The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-01

Total shipments from Counelisyil,r for v,,l,v,i.
H',e,nner ~ 1870, G,977 cars distributed rs follr
the East. 1871 ears. =
Dess'mer orc IS costing at piusbnrg 81 81
per ton, and non-Bcsscmcr orc costs At PITTS
burg from 800 60 Sc 90 per ton.
non bessciner ore Will cost at Big Stone Gar
from Sl.2s to $3.50 per ton. and tbs Bess.mcI
ore from $500 to $3.50 per ton.
Limestone will cost at least twice rs much
ct iHtsourg as at Big Stone Cap
IL Is said that 200 tons of Pocahom;as coke
passes west through Bristol daily for furnaces
III the Alabama and Chattanooga districts
This coke will cost from $3.7 to 81 80 Der Ton
at those furnaces.
These facts SHOW the smaller cost of COX.
and IRON ore at Biz Stone Gap and require No
/ comment. Coke can lie delivered AZ the ovens
here much cheaper than these figures Indicate
and still afford large profit to the maker.
orINioN OF TWO ENGLISH EXPERTS.
Mr.. John W. Darby, of Wcxham, En~.. ami
Mr.. r. Monks, Of Warrington, Eng, member,
OF the British Iron 4 Steel Institute. recently
visited Big stone Gap. ilr. Darby is a voun:r
man, but has already reached prominent pn-
sit'on among the IRON and steel producers o,
England. lie lnhcrlS his aptncas for these in
drNiTlcS from ancestors who have beer prom
iucnt N them for a century. His grandfather
|.
and his own plant. located near Chester. wa,
the first to use successfully the basic prcce,s
for making steel. Mr. Monks is onc of the,
oldest and best known Of the practical iron and
coke men of England.
The very things | wanted To sec are here.
did not care to see the manufactures in opcr-
alton, for we have those at home as numcrous
and as ncarl, perfect as one could wish to see.
although must say that have been greatly
surprised and pleased at the grca, concerns we
saw IN the North. Their equipment, are not
complete nor their methods 50 economical as
ours in England, but they arc rapidly an
preaching it. What those Of lis who mean
business wished to see in America is Just what
have seen to-day at Big Stone Gap; as fine
coke as have ever seen in England with iron
ores ony two miles away, and limestone be-
tween, together with water power and railroads
This IL a combination That is bound to make
YOU great here. | have ncrcrHccnU cguuici
elsewhere. our coke is The bcs, | have seen
in America. The brown ores we inspected to-
day are admirably adapted to the basic process
OF course, Your proximity to the magnetic ores
at Cranberry is Il great card in your favor, but
you will not need that to make The possibilities
of this point simply incalculablc. We have
been over a large portion OF the Southern min
cral belt, and regard this as TIE best point
We have seen for the manufacturing of basic
steel, owing to the quality and quantity Of
your brown ores and their proximity to this
COKE. have cnjoyed my day here greatly.
and hope cam return soon.
Mr. Monks spoke in the same strain. saving
he had been Il practical producer of coke and
iron Tor forty wears, and that he had never seen
better coke; and the iron ore, both brown and
red We're fine. lie thought the best card for
the future of Big Stone Gap in the iron indus
try was the advantage ii had over any other
place he had seen for the production Of steel by
Tic basic process.