year hit the brave new enterprise, and in 1875 the mill was obliged to cease operations. About 1877 the mill re-opened, more furnaces were installed, and it was re-organized 14 "The Columbia Spy," July 14, 1860. 15 Ellis and Evans, History of Lancaster County, p. 307. �as the Penn Iron Co., with A. J

sensitive to differences in quality and more responsive to changes in price!' The growth of the American economy resulted in increased rail and coke pig iron production, both oriented toward western Pennsylvania," and neither helpful to Lancaster County iron makers. The last anthracite furnace built in