Chapman Duncan and Seth M Blair
Derictors commenced as Early as June 1868
to Erect furnaces to smelt Iron Oar ^ore^ and reduce the
same to a marketable condition.

The first and second years were principally
devoted to searching for a material from which
we could manufacture a fire proof brick or furnace
lining in which we have succeeded and, the building
of furnaces, opening, of roads, and Querries, and Exper-
ementing on Oars ^ores^ fluxing material, E[x]ctra.

During this period of time we were Experimenting
and until we had spent near two and a half years
of incessant toil and much means, did we find
a competent Smelter, a reliable man, in the
person of David B Adams of Beaver County
Who we Engaged and with his assistance the Company
have met with their most sanguine anticipations
Our f^F^urnace is small only capable of producing
twenty five hundred pounds pr Day of No 1 Iron.
The company ^are^ now Erecting a good brick building for
a f^F^oundry and have Engaged the survices of Mr

Chapman Duncan and Seth M Blair Derictors commenced as Early as June 1868 to Erect furnaces to smelt Iron ore and reduce the same to a marketable condition.

The first and second years were principally devoted to searching for a material from which we could manufacture a fire proof brick or furnace lining in which we have succeeded and, the building of furnaces, opening, of roads, and Querries, and Experementing on ores fluxing material, Exctra.

During this period of time we were Experimenting and until we had spent near two and a half years of incessant toil and much means, did we find a competent Smelter, a reliable man, in the person of David B Adams of Beaver County Who we Engaged and with his assistance the Company have met with their most sanguine anticipations OurFurnace is small only capable of producing twenty five hundred pounds pr Day of No 1 Iron. The company are now Erecting a good brick building for aFoundry and have Engaged the survices of Mr