Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-08-26

loads per day ofcoke."
"Wbere does il go?''
'rTnis coke Is distributed to the furneces
all over the country. 1t even runs me
smelling Furnaces Of Colorado, and stands .
transportation Of 500 miles"
SIS the business growingf'
at Is largely on the increase. In West
Virginia many hundreds Of coke ovens
have been put in on the line Of ths. Chesa:
l.peake & Ohio Railroad, and u isl veil
known fact that the coke OF Yves! var
einia has taken the market wherever u has
Come in contact with the product OF the
more portherIy section. The recent de-
yelopements Of the value OF the coke Goals
Of Eastern Kentucky, IS shown BY Prof
n. sl4y's analysis Of samples taken from
tie ace of the beds, shows them - contain
a larger per cent. of fixed carbon, less sui
phur ard less ash than the 0sst Goa IRON
The best mines in Connellsyille, and, what
is still of further value, the coke from the
Goals of this lower section Is more compact
and of greater bearing quality In the fur
nsces, an element OF Importance well I'M
derstood by all iron masters"
you have spoken pretty freely on the
question Of coal deposits. Now Whist have
Won to say about tine iron resourcesy'
.'rhe great Appalachian iron bed runs
upon the west flank OF tue mountains, be.
ginning in Pennsylvania n continuing
throughout the territory OF which / have
beer speaking. In fact, Q great hemstite
formation runs Hortn ward rs far q New
Jersey and beyond. These ores are found
parallel with the mountain ranges, and
| cropping out almost anywhere in this sec.
ton, being particularly rich in western
North Carolina and eastern TENNESSEE.
On the Elm River.
in West Virgins, the oxide Of iron consti-
tutes a workable ore, laying in geological
position, above the black flint ledge. It
has been opened in ysrious places and
| showed, according to the report OF Prof.
| Maury, q deposit five and six feet high in
breast in some cases. IN SEINE sections the
| veins are less in measurement and in some
instances reported to be more; but it is,
perhaps, hardly to be expected that good
beds can be found exceeding two and three
| feet"
"What is the character Of these oresg'
I'm some places rich and productive, and
in Others lean and worthless. In the proper
geological positions of formations there Is
i found the same vein as is worked Al Johns
/ town, Cambria county, Pa. This vein Prof.
| Daddow reports as being from three to four
feet thick when in its best condition, and
sometimes yielding 10 per cent. OF metal
in the furnace"
DO you mean that such q yield is gen.
eral?'
"This cannot be generally depended up.
on. Other authorities place the WELD al
| 81 tons OF ore to one OF pig
"What is il about what is called the
| black deposit'2'
South OF the Kanawha river the black
bsnd deposit gives promise OF development
OF q marked character and great produc
| tiyeness.'
What territory does il include?'
The area OF this deposit is yet unknown
but It's richness is fully demonstrated 4
Boston company will have the honor OF
making the first practical demonstration
with this mat rial"
How SOP
This company has purchased, for the
reported sum OF $4,000, a tract OF land III
miles from the Kanawha river, up Davis
creek, embracing only $500 acres. To this
lsnd, for the purpose Of opening this black
band deposit, the company has already
CT instructed a railroad, and for the convert.
irg of the ore into iron has erected q fur
pace on the banks OF the ksnawha."
"What explorations were made previous
TO the selection made by this company"
This deposit was particularly investi-
gated by
Profs. Shaier and %Sharpleaa.
Their testimony was unmistakable, and
was confined TO that property. Prof.
Shaler says: The iron ores consist OF sew
eral different beds, varying widely in their
character. In the upper part Of the ridges
the we'll known black ores, which have
been the basis OF the iron industry OF the
Hanging Rock district for half q century.
They seem TO me to be as we'll developed
as in the district about the mouth OF
the Big Sandy river, where they have been
used for making car wheel iron for many
years. They contain, in q raw state, about
40 per cent OF metallic iron, and the phos.
phorous carried is always low. The above.
named iron ores would Of themselves az
ford as good a basis Tor iron industry as Is
possessed by many Of the furnaces In the
ohio valley. Considerable as they are,
they seem insufficient to be compared with
the main ore of the property, the black
band. The black band ore is essentially a
carbonaceous shale, or impure Goa, con-
tanning a large proportion OF iron; Ths
by the assays of Mr.. S. p. Sharp.
less, one of the most competent of our
living assayers, is extremely good And
Prof Sharpless says: The bed at the points
at which ! examined IL was from four to
six feet thick. This ore, when roasted, will
yield 1000 tons per foot per acre, or five
feet Of the ore will yield 10000 tons per
acre. In order TO show the comparative
value OF this ore, it Is compared with two
Others, the most famous black band ores in
rbe world. The three compared are: The
Davis creek, south OF the ksnavha, the
well known Hooking Valley black band
snd the celebrated Llsnnelly Welsh ore.
The analyses show that ofthe roasted ore the
Hooking Valley contains 80 ~ per cent. OF
metallic iron; the Llannelly Welsh 50 per
cent. while the kanawha exceeds both,
containing "a per cent OF metallic iron. Be
side the black band ore. all the ridges on
this tract are topped with one or two
Beds Of Oxide Of Iron.
each OF which is about IL TO Is inches in
tbi, kuess. This ore runs from 40 per cent.
70 70 per cent. OF metallic iron, aud con-
rsins from 3 to 40 per e OF phospho'
rus
Have you explored this particular de.
posit?"
From personal investigation know
that this black band deposit covers q large
area, running further south than the lands
in question, and II is O most promising ele'
ment to the forthcoming rewards which
sre sure to follow a Development OF this
county"
You have made important statements,
which are Of immense consequence, IL they
are in accord with the facts. Are these
theoretical opinions, mostly, or what posi-
tive proofs have you, beyond these you
have already presented. OF the actual ex.
isr nee OF the values?'
Il have given my personal attention to
| he study OF this section for more than
our years. have many times visited il
Iot only personally, but accom- panied by
-nEincers and experts, and have system.
tiled and persistently worked up tn
denomination Of the general facts which
ire here presented"
You have tested the oreT
II have often tested the actual thickness
Of reported veins Of coal snd iron by send
ing one Of my guides with laborers to open
and square up'-as il IL termei-the face
Of the vein and have subsequently visited
The opening with 40 engineer, aud we
wo3ld measure the thickness. Further
rhsa that. / have bad practical men At
work in the territory repeating this oper-
stien, experts upon whose testimony un.
doBbted reliance can be placed, aud have
| their statements verified by their oaths."
Are the strata of this country regular
or Irregular
| The entire absence az volcanic action Ia n