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sible by the one or the other of these modes, the objection vanishes : 
and the only inquiry remaining is, whether the vicinity of the proposed 
estabhshment abounds in the necessary articles required for its success- 
ful operation. The first question is, whether there is a sufficiency of 
ore in an accessible situation ; the second, whether there is wood or 
other combustible materials for reducing it ; and the third, whether 
there is water power for moving machinery ; though the latter is not 
so important as the former, for it is possible, that steam, in a wooded 
country, may be as cheap a moving power as can be employed. 
As regards the first of these inquiries, it is a very plain case ; for 
there can be no doubt as it regards the quantity as well as the quality 
of the ore in accessible positions. From what has been said in the 
preceding pages, respecting the great amount of ore in either masses, 
it will be perceived, that such is the thickness and extent of these 
masses, whether considered as veins or beds, that the ore has only to 
be quarried as the common rocks of the country for a long period to 
come : therefore, the heavy expenses incident to mining are saved. — 
These incident expenses not only include the machinery for raising ore 
and draining the water, but a vast amount of labor. All the varieties 
of ore which can be deemed necessary, are found in the village and its 
immediate vicinity. The coarse grained ores are suitable for the pro- 
duction of malleable iron and steel. Their purity qualifies them for 
those purposes. The fine grained ore is suitable for castings, it being 
a leaner ore, blended somewhat with pyrites. The presence of the lat- 
ter substance aids, it is thought, in the perfection of the castings from 
the moulds, and secures smoothness of surface. Probably, no portion 
of the world can vie with Mclntyre in its ores of irons ; even the far 
famed Iron Mountains of Missouri are eclipsed by the rich ores of Es- 
sex county, New-York ; and if not in quantity, at least in quality ; for 
the ore of those Iron Mountains contains quite a large amount of sul- 
phuret of iron, which must injure the quality of the iron produced from 
it. It is not, however, our business to detract from the merits or re- 
sources of our western sister, but to present in their true aspect the 
distinguished advantages possessed by New-York for the manufacture 
of this important article, and especially that portion of the State under 
immediate consideration. If we were disposed to enter into calcula- 
tion, it would be easy to demonstrate, that either of the great veins 
which have been described, cannot be exhausted for centuries. 
