658 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
tion—one at Gore Station, on the Logan Branch of the Hocking Valley 
Railroad and two at Shawnee, the present terminus, at the south, of the 
Newark, Somerset and Shawnee Railroad. 
The following is a condensed description of these furnaces: 
: Thomas Iron 
; Fannie, at XX, at 
Baird. J } Co., at Gore 
Shawnee. Shawnee. Staton 
Height of stack.........-.-. 44 ft. 48 ft. 50 ft. 47 ft. 
Sizelot topes ssiccecteeststenee 5 ft. 6 in. 6 ft. 7 ft. 6 in. 6 ft. 9 in. 
Sizeotphearthiyeesosesceece 5 ft. 5 ft. . 5 tt. 5 ft. 6 in. 
Size ofiboshy-~ sees cece 11 ft. 8 in. 12 ft. 13 ft. 6 in. 12 ft. 6 in. 
Batter of bosh .........-.... al in. tol ft.| 34 in. tol ft.| 34 in. tol ft. ee in. to 1 ft. 
Number of tuyeres.-.-...-...- 6 8 
Size of tuyere nozzles .. .... ; in. 34 in. | 3 in. a in. 
Present daily products -.... 13 tons. - | 14 tons. 21 tens. 19 tons. 
Date of blowing ....--..... October, 1875.) Sept. 15, 1876.; Jan. 17, 1877.| Dec. 8, 1876. 
The Superintendent of the furnace has furnished me, from his books, 
the average amount of material consumed in the manufacture of a ton 
of iron, during one week’s run, the product being 136 tons, 440 pounds : 
Nativerroastedyorewscces. scissciccieceisinesaeciose ceo oesomtoccintesse 1 56-100 tons. 
Lake Superior ore (New York mines)..-.....-....-...--------- 28-100 <* 
Cay tee ENE ESE RP SIEBER VSN ER a SIRE CISA at ME aCe rete Rt 3¢ ¢ 
NHIMESTON Gls seco ee eie clans sisaieeeie| see ninctsinae cet eeeleeeinconetaters 75 100 
ILPNOS JEP UDG po bo5 He beau CHO OEE CO06 GoddbE StOOcS 600900 6050 5006 $2 72 
William Shields, the Superintendent of the Fannie furnace, estimates 
the average cost of his iron as fellows: 
4M bhUe(2) TRON OL AG eid Goce Oc HOGG55 Babess dadodod Gdodan Goddds A6sab0 $2 00 
ARO) GNOXEL ES IAEIER TONE) WIRD GGSE56 G5UGH5 BIOG56 560000 055500 CHES Onddde Cog0dC 5 00 
Three-fourths ton limestone...-.....--. ---.--------- pi igerte eee ANY Na es 1 00 
Labor and superintendence ...-...-- 22. en nnn - pene cone eo enn eens eee 3 00 
Imtberestian direpairs) ce scees cease) cme cle sea ce ence neces aeiniseke area eteetteteterc= 1 00 
The present capacity of this furnace is fifteen tons per day, and an ad- 
ditional stack of larger dimensions is now in course of construction. 
The proprietors of the XX furnace are, also, preparing to erect another 
furnace; and believe they will thus reduce the labor account by one 
dollar per ton, making the cost of the pig $11.00 per ton. 
Isaac B. Riley, C. E., of Newark, Ohio, who has carefully studied the 
iron industries of this region, and to whom I am indebted for much sta- 
