The new road soon brought industry to the region. The discovery of iron ore along the road led seven men to form a company to manufacture iron. In 1814 they built a furnace to produce pig iron on Upper Pine Bottom Run. It took one to two days to haul the ore to the furnace, and other supplies had to be transported to the furnace on steep mountain roads. These costs were too high, and the furnace lost almost $7,000 (approximately $ in ) before closing in 1817. The ruins of the iron furnace were visible through much of the 19th century.