History of the Early Settlement of the Juniata Valley Part 24

Name. Location. Owner.

Bloomfield Furnace Middle Woodbury John W. Duncan.

Lemnos Furnace Hopewell John King & Co.

Lemnos Forge Hopewell John King & Co.

Bedford Forge Hopewell John King & Co.

Bedford Foundry and Machine-shop. Bedford Michael Bannon.

Keagy's Foundry Woodbury Snowden & Blake.

West Providence Foundry b.l.o.o.d.y Run George Baughman.

BLAIR COUNTY.

Name. Location. Owner.

Alleghany Furnace Logan township Elias Baker.

Blair Furnace Logan township H.N. Burroughs.

Elizabeth Furnace Antes township Martin Bell.

Bald Eagle Furnace Snyder township Lyon, s...o...b..& Co.

Etna Furnace and Forge Catharine township Isett, Keller & Co.

Springfield Furnace Woodberry township D. Good & Co.

Rebecca Furnace Houston township E.H. Lytle.

Sarah Furnace Greenfield township D. McCormick.

Gap Furnace Juniata township E.F. Shoenberger.

Frankstown Furnace Frankstown A. & D. Moore.

Harriet Furnace Alleghany township Blair Co. Coal & Iron Co.

Hollidaysburg Furnace Gaysport Watson, White & Co.

Chimney Rock Furnace Hollidaysburg Gardener, Osterloh & Co.

Gaysport Furnace Gaysport Smith & Caldwell.

Portage Works (rolling-mill, &c.) Duncansville J. Higgins & Co.

Maria Forges (two) Juniata township J.W. Duncan.

Lower Maria Forge Juniata township D. McCormick.

Gap Forge Juniata township Musselman & Co.

Elizabeth Forge Antes township John Bell.

Tyrone Forges (two) Snyder township Lyon, s...o...b..& Co.

Cove Forge Woodberry township J. Royer.

Franklin Forge Woodberry township D.H. Royer.

Cold Spring Forge Antes township Isett & Co.

Alleghany Forge Alleghany township E.H. Lytle.

Hollidaysburg Foundry and Machine-shop Hollidaysburg J.R. McFarlane & Co.

Gaysport Foundry and Gaysport McLanahan, Watson & Co.

Machine-shop Tyrone Foundry Tyrone City J.W. Mattern & Co.

Williamsburg Foundry Williamsburg Loncer & Hileman.

Martinsburg Foundry Martinsburg Crawford & Morrow.

Penn'a Railroad Foundry Altoona Penna. Railroad Co.

Duncansville Foundry Duncansville Mr. Gibboney.

Axe and Pick Factory Alleghany township J. Colclesser.

HUNTINGDON COUNTY.

Name. Location. Owner.

Huntingdon Furnace Franklin township G.K. & J.H. Shoenberger.

Monroe Furnace Jackson township George W. Johnston & Co.

Greenwood Furnace Jackson township A. & J. Wright.

Rough and Ready Furnace Hopewell township Wood, Watson & Co.

Paradise Furnace Tod township Trexler & Co.

Mill Creek Furnace Brady township Irvin, Green & Co.

Edward Furnace Shirley township Beltzhoover & Co.

Rockhill Furnace Cromwell township Isett, Wigton & Co.

Matilda Furnace and Forge Springfield township Shiffler & Son.

Coleraine Forges (two) Franklin township Lyon, s...o...b..& Co.

Stockdale Forge Franklin township John S. Isett.

---- Forge Franklin township G.K. & J.H. Shoenberger Elizabeth Forge Franklin township Martin Gates's heirs.

Rolling Mill and Puddling Forge Porter township S. Hatfield & Son.

Juniata Rolling Mill and Forge West township B. Lorenz, (Lessee.) Barre Forge Porter township Joseph Green & Co.

Alexandria Foundry J. Grafius.

Water Street Foundry Job Plympton.

Spruce Creek Foundry H.L. Trawly.

Petersburg Foundry H. Orlady.

Huntingdon Foundry J.M. Cunningham & Co.

Shirleysburg Foundry John Lutz.

Eagle Foundry Tod township J. & D. Hamilton.

MIFFLIN COUNTY.

Name. Location. Owner.

Lewistown Furnace Lewistown Etting, Graff & Co.

Hope Furnace Granville township W.W. Happer & Co.

Matilda Furnace Wayne township W. Righter.

Brookland Furnace McVeytown Huntingdon, Robison & Co.

Brookland Rolling Mill McVeytown Huntingdon, Robison & Co.

Freedom Forge Derry township J.A. Wright & Co.

Juniata Foundry and Machine-shop Lewistown Zeigler & Willis.

Logan Foundry Lewistown A. Marks & Co.

McVeytown Foundry McVeytown Faxon & Co.

Axe Factory Near Reedsville A. Mann.

Plough Foundry Near Reedsville J. & M. Taylor.

In addition to these, there may be some few foundries in Juniata and Perry counties, but no furnaces or forges in that portion of them which lies in the valley proper.

It may be as well here to mention that the furnace of Watson, White & Co. is just completed; the Chimney Rock Furnace will be completed during the summer of 1856, as well as the furnace of Messrs. Smith & Caldwell, in Gaysport. These three furnaces follow the discovery of immense fossil ore-veins immediately back of Hollidaysburg, which are supposed to extend, in irregular strata, from the river east as far as the basin extends. In addition to this, in the Loop,--a basin lying between points of the Cove Mountain, south of Frankstown,--mines capable of the most prolific yield have also been opened. The ore, smelted with c.o.ke, is said to produce the best iron in market, and commands a ready sale at excellent prices. From the discoveries of ore-deposits already made, and those that will follow future explorations, it is but reasonable to infer that, during the next four or five years, the number of furnaces will be considerably augmented; and at this time there is a project on foot for building an extensive rolling-mill and nail-factory at Hollidaysburg.

The foregoing list of iron establishments numbers seventy-three, (and we are by no means certain that we have enumerated all,) and employ some six or seven thousand men, directly or indirectly, and the capital invested cannot possibly fall far short of five millions of dollars.

And all this vast source of wealth and happiness is drawn from the bosom of mother earth in a valley a little over a hundred miles in length. We say it boldly, and challenge contradiction, that the iron-mines of the Juniata Valley have yielded more clear profit, and entailed more blessings upon the human family, than ever the same extent of territory did in the richest diggings of California.