: Beck, Paul E. Title: Christian Myers, migrant iron master and a founder of Clarion County / by Paul E. Beck. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Myers, Christian, 1796-1877. Bear, Henry. Clarion Furnace (Clarion County, Pa.) Iron mines and mining--Pennsylvania--Clarion County --History. Iron industry

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

natural feature within her boundaries. To record, therefore, this important phase of the past industrial activi- ties of the county, which have in a large measure contributed to its great wealth, and which as one of its aspects stands unique in the mining history of the United States, (namely, a mine and

the furnace tract on 28 March 1857, to James and Henry McCormick, ironmasters of Dauphin County, and Charles Ross Grubb, iron manufacturer of Burlington, New Jersey, for $16,000.98 The Panic of 1857 and the resulting depression in the iron trade caused the furnace to be closed until 1863 when the

. Haldeman. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Chickies Furnace (Lancaster County, Pa.) Iron industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County --History. Iron foundries--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1896-97 Description: [14]-23 p

.) Iron mines and mining--Pennsylvania--Caernarvon Township. Iron-works--Pennsylvania--Caernarvon Township. Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1925 Description: 69-73 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster

distressed citizens." Among the iron industries, Safe Harbor, Shawnee, Conestoga, and Henry Clay furnaces; and the Safe Harbor and Columbia rolling mills were closed." In capital investment and total wages paid, the iron industry ranked first in Lancaster County in 1860, and in second place for value of raw