262 MINERALS FOR THE PARIS EXHIBITION. GILPIN. 



Iron. 



Among the most interesting of the exhibits under this head 

 is that of the Nova Scotia Steel Company. This company is an 

 example of the successful progress of enterprise combined with 

 commercial and technical skill. The forge works of New 

 Glasgow, which acquired well-deserved notice for their work in 

 ship frames, shafts, steins, etc., gradually grew and prospered 

 With the iron ores and coal of Pictou County at the doors of 

 New Glasgow, it needed one step and the company produced 

 its own raw material. A railway was built from Hopewell to 

 the head of the East River, to open the Bridgeville iron ores 

 and limestones. A furnace was built at the junction of the 

 East and West branches of the East River, and a large steel 

 works made Trenton another New Glasgow. 



This measure of progress has not limited the company's 

 ambition. By a lucky stroke of business they acquired possession 

 of an enormous iron ore deposit on the coast of Newfoundland. 

 This deposit was capable of yielding at the cheapest rate an ore 

 suitable for the basic process. Accordingly large amounts have 

 been annually imported for mixture with the limonite ores of 

 Bridgeville. Exports have also been made to the United States 

 and Europe. The company has sold part of this deposit to the 

 Dominion Iron and Steel Company, it is said, for the sum o 

 $1,000,00000. Now they propose to absorb the 22 square miles 

 of coal area of the General Mining Association and to erect at 

 North Sydney a steel plant rivaling that of the Dominion Steel 

 Company. 



The ores of the Pictou iron field comprise limonites, red 

 hematites, and spathic and specular ores. As yet operations 

 have been confined to the limonites mined by the Steel Co. 

 There are enormous deposits of red hematites and specular ores 

 yet untouched, and affording material for the establishment of 

 an iron industry surpassing that contemplated at the Sydneys. 



The samples exhibited by the company comprise ores, fluxes, 

 fuels, pig iron, and the steel products. 



