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LEBANON , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Lebanon county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., in the fertile Lebanon Valley, about 25 M . E. by N. of See also:Harrisburg . Pop . (1900) 17,628, of whom 618 were See also:foreign-See also:born, (1910 See also:census) 19,240 . It 1s served by the See also:Philadelphia & See also:Reading, the See also:Cornwall and the Cornwall & Lebanon See also:railways . About 5 M . S. of the city are the Cornwall (See also:magnetite) See also:iron mines, from which about 18,000,000 tons of iron ore were taken between 1740 and 1902, and 804,848 tons in 1906 . The ore yields about 46 % of iron, and contains about 2.5% of See also:sulphur, the roasting of the ores being necessaryore-roasting kilns are more extensively used here than in any other See also:place in the See also:country . The See also:area of ore exposed is about 4000 ft. See also:long and 400 to 800 ft. wide, and includes three hills; it has been one of the most productive magnetite deposits in the See also:world . See also:Limestone, brownstone and See also:brick-See also:clay also abound in the vicinity; and besides mines and quarries, the city has extensive manufactories of iron, See also:steel, chains, and nuts and bolts . In 1905 its factory products were valued at $6,978,458 . The See also:municipality owns and operates its See also:water-See also:works .
The first See also:settlement in the locality was made about 1730, and twenty years later a See also:town was laid out by one of the landowners, See also:George Steitz, and named Steitztown in his See also:honour
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