The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-17

shaped masses. surrounded by clay, churt
and other impurities, which have to be re-
moved 10y washing
This vein. with its walls, forms the back
bone Of an extended ridge and is most favor
ably situated for mining. very large body
of II can be won by stripping. slopes can be
driven with the dip on the vein and at the
base of the hill covering the hanging wall q
tunnel of very moderate length would cut the
vein from 500 TO 200 feet from the outcrop.
The analysis of the brown hematite was fully
discussed and all agreed that it was a mag
nifcent body Of ore.
ANALYSIS or BROWN HEMATITE.
Silica. .................... $50 per cent.
Metallic lrOn................... $500 "
IhOSphOruS. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. U.4J
This analysis displays the presence of metal
lie ore in high degree. and with its favor
able location for mining and the assured pres
ence of such quantities makes this holding
one of the very best of which the company is
possessed There it has probably slept
through centuries. rich beyond computation.
awaiting the energetic hands Of the present
day 10 reveal its vastness and to profit by its
presence Our party reluctantly left this
lOngings upon the greatest exhibition of iron
ores that any of them had ever seen.
NEW ERA IN soUTHsDE VIRGINIA.
The working of these mines. thus family
described. will make a new epoch IN South
side Virginia. and is predestined to complete
~ reyOlutlonize the coal and iron industries
OF the Old Dominion. No words of mine
could fully tell of their magnitude. nor could
any figures thoroughly disclose their unllmit-
ed resources
/ learn that extensive works will be erected
at once at both veins, and the mining of the
ores conducted on a large scale. supplying
the market and also the furnaces which will
!, al ,r,Iav I ba Of fba
pany. Plans have been prepared for the
charcoal furnaces to be erected in the
vicinity of the brown hematite vein, and the
immense forests about these mines Will
furnish charcoal for fuel for years to come.
CHARCOAL IRON.
Charcoal iron is always in great demand for
the manufacturing of car-wheels or any cast
ings requiring an iron capable of taking a
chill, and for all work requiring strong, pure
iron 1t always brings from 81 to So per
ton more in the market than IRON manu-
featured with coke.
Thus. with excellent qualities of ore in close
proximity 10 the fuel the iron can be made at
very low figures and with large profits to the
stockholders of the company.
COKE FURNACES
The plans for the coke furnaces are now
prepared. A capacity of about seventy-hve
tons per day Is assured. -
These furnaces will be built on the Little
Buffalo river near the cOmpany's town-slte
property. and their own iron-ores will be
used with the Cumberland coal.
The company also proposes to bulid one
hundred improved beehive coke ovens, so
located and arranged as to subject TO speedy
increase whenever the increased demand for
their output shall render it necessary. Con-
sdering the splendid adaptability OF their
coal for cooking purposes this will be most
prosperous adjunct to their extensive plant.
THE BASIC PROCESS.
In connection with the coke furnaces a
steel plant will be put into operation. thus
converting into steel by the Basic process
large quantities of their products. This in
itself would be an enormous enterprise, and
when considered in connection with the other
developments forms an auxiliary industry
which places the various resources OF this
company on the highest possible plane.
FAVORABLE SURROUNDINGS.
Throughout the entire extent Of the COM
pany's property the conditions seem especially
favorable tor the perfect accomplishment of
all of their designs.
Adjacent TO the several mines are groves Of
great beauty. whose shady hillsides are ma
lures choicest sites for the villages which will
necessarily furnish homes for the army Of
miners whose tedious toll wins the coal and
ores from the depths Of earth.
Pure water is in abundance, fuel would
be close at hand, and the salubrous
breezes render absolutely healthy the sites
for these new dwelling places.