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INDEX ABBEVILLE district, S. C., 319. Abbott, C. E., 528. Aberdeen, 118. Abernant Coal Co., 499. Adams, John H., quoted, 353, 354; biographyof,355-357. Adams Dam, J. N. Smith's forge at, 70,73,172. Adger, A. M., 334, 340 --, Andrew, 331, 332, 340. --, Robert, 331. Adirondack Mountains, value of ore lands in, 50. Adler, E. L., 437. --, Edgar, 446. --, Morris, 437. .Etna Furnace Co., 317. .Etna Iron & Nail Works, 510. Agassiz, Prof., Michael Tuomey's correspondence with, 101. Age-Herald, the, quoted, 481 n. Agriculture, favored by Benjamin Hawkins,6. Aiken, Gen. Hugh, 126. Aiken foundry, the, 340. Akron, 170. Alabama. See Table of Contents. Alabama, its geological conditions favorable to the manufacture of iron and steel, xxvi early begin- , nings of, xxv, XXVI. Alabama & Chattanooga R. R., the sixth in Alabama, 38; building of, 105; building of Birmingham, 226; mentioned, 216, 218, 219, 220, 221, 225, 243, 250, 252, 253, 272, 284, 296, 319, 448. Alabama & Florida R. R. Co., Milner engineer for, 111. Alabama & Tennessee Iron & Coal Co., 415, 418. Alabama & Tennessee Rivers R. R., fourth in Alabama, 38; mentioned , 51; reaches Columbiana, 79; chartered, 108, 109; timber land owned by, 179, 180; mentioned , 182, 206, 278. Alabama Asphalt Mining and Land Co., 341. AlaJ>ama Central R. R., granting of charter to, 104; building of, 105; Milner's report on, 113-118; controlled by Frank Gilmer, 123, 124; mentioned, 202, 216. Alabama City, 446, 457. Alabama coal, introduced into New Orleans, 279-280; introduced into South America, etc., 297, 298. Alabama Coal Mining Co., mines managed by W. L. Goold, 69; location of mines, 150; early working of, 153; Col. Storrs presIdent of, 154, 155. Alabama Coal Operator's Assn., 186 n., 393. Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Co., Horace Ware's work for, 76; Ironaton furnaces operated by, 83; Jenifer furnace part of, 179; organized, 473, 479; its properties, 480; grows in importance , 481; mentioned, 35, 294, 297, 323, 352, 358, 477, 484, 486,487. Alabama Factory, connected with Confederate arsenal, 135. Alabama Fertilizer Co. 203. Alabama Fuel & Iron Co., 427. Alabama furnaCe, 90, 316. See also Salt Creek Iron Works. Alabama Geological Survey, 264, 268. Alabama Great Southern R. R., chartered in 1853, 38; building of, 105; mentioned, 51, 218, 243, 288, 296, 307, 320, 351, 374, 448, 458, 478. Alabama, History of, xxiv. Alabama Industrial and Scientific Society, 352. Alabama Iron and Steel Co., 327, 328. Alabama Iron Co., operate Jenifer furnace, 179; under Glidden's management, 476 n. Alabama Manual and Statistical Register, quoted, 409. 540 INDEX Alabama Mining & Manufacturing Co., 252. Alabama National Bank, 341, 348. Alabama Ore & Iron Co., 480. Alabama Polytechnic Institute, W. L. R. Brown president of, 130. Alabama Reporter, The, advertisements in, 88, 95. Alabama Rifles, the, 147. Alabama River, the, mentioned, 9, 14, 135, 187, 213, 276. Alabama Rolling Mill, 186, 342, 356. Alabama South & North R. R., the seventh railroad in Alabama, 38, 39. See also South and North. Alabama Statistical Register, The, 204. Alabama Steel & Shipbuilding Co., 430,465. Alabama Steel and Wire Co.,. 308, 441, 443, 444, 451, 452. Alabama-Virginia mines, 33. Alabamas, the, defeated by Cortez, 8. Aldrich, George, 268. --, Nelson W., 267. --, T. H., Jr., 452. --, Thomas Bailey, 267. --, Truman H., opens Dailey Creek Basin, 151; Joseph Squire associated with, 153, 154; ancestry and early life of, 267-269; settles in Alabama, 269; enters Alabama coal fields, 269, 270272 ; partnership with Sloss, 272; with DeBardeleben, 273-277; organizes Cahaba Coal Mining Co., 295; other coal interests, 297; quoted, 150,222 n., 234, 275, 298, 351,426, 433; organizes Southern Mining Co. and in service of SlossSheffield Co., 452; mentioned, xxx. xxxiv, 22, 153, 210, 250, 265, 267, 274, 278, 280, 284, 285, 290, 291, 293, 296, 298, 307, 312, 336, 337, 339, 340, 341, 346, 353, 383, 423, 424, 425, 427, 428, 450, 451, 458, 465, 474, 478, 529 n. --, William Farrington, 268. --, William Farrington, Jr., 271, 427,452. Aldrich Coal Mines, 153, 154. Alexander, John, partner of Mose Stroup, 67. --, O. M., 92. "Alfred Shorter," the, locomotive, 322. Alice, 237, 356. Alice furnace, the, 199, 293, 304, 306,490. Alice Furnace Co., established, 283, 284, 285, 287; consolidated with Pratt Coal & Coke Co., 291; mentioned, 307, 339, 361, 425, 490. Alice slope, 472. All Angels Church (Anniston), 321, 322. Alleghany Mountains, 113 n., 114. Allegheny, Pa., 300. Allegheny County, Va., 484. Allen, J. V., 496. --, W. B., 513, 528. Allentown, Pa., 354. Ally farm, 371, 378, 384. Allyn, Adelaide Julia, 264. Alta, 502. Altoona...

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