874 GEOLOaY OF OHIO. 



No. 1 was made by Mr. E. S. Gregory, and furnished me by Mr. J. G. 

 Chamberlain; No. 3 was given by Mr. A. J. Long, of Akron, to Mr. 

 Peohin ; No. 2 was given me by General S. Thomas, of Columbus. An 

 analysis of the pig iron from the Fannie Furnace is quoted from Mr, 

 Pechii^ as follow 



Fannie Furnace Pia Ikon. 



Iron 91.45 



Silicon ...: 3.89 



Carbon graphitic 3.31 



" eombined 0.34 



Sulpliur 0,03 



Phosphorus 0.59 



Manganese . 0.85 



Undetermined 0.64 



100.00 

 There are four furnaces in operation at Shawnee, all using the Iron 

 Point ores. These are : 



Height. Boah. 

 Ft. Ft. 



Fannie No. 1 48 12 



Fannie No. 2 48 13J 



XX or "DoubleX" 50 14 



Vilaa 50 14} 



The fuel used at all of these furnaces is raw coal from the Nelsonville 

 seam. The limestone is from a seam generally found about sixty feet 

 above the coal. It is here reported to be from two to two and one-half feet 

 thick. Until drifts are required the stone may be obtained at little ex- 

 pense. All the raw materials are procured at a small cost, and pig iron 

 is consequently made very cheaply. By admixture of the native ores 

 with those from Lake Superior and elsewhere, iron adapted to meet dif- 

 ferent wants may be made. The area over which the Shawnee ore is 

 known to exist in the Iron Point field is not very great, but new explor- 

 ations will doubtless enlarge it. 



South of Iron Point several shafts have been sunk for the ore on the 

 lands of the Straitsville Cannel Coal Company of New York. J. H. 

 Lyons, Esq., the Superintendent, has kindly furnished me with the facts 

 ascertained. About forty feet above the Bayley's Run coal he found at 

 every point a thin seam of coal. This is doubtless the equivalent of a 

 seam found from forty to fifty feet above the Bayley's Run seam, on 

 Lower Sunday Creek. In one shaft he found a blue carbonate of iron 

 twenty six feet beiow this thin upper coal. Here the ore is two feet six 

 inches thick. In the next shaft the section is very interesting and sig- 

 nificant. The following is the section : 



