The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-10-16
OUR WEALTH.

OUR NEaIl 8
.crs roR INVEST oRs'
81 ,ne natural ADVANTAGES i,o ,s,
Some % ~ .s.s stone Gnp WIZ a,nr,ar
81 sesed ny ,,asr her tsc Manafacs''ts''s
ter '" Of the >ont"'
;, having are axe analyses Of the e'S''s
...I Of Big Stone Gap: !, - ), ,,.s. eye
81 Scd ea'o.' .i,5la 1875 Jllp ',',~ t1g 99I
osie o.,.! e.-l2 edte o.'si'
'i'a@' -. ia, of averaged samples of the
A"' . ia ), Mr.. Andrew S. MScrea'S '0e"-
zane .'," Pennsylvania Gcosical Survey; =,
c,rbon 81 ?2u
"a .l,isr cor1ba'p'"' .....,..... i.si%
- -, mad from this coal is great sue
Inc '%> ,aomo By Mr.. Nccrcat'is letter;
p t.,,t>mNc.
,r,., .i.c 'o'uie 80
iAe S;one 6ap
p. >'' ,,se rrc.i~e.i fro,, NJ. :. X ias;"r'
ire '''' ... ~, ,aa;ys. tia. salcwiaF r-sel's:
j''''''''' .........-.e 80 20
q ,J,.,'.. inai,er. Jt.G4
fSs' .....,....@.... -:
....s..-
ico.ooo
c.5,,of ,,.., areoH .,,.
'' p. !. coz. Of gs.sl ia.;;. ~. ~ ''''
=. il. fl,.I carbon es'.'''''''!
~, q. .,,, Is he very best io,aAa',}' CO.
.,.nla ra,s aicd as p'c'a''a''s8. '''.''
'''' u ' yop,>,rIy. ANnar'r s a'e'':'s"'
y. vccreata nigh. have said more and
.h,lr,. world have done 80 bn' ior us ''s''-
" 'e.,.n ,y;,, PENNSYLVANIA interests. b'' ne
''''''',J' f,et, aad tire intelligent reader may
y'e -: oyn conclusions. ?i.c following
an" ,..5r.. ras.c wig SNOW TIE sppefioi'.y o.
'"'' .,,, olnccd here over that produce"
-, copnrlisylls on Pocahontas.
ei'h'' At 'o'''' gisss 80
csfb.u Asa S'i'a''
.,mole, i.c S.oi'e'a, 'e''.e''..'*' ,er o..,..
'>'''.' ,i; al...,. ) -'f,I t.>,..'i.-i 80
.,r,,,ir. t.,,., rs die g. CO., v-4 o2.f.
is;
t.ag.'.- .''.'' - 49, 's,.i; .:i 100
.aras., .iaa.''s'..'' ''.., 90, ~, -.
o',,i,>t .....,....-'
? .sa,r... io.4,.u.'1s. ~ e"N.' -, n.59,
,, ~ ,r. Is, N.s.."l.tt.
,-.a,,l. i,i., sl,,,c cap coAc. o.cd
tl,f. a.ay,i, ar.. - \. :. ~ seS
,;cCr4ol. S.p'., ir'S'.. ~
Ri. coke beside, hagiug been anaiFze"' mas
,.an ,i,oron4l.ly tested As 10 strength aad poT-
os;ly and is pronounced BY caP"DIe experts !"
Il. nearer a pcrfect coke ti..n any yet made.
" when il is considered SHAT TITS immense
.o.,n Of coal is from seven to thirteen feet IL
,bict,c.s: flat il extends over IA area oi o''ef
60 ooo .c,r,; that ills loeafeiraabore The ley
Of of,be valleys; that It can Be drained without
,,,c. u>co of machinery; that 50 inuch OF tie eN-
non.o which must be incurred IN other iccalI-
.;r, i, the manufacture OF coke are avoided,
and that anial. transportation viii soon be n
rord..d. itvi,i be seen what an mmcnse aV'aa-
,,ga ms. fell, havcoyer a.y 'eI dIacofe'et
IN The United :;tatcs on eiSc"herc.
yol below is s;.lnl Goa, i feet tuicS, aii,
81 "a canned coal, botil b. NcCreath'
Observation-Disclosures. ........ 49,. y>,t52 So
yuIaic eo4i',s' 80" .----.,..-' ,'''' -
An .,....,... ..-.--.-- 49, , -
Sulphat -..''..-'-
jE0N ORES.
The ansigses below are q: the following. 80.
,. and red fossil ore two n!ie> iron! big
Slonc Gan. No. a lmonl;c or brown ore SIX
y',.,i.,..,. ,7.a7e ,s3> $50 -.
r.a.parra- ..... 90, t.1i' - -
!a,oup. -2.s'o -'a = 49,
The following arr three. Samples of double
n.s.,r,r, ore, r;isrlary Ia BIZ Slone Gap, @n,
=, matte. oil lac, Viii he used b.t the Appa-
l,chian furnace, aud IS found clsen mere cal, ~
Alg,crs, Alrcn.
,iiea.-... -
ANuiaa. o." 49,
PHOSPHORUS ~ -
Andthis by mo!ereAcns, of broMn iiei:i-
attic, tircl At 2i2 der. !areNheip six mites
away:
Scs ........... -
tiIn.rs -.'.- -
Ihosphoru~ :. -
Msia,ic Iron.., -..-.-..-. ill
Manganese ....-.,- ..-,.....-. V.''
ilnr. .... ...-,.... -..... 80.
suplpr ..,.--------. .'.--.. '''i'''
Besides these there are also Oh railroads
running here another brown ore carrying from
& 90 60 per ccat VI iron, and .e!H of rhos: pho
rus; man.au,rrous iron ores, and in al! prob
ability large deposits OF manganese; black
lnnonilc viti from % to - per cent of ircn
tWcll suited for Tx pneumatic hasc lrocess);
Il spccuar or red hcmati,c li'cssemel) with
50 to 60 per cent Of irea while OF the great
Cranberry magnetic or Prof. Proctor, iii his
report. SAYS
"ENcuimg ncrheas, and southwcs; through
the western counties al Moth Carolina are
large deposits Of the pureSt magnetic iron ores
known IN this country save in the Lake Super
lor region. These ores, from Il number Of
samples Averaged Nv myself ana officers ot the
Tenth Census and others, auayze trcm 10 per
cent to 90 per ecu; Of ircH ad are, il Mitchell;
and Ashe counties. North Carolina. remarkably
free icoa pi.osfaolcus and sulphur. Hcccn'
Developments alo;g ii,,t "a !:.irty mics ,sl;-.<
ten; proFc ln,' EXCESSIVE .atiic .. these ,!eHuS-
rs. The o,il puliit where these ores have as
yet been reached by ,.,ilSas is at CRANBERRY
mlnc,ln Mitchell county, NnytE Carolina. 4 ie.,
years ago the great mass OF are now uncovered
at this point was hid ty Il thick covering OF sol,
and docomposed snci>S, SAW ONLY few sur
face puts Irom whicL Il small forge was sup
pl'ed with ore. Wltna the past few wears Tie
lace of the hill has been uncovered, revealing
an cnngmoos mass u, very pure magnetic TO q
Aeisi' OF SJa feet aCoye the railway track. The
engineer IN charge .! The n.incs assured nae
lhat iron iidmoni-dri tests and the uncov-
cred mass. lie had here pile. up above the.
Ib'l"ay IrcS otcr -o,l6G,eG0 tons Of ore to
be mined by simply qoarryng in open cut: an.i
doubt an ore OF like excellence can be deiiy-
s'eo0n cars at less cost elsewhere in America.
furnace test Was recently made on Virginia
coke and the run ctmine OF Cranberry ore, and
iHS produced containing .G3 per cent of phos-
1 p"oFnSi ana from practical furnace tests aud
5"e ana.yS eS OF ofe from Iaany openings, it is
demonstrated that the entire district contains
III abundance .ii GFp Sit1i IN ,l,o ,,.n, t,,r..