The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-06-19
And this BY another chemist Of brown hem
tie, dried at 9l9 deg. Farenheit) six miles

Besides these there are also on railroads
running here another brown ore carrying from
Il TO 60 per cent Of iron, and .0l9 Of phoSpho
rus manganiicrous iron ores, and in all prob
ability large deposits Of manganese; black
llmonlc with from 50 to IS per cent of iron
INelI suited for the pneumatic Basic proceSS);
.lecular Or red hemalite tBcsscmcr) with
'9otl per cent Of iron, while Of the great
Cranberry magnetic ore Prof Proctor, in his
report. sars:
Extending northeast and southwest through
The western counties OF North Carolina are
large deposits Of the purest magnetic iron ores
known IN this country save i'll the Lake Super
'or region These ores, from number of
samples averaged BY myself and officers Of the
Tenth census and others, analyze from Is per
cel' 10 NJ per cent OF iron, and are, in Mitchell
ana Ashe counties, North Carolina, remarkably
Tree IRON phosphorous and sulphur. Recent
developments along line Of thirty miles in ex-
tent prove The excessive nature of these depos-
us. The only point where these ores have as
ve' been reached BY railway is at Cranberry
mlne,ln Mitchell county, North Carolina. A few
years agO the great mass of ore now uncovered
al ,hls PANT waS hid BY thick covering of soil
sAi deoomposed gneisS, save only few sur
lace PITS from which q small forge was sup
Plea win ore Within the past few years the
lace OF The NIL has been uncovered, revealing
t 4" tnof'soas mass Of very pure magnetic to
nc'e'n OF 500 feet above the railway track. The
.nslneet IN charge at the mines assured me
'na, IRON dlanond-drill tests and the uncov-
elva mass, he had here piled up above the
T'Nay Track over 10000 900 tons Of ore to
Tv maea by simply quarrying in open cut; and
'uguoi II au ore Of like excellence can be deliv-
v'guoh cars at less cost elsewhere in America.
.u'nSce test was recently made on Virginia
way aho the run ofmine of Cranberry ore, and
trs produced containing .O3 per cent of phos-
t"uIuS' ana from practical furnace tests and
tas ANALYSES Of ore from many openings, it is
~ that the entire district contains
Of Hp.uauaAce an ore suited to the manufacture
~, p p IN steel. This ore is nearer to coke
Nsn, ozone Gap) than Ia any other Bessemer
w. we AheNn TO ne in America. From the
~s,,IgI ores OF the lake region, the source Of
il ~: al Tue Steel now made in this country,
m 'I p. nearest coke is about 500 miles; from
1o "tsSsluer ores OF western North Carolina to
bs,v .oAs ~ Big Stone Gap it il 100 miles, and
r,,;as ''ese two extremes are to be had the
PI,a 0s d, ores above described. Beyond the
ofb;, nb'use IN The Carolinas, are large deposits
il ,bs n s.sae ores; 4 very greet development
m y h'@aAlsclpFe OF iron and steel will follow
ral .ne completion ofthe roads connecting the
,ns.;sn '0a's aud ores, III the region under dis
,;.n' 'c9cil iron manufacturer of large expe-
n. Ns,' VINO spent some months in examining
4. A..
oin, "' aa,: kentucky TO western North Car
Iron ~ inmates p The cost Of making ton of pig
ba.s" w. pls Stone Gap at 81 Sc; and thinks that
4, 80 , "s' steer can be made at the same place
sprqss NV VIC. cost as in England. This estimate
and s,a "l'l estimates made by practical iron
who I I"N manufacturers from PENNSYLVANIA
Gan G T". made large investments at Big Stone
ar ,v, .he purpose of development.
will h ,"" and steel plants at Big Stone Gap
coz, "a. III addition TO the local supply OF
@ah SV.i' and pure limestone, the advantage
The adr @'wh On competing lines of railway. and
that r,. Aaa'ase OF location on a great system
rres, m. ut'Ver The products direct to all of the
lpys nj tke's N lhe 0hio and Mississippi Val.
stst lug ores from East Tennessee, South.
bed WIKI yuma, and the Carolinss can be ship
eart,;n' sWu'antage to these furnaces, as il |,
kets .na 70, %. ores in the direction of the mar
The esrs a saese ores will give return freight fol
Stone e.. VI coal and coke shipped from Biz
zap 10 those States"
~ 'AoTs YoH MANUFACTURES.
furnish e ms'nla Coal & Iron Company agrees Il
80 ''ss at the following prices:
Ath. o,s,, Furnace. FOUNDRY
II. -, 81 Big Stone Gap, .saee s2.s
der son n.eiy these prices will be reduced un
aonpsr.r Futon, but take them as they arcane
slsn "lth prices at cenasllsvills.