 



The ore is a mixture of hard, block hematite, or rather 

 turgite, porous limonite, and soft, black, powder ore, 

 slightly magnetic, of which the following are some repre- 

 sentative analyses: 



I. II. 



Silica 9.72 1. 51 



Metallic iron 52.39 65.79 



Phosphorus 0.079 0.028 



I. Lump ore; analysis by N. C. Geological Survey. 

 II. Lump ore; analysis by Carnegie Bros. & Co., Pittsburg, Pa. 



III. Limonite; analysis by C. D. Lawton. 



IV. Black powder ore; analysis by Carnegie Bros. & Co. 



The mine was closed down in September, 1892, on 

 coming into possession of the Bessemer Mining Company^ 

 which is remodeling the plant and making preparations for 

 a large output in the near future. 



The North Caroiina Steel and Iron Company completed 

 their furnace at Greensboro in June, 1892. The height of 

 the stack is 70 feet, diameter of bosh 16 feet, and the cal- 

 culated capacity 100 tons per day. The plant is fully 

 equipped with all modern improvements, and, together 

 with ore lands, town-site lands and other improvements, 

 represents a total investment so far of $305,000. It is now 

 expected to have this furnace in operation by the coming 

 spring, the delay of putting it in blast having been caused 

 by a deficiency of the neces.sary funds; and the present 

 low price of iron has deterred the company from 

 endeavoring to procure the requisite capital sooner. It 

 is also proposed to erect a merchant mill, machine shops, 

 foundry and car works during this year, the latter to have 

 a capacity of ten (10) freight cars a day. The principal 



