Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . riginally conveyed by the Penns to JosephTurner. At his death in 1825 his estate was devised to his foursons, and subsequently, under various partitions, the interest ofRobert Coleman was vested in his grandsons, Robert and Coleman, and in the heirs of his grandsons, William andRobert W. Coleman, while one-sixth still continued in 1876 asthe property of the descendants of Peter Grubb. Neither theColeman nor the Grubb family limited its operations to the Corn-wall ore banks and mine hills, but each became the owner ofmany othe
Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . riginally conveyed by the Penns to JosephTurner. At his death in 1825 his estate was devised to his foursons, and subsequently, under various partitions, the interest ofRobert Coleman was vested in his grandsons, Robert and Coleman, and in the heirs of his grandsons, William andRobert W. Coleman, while one-sixth still continued in 1876 asthe property of the descendants of Peter Grubb. Neither theColeman nor the Grubb family limited its operations to the Corn-wall ore banks and mine hills, but each became the owner ofmany other iron properties. 348 Natural Resources During the Revolution Cornwall furnace cast cannon andshot and shells for the Continental army. It was in operationas late as 1882 and for a few years afterwards, but is now aban-doned. The following table shows the production of iron ore, ingross tons, by the Cornwall mines from 1864 to 1901. The pro-duction from 1740 down to February, 1864, amounted to 2,524,-908 tons. The figures for 1864 ^re for 11 months There was a bloomary forge on a branch of Codorus creek,in Jackson township, York county, in 1756, owned by PeterDicks, of Chester county. Spring forge, in York county, wasbuilt in 1770 to take the place of Peter Dickss bloomary. It wasactive for many years. The first blast furnace west of the Susquehanna was built in1762 and 1763 on Furnace creek, in West Manheim township,York county, by George Rcjss and Mark Bird. It was calledMary Ann furnace. In 1763 the owners petitioned the court ofYork county to open a public road from their furnace latelybuilt at a great expense to the road from the Conewago settle-ment to Baltimore, and in 1766 they petitioned the court to opena road from their furnace to the ]\Ionocacy road at FrederickEichelbergers tavern. A great many stoves were cast at this fur-nace, and during the Revolution it cast many shot and shells. 349 Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal George Ross was one of the signers o
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