﻿I56 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  the 
  discovery, 
  which 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  1826, 
  a 
  

   tract 
  of 
  land 
  comprising 
  the 
  deposits 
  was 
  secured 
  from 
  the 
  State 
  

   by 
  Mr 
  A. 
  Mclntyre 
  and 
  associates 
  who 
  soon 
  after 
  began 
  active 
  

   work. 
  The 
  investigations 
  of 
  Professor 
  Emmons 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  

   the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  then 
  in 
  progress 
  no 
  doubt 
  gave 
  a 
  

   stimulus 
  to 
  the 
  undertaking. 
  Professor 
  Emmons 
  published 
  in 
  his 
  

   reports 
  an 
  extended 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  ore 
  bodies 
  which 
  he 
  recognized 
  

   to 
  be 
  of 
  enormous 
  size 
  and 
  regarded 
  as 
  eminently 
  adapted 
  to 
  utiliza- 
  

   tion. 
  He 
  recommended 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  iron-manufacturing 
  enter- 
  

   prises 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity. 
  Soon 
  after 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  his 
  first 
  report, 
  

   or 
  about 
  1840, 
  a 
  blast 
  furnace 
  of 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  tons 
  daily 
  capacity 
  

   was 
  built 
  and 
  placed 
  in 
  operation. 
  This 
  was 
  afterward 
  remodelled 
  

   so 
  as 
  to 
  enlarge 
  its 
  capacity, 
  and 
  a 
  second 
  furnace 
  of 
  12 
  to 
  15 
  tons 
  

   w^as 
  put 
  in 
  blast 
  in 
  1854. 
  Drawings 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  stack 
  which 
  

   remains 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  day 
  with 
  all 
  its 
  essential 
  features 
  have 
  been 
  

   made 
  by 
  Mr 
  Rossi 
  and 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  article 
  already 
  referred 
  to. 
  

   The 
  installation 
  included 
  also 
  puddling 
  furnaces 
  and 
  the 
  necessary 
  

   equipment 
  for 
  making 
  bar 
  iron. 
  The 
  works 
  were 
  closed 
  down 
  in 
  

   1856, 
  after 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  again 
  operated 
  for 
  any 
  length 
  of 
  

   time. 
  The 
  product 
  of 
  the 
  furnaces 
  was 
  hauled 
  over 
  a 
  difficult 
  

   mountain 
  road 
  to 
  Crown 
  Point 
  for 
  shipment, 
  and 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  

   transportation 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  heavy 
  tax 
  upon 
  the 
  enterprise. 
  

  

  There 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  little 
  doubt, 
  judging 
  from 
  all 
  accounts, 
  that 
  

   the 
  iron 
  turned 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  days 
  was 
  of 
  good 
  quality; 
  in 
  fact 
  

   it 
  was 
  specially 
  commended 
  by 
  Emmons 
  and 
  others; 
  nor 
  does 
  it 
  

   appear 
  that 
  the 
  sudden 
  termination 
  of 
  iron 
  making 
  was 
  due 
  to 
  

   metallurgical 
  difficulties 
  in 
  reducing 
  the 
  ore, 
  though 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  

   that 
  the 
  operators, 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  years, 
  were 
  unaware 
  of 
  the 
  

   titaniferous 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  material. 
  From 
  considerations 
  based 
  

   on 
  an 
  analysis 
  of 
  slag 
  which 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  dump 
  near 
  the 
  old 
  

   furnace, 
  Mr 
  Rossi 
  has 
  expressed 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  the 
  furnace 
  

   charges 
  were 
  made 
  up 
  on 
  somewhat 
  different 
  lines 
  than 
  usually 
  

   practised, 
  in 
  that 
  a 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  rock 
  (anorthosite) 
  

   was 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  limestone 
  for 
  flux. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  noted, 
  however, 
  

   that 
  the 
  crude 
  ore, 
  such 
  as 
  was 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  operations, 
  contains 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  of 
  admixed 
  rock, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  may 
  

   nave 
  been 
  accidental 
  rather 
  than 
  intentional. 
  

  

  After 
  lying 
  idle 
  for 
  50 
  years 
  the 
  property 
  was 
  taken 
  over 
  in 
  1907 
  

   b>y 
  a 
  new 
  organization, 
  the 
  Tahawus 
  Iron 
  Ore 
  Co., 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  

   the 
  exploitation 
  of 
  the 
  ores. 
  This 
  company 
  has 
  conducted 
  a 
  

   thorough 
  investigation 
  and 
  intends 
  to 
  enter 
  upon 
  active 
  mining 
  in 
  

   the 
  near 
  future. 
  The 
  construction 
  of 
  a' 
  railroad 
  is 
  a 
  requisite 
  before 
  

   commercial 
  shipments 
  can 
  be 
  made. 
  

  

  