PROFESSOR EDWARD Orton, Chief Geologist : 
Str: I beg leave to submit the following report on iron smelting in Ohio. 
The review is as complete as it was possible to make it in the limited time at my 
disposal. 
The work of Mr. Henry Newton, who prepared a portion of the report, and in 
whose death some years ago the Survey lost so valuable an assistant, comprises 
possibly a fourth of the report, but it was necessary to review and bring up to date 
the work almost over the whole field, and for this purpose but a month or two could 
be applied in the field; it is hoped, however, that the industry has been fairly out- 
lined, and sufficient chemical and analytical work been done to fairly illustrate the 
problems involved and the direction in which improvement may be looked for. 
In preparing this report, I have availed myself of the published statistics of the 
“ American Iron and Steel Association” and the “Census Bureau.” The work in 
the field has been not only facilitated but made possible by the kindness of several 
of the prominent Furnace Companies in the State, who have furnished me with 
drawings, figures and other material. 
Very truly yours, 
N. W. Lorp. 
