442 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
At Cleveland almost all the sale of these ores is conducted, and while 
portions of the ores are delivered at various other places on the shore 
of Lake Erie, Detroit, Erie, Buffalo, etc., by far the largest proportions 
are received and transhipped at Cleveland, from whence they are 
distributed by railroad to Pittsburgh and other places in Western Penn- 
sylvania, and at the many points in Ohio, etc. Beside the Lake Su- 
perior ores, considerable quantities of the Canadian ores from Lake 
Ontario, north of Kingston, of the Lake Champlain ores of Northern 
New York, and small proportions of other ores from the States, etc., 
bordering on the lakes, are received at Cleveland, and likewise distrib- 
uted to the various points of manufacture with which she is in com- 
munication. 
The following table shows the total receipts of iron ore in Cleve- 
land from Lake Superior for ten years ending, 1871,to 1881, in tons: 
TOA ho eae ede 0 Oe 0 395,721 
1S VD AIO SS oS is UE LE AST sees 622,059 
OZ By tad Leh tne: ener leew cae ney eau x Maeda dh GIA eiRena eee 8 674,324 
VBA hack ccosocs vat Speeds Secs hae sudo aee se et eee 456,692 
NS Bicas. nase telat eet ae ee nes a ee MOO OORIERS 0 245,801 — 
VOVG coos ocho ee eRe REE EOE Of se 141,268 
S77 SOS AS oe ee IO BN oe ae 505,974 
UB7ZOY Selah eal © Dine ena Aids GAA nk CURR re eed RCA 509,332 
VOVO he coda sihesalee sy cave tes Mery Ute ves ee ee 525,402 
TEGO ocelot es scodisseseemdersthecgomete eee eel eee 718,983 
USS Le cdsccseccatucsiscoukonedee ogo elec ees ee ee ee ae 826,419 
These figures are from the report of the Cleveland Board of Trade 
for 1882. | | 
Cleveland is also a shipping place for very large quantities of coal, 
which is distributed to various points on the lakes from Buffalo to 
Chicago, Marquette and Duluth. The cost of lake transportation is low, 
but somewhat variable. During June, 1882, the freight for water trans- 
portation of iron ore was, from Marquette to the Lake Erie ports, $1.25 
per ton, and from Escanaba, $1.00. 
The Ohio River, which borders the southeastern and southern part 
of the State, is the great natural highway for the products of the Ohio 
Valley, and is navigable for its entire length from Pittsburgh to the 
waters of the Mississippi. The demand which is made by the Ohio 
Valley for a cheap and certain mode of transportation is impressing 
every year more and more strongly the necessity for some permanent 
