2'6 Iron Ores of Canada. 



involving little capital, are put up by men of moderate means, 

 and in remote places ; while the iron made in them, being a re- 

 fined article, can pay a rate of transportation to market, that 

 would be ruinous to those making the cheaper pig metal." It will be 

 seen by the abov-e, that these fuiiiaces in the forest are principally 

 employed in the manufacture of bar iron instead of pig iron. 

 The price of the article from these localities is from £1*7 IGs. to 

 £25 per ton in New York. 



At one of the principal furnaces, called the Siscoe, the cost of 

 making a ton of pig iron is thus stated by the writer of the arti- 

 cles in question : 



Ores 14 12 



Charcoal 8 40 



Flux and labour.... 2 '70 



Kepairs, Interest, &c.,* 3 00 



118 22 

 Thus, for about £4 10s., a ton of pig iron, worth £8,, can be 

 made, yielding a profit of £3 10s. The cost of this furnace was 

 $54,903 78. The wood costs $2 per cord. The manufacturers 

 purchase the wood, and make the charcoal in kilns prepared for 

 the purpose. One cord of wood makes 56 bushels of charcoal ; 

 and 160 bushels of charcoal make 1 ton of iron. 



At the East Moriah furnace, the cost of making 



a ton of pig iron is $19 53 



At the Crown Point furnace $17 58 



At the Mount Hope fiirnace $21 00 



At the Brasher furnace $22 SO 



At the Constantia $17 50 



At the Clinton $12 81 



In all these places, wood costs about $2 per cord, a price which 

 would be very acceptable to our farmers in the vicinity of our 

 mines, where they cannot sell the wood at all, but are obliged to 

 burn it to clear the land. The absence of mineral coal is actually 

 no objection to the manufacture of iron in Canada, Wliat we 

 want, is information how to construct the proper works. It must 

 be recollected, that it was long before the Americans found out 

 how to make their furnaces pay ; and there can be no doubt that, 

 with the benefit of their experience, works could be erected in 

 ■Canada that would be profitable. We can see no reason to the 



