TIlE IRON MANUFACTURE OF THE



that the reputation of this region was established. It was not
until within the past ten years that the use of stone-coal for
the manufacture of iron was introduced. It has grown rapidly
since that time, and is destined to become the prevailing indus.
try; but as yet the charcoal largely outnumber the stone-coal
furnaces. There are in this region sixty-one furnaces, either
in active operation or in a condition to be put in operation in
a short time. Of the whole number, forty-four are charcoal
and seventeen stone-coal. Of these, thirteen are situated in
Kentucky, of which eleven are charcoal and two stone-coal
furnaces.
  The following is a list of these furnaces:

                        CHARCOAL FURNACES.

  Name.   When    County.                  Owners.
            built.

Bellefont    1826  Boyd . . Means, Russell & Means.
Bo-ne . . .    1856  Greenup . Nathaniel Sands & Co.
Buena Vista.   1847  Boyd . . Means & Co.
Bufflo - . .  1851  Greenup . Culbertson, Earheart & Co.
Hunnewvell     1845  Greenup . Eastern Kentucky Railway Company.
Iron Hills I   1873  Carter . .  Iron Hills Railway, Mining,.and Manufacturing Company.
Laurel   8. 849      Greenup - Robert Scott & Co.
Kenton .   ...       Greenup . Kenton Furnace Railway and Manufacturing Company.
Mt. Savage .   1848  Carter . . Lexington and Carter County Mining Company.
Pennsylvania.  1845  Greenup . Eastern Kentucky Railway Comprany.
Raccoon .    t833  Greenup . Raccoon Mining and Manufacturing Company.

                       STONE-COAL FURNACES.

Ashland.. .    869  Boyd . . Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad Company, East'n Div.
Norton. .     1873  Boyd . . Norton Iron Works Company.


  In addition to these, there were quite a number of furnaces
formerly in operation in this region, which have been discon-
tinued from various causes, usually either poor original loca-
tion, exhaustion of timber supply for charcoal, or unsuccessful
management. They were all charcoal furnaces, although one
of them, Star Furnace, used stone-coal during the last few
years it was in operation.
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