HANGING ROCK IRON REGION.



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ional inspection of the furnace books, which have always been
kindly placed at our disposal. In a few cases it was impos-
sible to obtain the exact figures, owing to the careless manner
in which accounts were kept, or to transfers of furnace prop-
erty from one owner to another. In these cases the produc-
ion is given as estimated from the best data that could be had,
and the figures are marked with a star (), showing that they
were not as trustworthy as the others. It is believed that this
is the most complete, and accurate table of statistics of this
region ever published, notwithstanding the few errors which it
contains.



TABLE SHOWING THE
KENTUCKY DIVISION
TO 1874-



PRODUCTION OF PIG IRON (GROSS TONS) IN THE
OF THE HANGING ROCK IRON REGION, FROM 1870



                             CHARCOAL IRON.

        Frnace.            1870.     1871.    1872.     t873.     1874.

,ellefont.... . ..     .. . .     3217      2790     3304      2850      3600
Boone..... ...    . .. . 1 200        140   lot ill blast. not in blast. not in blast.
Buena Vista........             8      2808      3800     3600       4113
Buffalo                      ... . . . .. . . . 0.    147       1258     2262      1756     1042
lIonnewell... . .. . . . .     3059     2265      4322     3812       4371
Iran Hills..  . .        not in blast. not in blast, not in blast.141      822
ienton... . . .. . . . .       1250      1334     2865     2300       3525
Larel... . . .. . . . . .      775     1890      X850     1748      1300
mt. Savage.n........ . not in blast.    2293      2707     3000       2017
Pennsylvania.. . .. . . . .     2110      1592     1847     2213       1751
accoon... . . .. . . . .     7 50     88a      1247      1467      132_
Total charcoal iron.....  .    17216     18512    25204    22887     23861

                            STONE-C(AL IRON.

hAhland...9. . .. . . . .     9,396 9509        12150     1274!      6710
Xorton . . . . . . . . . . . not in blast. ot in blast, not in blast, not in blast. O  5C 2
  .... . .. . . . ...  .      1302     1958      ,643      959 not in blast.
Total stone-coal.... . . .    to6r8     11467    13748     13700     17212


Total pig irons of all kinds...    27834     29979    38952     36587     41073



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'No, from fzrnace books. Estimated from the most reliable data at command.
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