The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-15
Cost OF coke al Conncl!Syi,,e December ,sao.
FNrnacc coke. 81 Il ner TON E.AAn.i. -. ar

io'"' shipments from Connellsyc FOR week ending
November ~ lS9o, G,o7T cars distributed Az fo.w :.
To Pittsburgh. 500 cars to.c wtsi 100 cars T.,
( tho East. BIZ cars W.
Hcsscmcr orc is costing at pittsburg 81 SO
/ per ton, and non-BcSscmcr ore costs al Pitts
ourg from $500 to $500 per tom
Non- HcssciHcr ore will cost at Big Stone Gap
from Sl.23 to $3.50 per ton, and tl,, Bcssemcr
orc from $500 To So. 90 per ton
Limestone will cost at least twice rs much
at PittSburg as at Big Stone Gap.
1t is sad that 100 tons of Pocahontas coke
passes west through Bristol daily for furnaces
in the Alabama and Chattanooga districts.
This coke will cost from S3.15 to i.j0 per ton
AT those furnaces.
These facts show the smaller cost OF coke
and IRON orc ut Big Stone Gap and require no
comment. Coke can be delivered at the ovens
here much cheaper than these figures Indicate
and still afford Il large profit to the maker
OPINION OF THO ENGLISH EXPERTS.
Mr.. John W. Darby, of Wcxham Eng. and
Mr. r. Monks. OF Warrington, Eng, members
OF the British Iron 4 Steel Institute. recently
visited Big Stone Gap. Mr.. Darby is Il voung
man. but has already reached prominent 30
si;ion among Tie iron and steel producers OF
England. He inhcrits his aptncss for these in
daStres from ancestors. WHO have been prom
ncnt IN them for century. His grandfather
WAS the first to make iron from knocked coal.
and his own plant, located near Chester. was
the first To use successfully Che basic process
FOR making steel. Mr.. Monks is one OF the
oldest and best known OF the practical iron and
coke men of England.
The very things wanted to see are here
did not care 10 see the manufactures in opcr-
alton. FOR We have those ut home rs numerous
and as nearly perfect as one could wish to Sec
although must say that have been greatly
surprised and pleased at the great concerns We
saw in the North. Their equipments are not
so complete nor Intermediates 50 economical as
ours III England but they are rapidly APP
proaching ii. What those of us who mean
business wished to see i'll America is Just what
have seen to-day at Big Stone Gap: as fine
coke Is have ever seen in England, with iron
ores only two miles away, and limestone be-
tween. together with water power and railroads.
This is 4 combination that is bound 20 make
YOU great here. have ncrcr seen II eqtuicd
elsewhere. Your coke is TIE best have seen
in America. The brown ores we inspected to-
day are admirably adapted to ;he basic process.
Of course, your proximity 10 the magnetic ores
at Cranberry is great card in your favor, but
Won will not need that to make the possibilities
of this point simply incalcuablc. We have
been over a large portion OF the Southern min
cral belt. and | regard this as the best point
we have seen for The manufacturing OF basic
steel. owing To the quality and quantity o;
your brown ores and their proximity 10 this
coke have enjoyed my day here greatly.
and hope can rc;';rn Soon.
Mr. Monks spoke in The same strain. saying
he had been practical producer of coke aud
iron for forty Gears, and that he had never seen
better coke; and the iron ore, both brown and
red were fine. He thought the best card for
the future Of Big Stone Gap in the iron indus
try was the advantage i, had over any other
place he had seen for the production Of steel by
the basic process.