Iron ores, salt and sandstones . to furnace sites and-coal lands which the owners had not hitherto suspected themto possess. In 1855 Mr. R. C. Lovell, another Kanawha salt manu-facturer, bored wells and erected a large furnace about halfway between the two points above named, and laid out atown which he called Mason City. This valuable salt andcoal property was afterwards purchased by L. H. Sargeantof Cincinnati, O., and more recently has passed into thehands of Messrs. Roots & Kilbreth of the same city. Following these three furnaces, and within the next fewyears, were built the New Castle, B
Iron ores, salt and sandstones . to furnace sites and-coal lands which the owners had not hitherto suspected themto possess. In 1855 Mr. R. C. Lovell, another Kanawha salt manu-facturer, bored wells and erected a large furnace about halfway between the two points above named, and laid out atown which he called Mason City. This valuable salt andcoal property was afterwards purchased by L. H. Sargeantof Cincinnati, O., and more recently has passed into thehands of Messrs. Roots & Kilbreth of the same city. Following these three furnaces, and within the next fewyears, were built the New Castle, Burnup, Clifton, Bedford,Hope, German, Jackson, Valley City, Starr and New HavenCity, in all 13 in number. These 13 furnaces have a presentproductive capacity of over 3,000,000 bushels per year. The usual depth to which the wells in this neighbor-hood are bored, is about 1,100 to 1,200 feet; the strength ofbrines 8 to 10; the quantity, 15 to 50 gallons per minute perwell. The wells are tubed with iron tubing, usually about 4. WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 313 inches internal diameter, and bagged at 600 to 800 feet depth,at which depth the pumps were worked, run by steam power. The coal used here in the manufacture of salt, and alsoshipped to a considerable extent to the lower markets, is,geologically, the same as the well known Pittsburgh seam, soextensively mined and shipped near the city of that is here a fine seam of coal, 4^2 to 5 feet thick, easily mined,accessible and cheap. From the natural advantages of this locality, salt isproduced here very cheaply, and cheaply freighted to themarkets of the west, where it is in ready demand and itsreputation deservedly excellent. From the bitterns or wasteliquors from the salt furnaces here, a considerable quantityof bromine is manufactured, the uses and demand for whichare steadily increasing. Chloride of calcium is also manufac-tured to some extent from these waste, bitter waters. The following table, kindly furnished by
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