The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-14
And this by another chemist of 4 brown hem
attic, (dried at 2l2 deg. Farenhcit) six miles

Besides these there are also on railroads
running here another brown ore carrying from
AZ to 90 per cent of iron, and .0l9 of phosphO-
rus; manganiferous iron ores, and III all prob
ability large deposits of manganese; black
lmonitc with from so to 55 per cent of iron
(well suited for the pneumatic Basic process };
a specular or red hematite (BcSsemer) with
IS to IS per cent of iron, while of the great
Cranberry magnetic ore Prof. Proctor, in his
report, says
the western counties of North Carolina are
large deposits of the purcst magnetic iron ores
known in this country save in the Lake Super
Tor region. These ores, from n number OF
samples averaged by myself and officers of the
Tenth Census and others, analyzc from 40 per
cent to &c per cent of iron, and are, in Mitchell
and Ashe counties. North Carolina, remarkably
free from PHOSPHORUS and sulphur. Recent
developments along line of thirty miles III cx-
tent prove the excessive nature OF these depos-
it's. The only point where these ores have as
vet been reached by railway is at Cranberry
mine, in Mitchell county, North Carolina. few
years ago the great mass Of orc now uncovered
at this point was hid by thick covering OF soil
and decomposed gneiss, save only few sur
face pits from which small forge was sup
piled with ore. Within the past few years the
face of the hill has been uncovered, revealing
an enormous mass of very pure magnetic to
heiqth of 800 feet above the railway track. The
engineer in. charge at the mines assured me
that from diamond drill tests and the uncov-
cred mass, he had here piled up above the
railway track over 2O,O0O,OOO tons of ore to
DC mined by simply quarrying In open cut; ana
doubt if an ore of like excellence can ne oeilV-
cred on cars at less cost elsewhere IN America.
"A furnace test was recently MADE on Virginia
coke and the run ofmlne OF cranberry ore, ana
MIC produced containing .03 per cent OF phos,,
n,, mn and from practical furnace tests and
The analyses of ore from many openings, 1T is
demonstrated that the entire district contains
in abundance an ore suited to the manufacture
of Bcssemer steel. This ore is nearer to coke
lat Biz Stone Gap) than is any other Bessemer
Steel ore known to me IN America. FROM the
PASSENGER ores of the lake region, the source OF
nearly eli the steel now made in this country,
to the nearest coke is about 800 miles; from
the Ressener ores of western North Carolina to
The coke at Big Stone Gap it is 100 miles, and
ishetwecn these two extremes are TO De haa the
| rar;o,s ores above described. Beyond the
Rlne Ridge in the Carolinas, are large deposits
of high-grade ores. very great development =,
in fhe manufacture of iron and steel Will follow
IN tha completion of the roads connecting the
cpk;np Goals and ores, in the region under dis
cuSSi0n. go
Erience, who spent some months IN examining
the coals and ores in the district extending iron
southeastern Kentucky to western North Gar
4 ol;na. estimates the cost of making ton OF pug
iron at Big Stene Gap at 81 Sc; and thinks tina tina
! Rassener steel can be made at the same place
4 4 as law co it as in England. This estimate
/ : or ~ with estimates made by practical ro re.
ans, steel manufacturers from Pennsylvania
i who have made large investments at Big STONE
i Gan for The purpose Of Development.
Furnaces and steel plants at Big Stone Gal
1 viii have, in addition to the local supply Q
i coke. coal, and pure limestone, the a6iyantag
of d location on competing lines OF railway, ant
i g,e sarltagc OF d location on q great system
tat caa deliver tie products direct to oil OF tn
g e markcts i'll the Ohio and Mississippi Val
Gf.rs. The ores from East Tennessee, South
vast Virginia, ard the CarOlinas can be snip
4 nal with advantage to these furnaces, ash
the ores III the direction OF the mar
bats. and these ores will give return freight 10
Il thss cara pf coal and coke shipped from ~
4 Stone Gap 10 those States.
ACTS FOR MAMIE AcTugERs IS
The II irginia Coal & Iron Company agrees
farnisl, coke at the following prices;
Furnace Foandr,
ile Isl siss as Stone Gap. :cs ss.S
il likely these prices viii be reduced . nr
aar coalat lion, but take them Us they areah
4 nompars shen sYitb prices at Conn isSilses