. The Pennsylvania railroad: its origin, construction, condition, and connections. Embracing historical, descriptive, and statistical notices of cities, towns, villages, stations, industries, and objects of interest on its various lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey . rides oncow-catchers. But how-ever these things may be,certain it is that a more up-right, industrious, or enter-prising people than thosenow surrounding this sta-tion cannot be found. Largeamounts of grain areshipped from here to Phila-delphia, and the local tradeis considerable. There aretwo good hotels and apublic hall near t
. The Pennsylvania railroad: its origin, construction, condition, and connections. Embracing historical, descriptive, and statistical notices of cities, towns, villages, stations, industries, and objects of interest on its various lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey . rides oncow-catchers. But how-ever these things may be,certain it is that a more up-right, industrious, or enter-prising people than thosenow surrounding this sta-tion cannot be found. Largeamounts of grain areshipped from here to Phila-delphia, and the local tradeis considerable. There aretwo good hotels and apublic hall near the sta-tion. A daily line ofstages runs from the Gapto White Horse, four milesdistant. Population, , fifty-three andone-half miles.—Near thisstation are the American nickel mines—theonly mines of the kind worked in the UnitedStates. These mines are owned by a com-pany, who employ about one hundred men,and ship twelve hundred tons of matte annu-ally. This matte is the nickel ore reducedby smelting to a solid mass of metal, whichis then shipped to Swansea, Wales, wherethe nickel is extracted. The mine returned,according to the census of 1870, a productof sixty-six thousand dollars. There is agood hotel here, and lime-burning is carried I^V^f^^-kKr.
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