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GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
the iron from this region of so wide a reputation for its unusual purity 
and strength, are from the Lower Coal Measures, and will be found 
more fully described elsewhere. 
Their discovery induced further ex- 
plorations, and in the course of 15 or 20 years we find the industry 
spreading in Scioto, Lawrence, Jackson and Vinton counties, in Ohio, 
and the neighboring region of Kentucky. This region, which in 1825 
was almost an unknown wilderness, and though even at the present 
time but sparsely settled, in 1869 was represented in Ohio alone by 38 
charcoal furnaces, producing 90,000 tons, and 5 bituminous coal fur- 
naces producing 16,000 tons, or a total of 106,000 tons. 
THE Earty CHarcoat Buast FURNACES OF OHIO, 
WITH THE DaTE oF ERECTION, 
Location, BuitpEerSs, Date oF ABANDONMENT, ETC. 
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1808 | Yellow Creek Furnace, Mahoning Co................00:..:+- Clendenin, McKay & Montgomery.....|........ 
1809 ;} Mosquito Creek Forge, Niles, Trumbull Co............... JAMESHHCACO MG, cedecesccsucavacsseccuteeeses 1845 
1310) Brush Creek, Murnace: cA da mst COL icici socesscushs canseecsa|| usec ces succeeceeee eee cee tees eeeee nc enattes eeenteas 1826 
1812 | Mosquito Creek Furnace, Niles, Trumbull Co ......... JAMES CATO ME resect ok cceckeceacaecotecsoceess 1857 
1813 | Yellow Creek Falls Furnace, Mahoning Co............... Daniel Eaton & SOmS..................ccsseees 18338 
1816 | Middlebury Furnace, Summit Co....................0ceeeeees AGTONGNOTLOMM eoncecstoescoscccoscotersonssetes 1842 
1816:| Brush'Creek. Hurnace; AG AMS Css: hoses coos cccececetesecees)| ieee noses eee eee ee Saeco coe Lo en Daa ve cesUat ON eSEeS 1826 
1816"|.Marble Furnace}! AGamsiCOsoaiccsccnkocescesss cabeccsccs cneeseal| caenerteveee ceesece nooner eens aoa aee a eae osceu sete ere enes 1826 
1816 | Mary Ann Furnace, Licking CoO.................02cee+veccecees OwnedsbyeDilewB aM OORCtacssseteseccsseel | ieee 
TSMIG | LLatteitike) CHOWAN NO ERR, TOG 2E.0900098000000600002001000000000000000000000000 ASA phewihilttleseyaeecsscseseesseceeeseeteeeees 1850 
NEO || Ceaiieyn, MNDTAMEYCS, TAATAGN ADU cosas coscqse7s0s006 ose0es GacKAd0NGaN WSCATBOSTOLC esac ccnccsccccscses soeseateecececn le oetees 
1825 | Concord Furnace, Concord, Lake Co.................. ..... BUN CAME OWite nee skeauta: sorce ocx cebr mena en tener 
1825 | Railroad Furnace, Perry, Cuyahoga Co........... .......| Thorndyke & Drury .....................c00 18383 
1825) | Arecoleshurnaces Madison, Wake COlccsscenccccsssceccsesess Root & Wheeler (Bog ore)... 1851 
ISPD || Wirankora IMTAMEKee,, ILENWARELOGS (COscooccscd coqc000089000G00000000000 Sparks, Means & Fair . ; 1854 
1826 |} Franklin Furnace, Franklin P. O., Scioto omnene James F. & Oran B. Gould... sdevel lee 
1828 | Junior Furnace, Junior P. O, Scioto Co soomoncococcoe|| ENECkekoral, Wim 6% (ClO).5000000300000000000000 | so0G0000 
1830 | Fairfield Furnace, Fairfield, Tuscarawas oom sseaeaeeeees Owned by AONE CHITDTONW TAY Gocococx000000 | konso006 
1830 | Tuscarawas Furnace, Fairfield, Tuscarawas Co........ Chovarksirenes JsQWANTIE a CO) coocascss 000000000000 1846 
1832 | Arcole Furnace, Madison, (GED (CO ncsscccecnconccecetiososes Wilkeson & Co. (Bog ore) ...... seveeeueees 1851 
UGB || Chyow Iieweneves, IWieohiscon, IVAW) COmcoocoasssncccccoctoccooocse| CIRYCI® (CO) ccoses 0n5000008000300000000000000000000000 1838 
18329|\ Hlyria Hurnaces Hlyrias Woraim) COpecr-ccncccescesceeessceees Herman Ely (Bog Ore) ..............02. 0000 1885 
1832 | Conneaut Furnace, Conneaut, Ashtabula Co............ BOR OTC iaseekccsiuccecessecvecctiscees cocsscousescsces|| waseeen 
USB |) Dhak, INOM~, IMAI, bOI, COs.occcccq000n00es0060000000008008 Norton & Barnum .. pocaccn | toaooa80 
1834 | Dover Furnace, Dover, Cuyahoga CoO................ssceeee Cuyahoga Steam Fur. ‘Co. (Bog ore) ieell sossesse 
1834 | Vermillion Furnace, Florence, Huron Co................ Geauga Iron Co. (Bog Ore).............0.-- 1840 
1835 | Mill Creek Furnace, Youngstown, Mahoning Co...... Owned by Dan. Grier .................secee0s 1850 
1835 | Middleburgh Furnace, Berea, Cuyahoga Co .............. 1D), Cpe AON OR 6° (CL sooqedcec0cne0000000000000 pees 1850 
1836 | La Grange Furnace, Ironton, Lawrence Co ............... OA MRM, ANC! COWL COrscccco0sco 900000 000000 185F 
1840 ; Akron Furnace, Akron, Summit Co.............2cc02-2ceeeees IotoyRG |, ABO ae JRYOGCOIES -ccosaascs0ncccan5 0005080 1005 
1847 | Empire Furnace, SeibtO COM CMG obi, WilwveTbhn 6 CO coccscosaccounccooc0ecc 1870 
1847 | Dresden Furnace, near Zanesville, Muskingum Co....| Spaulding & CoO............cescceeens sceececeeees 1850 
1852 | Hocking Furnace, near Logan, Hocking Co Pansies HMockin oP lroniC om sscrsscwstossessee seston eee 
1853 | Harrison Furnace, Sciotoville, Scioto Co...............c006 HE Spellman Cowecaccsccccsesccoressteoreen | eee 
1854 | Big Sand Furnace, Raccoon Cr., Athens Co.............. TEES SEUNO! MROIN CL) saccccobereen000000000~000000000 | booaae8 
1854 | Tilden Furnace, Vermillion, Huron Co.................... OwANEGL LO Lies UDC acceso qa0c00000000 c00009 Ikscoose 
1855 | Five Mile Furnace, near Logan, Hocking Co........... Hive Mile Hurnace ©o.............ccccosescss leseccess 
IKIKG || Cele HGS IMhomeee, Chyna Che, IDEN ARINC COccocaccd| goq0c0m.90080080080000000 _ 6000000083000100000000000. 000000 I!a506000 
1856 | Pioneer Furnace, near Ironton, Lawrence Co........... Ormsby, Colvin & Reed................c000+ |sssceee 
1856 | Diamond Furnace, near Jackson, Jackson Co...........| Gralton, Hoffman & CO ............0ceceeeee lecseeeee 
1857 | Young America Furnace, Jackson, Jackson Co......... Teron, ORVRES 6 CO) scccecocsyococos 600000000) boesoons 
1857 | Meander Furnace, Austintown, Mahoning Co........... Ormond Smith, Porter & Co.............. |... 
1858 | Zaleski Furnace, Zaleski, Vinton Co ...........ssccecsereeeees Zaleski Iron Co. (has used coal)......... 1872 
nee Hartford Furnace, Mahoning Co... Fe RES Ro re ocOGEaC EEC E RS HO EDO CE MOCoOCEREELE OGe a tecaca ced |lsn sa00s 
Seeks Dillon Furnace, near Zanesville, Muskingum Cov... Ch IBwCkain oh ariteeeccccedeseenceesecsessea mC O 
beatae Tallmadge Furnace, Tallmadge, ISTIMMIt Ooi sell claire Sy CHa eet 2. Un an RTD 
sibees Zoar Furnace, Zoar, iTuscaTra was COmene ene NZ oar COMMU D byes ass cosseee oh orteree eeee a naeeee ee 
