The Mount Savage works was the only company in America to manufacture heavy railroad iron at that time. With the flourishing industry upon Mount Savage, clay, brick, coal and locomotives were also being manufactured and transported to neighboring towns and states by way of the new railroad system. The most prosperous coal mines were the Eckhart Mines, located southwest of Mount Savage, which produced bituminous coal.
The Mount Savage works was the only company in America that made heavy railroad iron at the time.  As a result of this thriving industry in Mount Savage, clay, brick, coal, and locomotives were also being manufactured and transported to nearby towns and states via the new railway system. The Eckhart Mines, located southwest of Mount Savage, were the most profitable coal mines, producing bituminous coal.