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We are told that there are 5 Forges in operation, the farthest
they are apart is 9 miles, and 3 nearer together, but in different
directions, but can all be heard 6 miles distant from
each of them in a spot of the Valley*; Valentines Furnace
is call'd Logan Furnace, their works are all erected on Logan
Creek. It takes its name from the distinquish'd Indian Chief of that
name, and we have pass'd thro' the Hunting Grounds, once
in the possession of that great Man. These Iron Men now
living here, rafted down Bald Eagle Creek to the Susquehanna
30 Ton of Iron Bars Plough Shares &c &c, to some of the
Market Towns and down the Ohio, thro another channel
100 Ton in the Spring. We have partaken 3 times on their table of
some of the finest fresh Fish I ever tasted, call'd Trout, just
caught in their Pond, above the Dam on the margin
of which the Turnpke runs. Their Iron is all taken
on Sleds in the winter to the places of deposit, and there
waits for high water in the Spring. _ I write these things
for my childrens information, but not to unsettle them

*and two more Iron works within 18 miles