THE TARANAKI IRON SAND.
Kew Plymouth, August 14. Mr. Davies, of the Esk Bank Iron Works, New South Wales, writes to the Taranaki Herald, re the iron sand. He says he is 38 years of age, and ,a blast furnace of 27 years' experience. He writes :—I have made good iron from it after all others have failed. There have been four or five different men before me trying it, but they all failed, though I have brought it to a success, and the company have made the rails for the Sydney tramway of the pig iron that was under my supervision. The pig iron is equal to any of the British iron. lam still laboring here, but on account of the low price of iron, and heavy stock of pig iron on hand I have the furnace out of blast. I am only twelve months from England, and I was working only two miles from Earl Granville's works at Shelton. Finally, when some of the pig iron from Taranaki was tried, I heard a puddler say it was good, and could be made into good steel. Trusting you will place this before the shareholders."
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1036, 15 August 1879, Page 2
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195THE TARANAKI IRON SAND. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1036, 15 August 1879, Page 2
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