THE IRON ORES. 2 ULI 
at Floodwood. ‘The ore taken out was mainly outcrop ore, and it thus 
makes the best possible showing for the seam. Of the many thousand 
tons mined here, it seems quite doubtful whether one pound will ever 
be charged into a furnace stack. No experienced iron-master would 
consent to run such a stock pile through a furnace. 
This stratum, though massive and conspicuous, is not, therefore, 
considered as adding to the resources of the valley in iron manufacture. 
The same conclusion is reached in regard to the Straitsville ore. 
It is exceedingly treacherous as a geological element, the ore playing 
fast and loose with the limestone to which it belongs, and always making 
a better appearance on the outcrop than under cover. It is also very 
unsteady in composition. Moxahala furnace was built to run upon 
these nodular ores which make a conspicuous feature in the geological 
sections of that part of the county. Under the management of J. G. 
Chamberlain, Esq., an experienced iron-master, investigation was made 
of every deposit in the vicinity that held out any promise. Not one 
was found that would repay working. Zanesville furnace also ex- 
perimented with this ore with similar results. There is not a point in 
the Hocking Valley where this horizon is yielding any ore at the 
present time, though a great deal of outcrop nodular ore could be sup- 
plied at low rates. 
With such conditions applying to these seams, it does not seem 
necessary to give further details in regard to their development or 
distribution. 
A line of facts, similar to the foregoing in many respects, is found 
in what is called the Dugway ore. ‘This is a deposit of the same gen- 
eral character as the Buchtel ore, but lying above the lower stratum of 
the Mahoning sandstone. The ore probably occurs at or a little below 
the horizon of the Brush Creek limestone. It lies from 15 to 30 feet 
above the Upper Freeport coal (No. 7), and about the same distance 
below the Brush Creek coal (No. 7a). 
It occurs in massive blocks or bowlders that lie in a red and white 
clay. The bowlders will often make a thickness of 3 or 4 feet, in an 
ageregate of 6 feet of outcrop. The horizon is quite steady, being 
shown in almost every section where it is due, especially along the 
Sunday Creek Valley. An analysis ofa selected sample of the weath- 
ered ore from the farm of Joseph W. Jones, on Mud Fork, near the 
Blondin well, gives the following results : 
