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72. Several beds of magnetic iron ore have recently been opened in 
the county of Orange. Some of these I visited during the last year, 
and from the observations then made I have no doubt that when the di- 
rect communication with our great market is completed, the interior of 
the counties of Rockland and Orange will present a scene of activity 
and enterprise which will equal the most sanguine expectations. The 
revival of business has already had its effect upon the iron works now in 
operation, and it is not too much to predict that when the improvements 
recently introduced into the manufacture of iron shall have been perfect- 
ed, this will become one of the great manufacturing districts of th<& 
State. 
73. The following table will exhibit the composition of some of ilm' 
iron ores recently analyzed. 
