The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-09-12

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sulphur. Observation-Disclosures. ''S
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The coke Ina, a bright metallic lustcr,
unusual cell space. and is remarkably
strong Mr. Taggart, who for IL long time
was manager ol the Connellsville Coal
COMPANY. regards it a. the best product
10 has ever seen.
This coke, besides having been analyzcd,
has been thoroughly tested rs to strength
and porosity, and is pronounced by capa-
bic experts to he nearer perfect coke
than any yet made.
For the purposes OF comparison of the
value OF the cokcs now used in furnaces of
the United states with that of tho Big
s;tonc G~p region, VIC publish the follow
Ing table Of ANALYSES, which may be relied
upon rs accurate:
AylrAoe ~ Carbon .Ath. phur.
7sampcs lis S;crc'ap COKE, uade
in opei. TIC. aud D., barrel test 1923 5.G9 O.749
} sample, Coim,.!,slc. Pa, coke,
sample, Chatit.,o "a, lcnil.. coke,
oven .,,t' -. .s729 1854 ll95
'' OWEN test '''.' ' o2.55 ga o5s7
) sample. Nee River, w.va coke.
a !.
.anpl. III. >;ono Gap COKE
;cs,. analyst, made by A. ).
NcCrcath, September, 1890 4.Q4 4.I4 05sS
DISCOVERIES.
When it Is considered that this i'm
mcnse seam oi coal is from TO Is feet in
thickness; tina; il extends over al area of
over G0,00O acres that il is located up
above tho level Of the valleys; that it can
DC drained without the use of machinery
that 50 much Of tho expense which must
he incurred in other localities in the
manufacture Of coke are avoided, and
that ample trnnsportion will soon DO af-
fcrded. il will he seen what an immense
advantage these fields have over any yet
discovered in the United States or else
where.
An important discovery has also been
made OF All immense deposit of red iron
ore OF superior quality over twenty feet in
thickness, and within twelve miles of Big
Stone Gap. This surpGsscs any discovery
thui has hccn made within the same dis
lance. Prot. Proctor in his recent report,
referring to his investigation of the iron
deposits nca: Big Stone Gap, says:
One Of the most reliable horizons of
lmonitc or brown ore in Virginia is the
top Vi the Ot'kauy sandstone. This for
nation i, present along the southern base
OF Cumberland and Stone Mountains, and
also along the northern base Of Powell
Mountain TO the summit of Wild Cat
VALLEY. From this point it crosses over
10 the southern base Of Wallcns Ridge,
aud circles around the end Of Powell
Mountain west OF the :. \. & o. railroad.
Developments i'll the Wild Cat Valley have
demonstrated the existence Of this SUI
pcrior brown ore between the base of the
peNonan black shalc and the Oriskany
sandstone, sometimes replacing the up
per member ot the Oriskany. This ore
has also been opened on Forge Hill, II
spur from Powell Mountain, near Pattons-
willie. The Osiskany sandstone is also
present along the southern slope OF Clinch
/ Mountain. and surface indications arc
5 favorable 10 the finding of the ore. Sew
cral openings in the Wild Cat Valley have
= brought 10 light thick deposits of this
q ore, enough to justify the hope that a
+ supply may hc hnd from this formation
3 near 10 the railway. The analyses from
averaged samples prove this to he an OK
ccllent ore The following is from an
4 averaged sample made by the writer from
AN opening on the south slope Of Wallcn s
i Ridge about SIX miles from Big Stone
Gap: