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 ...