The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-04-24
N"st o. coke at Conncllsville December. lsoo
t"'''arc coke, $2l5 per ton Foundry cokc so A.

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total shipments from Conncll,,illc Tor week ending
NoNe'0bcr -, 1850, G,91 cars distributed ns tn,y.
90 il''poFgh, i''o cars 10 the West 4.lCo cars I,
/ '!ie EAST. i,3i1 cars.
hcSsemcr ore is costing at Pit;sburg 81 81
per ton, and non Besscmcr ore costs ri PITTS.
burg from $i.oo to Sc 90 per ton.
Non -BcSscmcr ore will cost nj Biz Stone Gan
IRON Si.25 10 $3.50 per ton, and the Bcs.cmei
ore from 500 to 81. 80 per ton.
Limestone VIII cost at least twice as much
/ at i!ttshurg rs at Big Stone Gap.
IL Is sand that 700 tons o( porahoutas coke
passes west through Bristol daily for furnaces
IN The Alabama and Chattanooga districts.
ms coke viii cost from 81 - to s.. 80 per ton
at those furnaces.
These facts slow the smaller cost of coke
and IRON orc At Big Stone Can and require no
comment. Coke can be delivered at the oven,
mere much cheaper than these figures Indicate.
and stu afford large profit TO the maker
OPINION or TWO ENGLISH EXPERTS.
Mr. John W. Darby, of Wcxham, Eng. and
Mr.. +. Monks, OF Warrington, Eng, members
Of the British Iron 4 Steel Institute, recently
visited Big Stone Gap. Mr. Darby is Young
man, but has already reached prominent 30
,iiion among the iron and steel producers Of
England. He inhcri> his aptncsS for these in
du>trlcs from ancestors who have been prom
lncnt III them for Il century. His grandfather
knocked
and ms own plant, located near Chester, was
for making steel. Mr.. Monks is one of The
oldest and hest known ofthe practical iron and
coke men OF England.
The very things | wanted to see are here
did NOT care to see the manufactures in opcr-
alton, for we have those 1T home as numerous
and rs nearly perfect As one could wish TO sec,
although must say that | have been greatly
surprised and pleased ut the great concerns we
saw in the North. Their equipments are not
So complete nor thcirme,hods so economical rs
ours i'll England. but they are rapidly au-
preaching it. What those of us who mean
business wished to see in America is lust what
have seen to-day at Big Stone Gap: as fine
coke as have ever seen in England, with iron
ores oalv two miles away. aud limestone be-
tween, together with water power and railroads.
Til, Is Il combination that is bound 10 make
YOU great here | have Hcrrr&cctU rGNufcG
elsewhere. our coke is the best | have seen
in America. The brown ores we inspected to-
day are admirably adapted to the bas process.
OF course, your proximity to the magnetic ores
nj Cranberry Is 4 great card in Your favor. but
Won will not need that TO make the possibilities
OF this point simply incalculablc. We iayc
been over large portion of the Southern min
cyal belt, and regard this as the best point
we have seen for the manufacturing of basic
steel, owing to tic quality ana quantity Of
your brown ores and their proximity TO th,
coke. have cnjoycd my day here greatly,
and hope can return soon.
Mr.. Monks spoke in the same strain, saving
he had been practical producer Ct coke and
iron tor forty wears. and that he bad never seen
better coke; and the iron ore. both brown and
red were fine He thought the best card !or
The future Of Biz Stone Gap in the iron indus
try WAS the advantage it had over any other
place he had seen for the production Of steel by
The la sic process