The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-06-12
Algicrs, Africa
Andthis by another chemist of 4 brown hem
attic. dried al 2i2 deg. FarenheiD six miles
Besides these there are also on railroads


Besides these there are also on railroads
running here another brown ore carrying from
4 70 per cen; Of iron, and .Ol9 of phospho-
rus mansanitrous iron ores, and in all prob
ability large deposits Of manganese black
llmontr with from ~ 10 50 per cent of iron
'"ell suited Tor the pneumatic Basic process):
>lecular OF red hclnatitc OBcSScmcr) with
'loto per cent % iron, while OF the great
Cranberry magnetic ore Pref. Proctor, in his
report, saws:
Extending northeas; and southwest through
Tie western counties Of North Carolina are
large deposits o. the purcst magnetic iron ores
known IN this country save in the Lake Super
10Y region These ores. from a number Of
samples averaged by myself and officers Of the
!sl'A census and others. analyze from Is per
csi 10 % per cent Of iron, and are, in Mitchell
anu A>le counties, North Carolina, remarkably
l'S nom Phosphorus and sulphur. Recent
.s'eIol'mtnts along line Of thirty miles in ex-
,YA' prove HE excessive nature OF these dcpos-
w. lie only point where these ores have as
-. Veel reached BY railway is at Cranberry
A'ae'A Mitchell county, North Carolina. a few
:.a . ago lie great mass Of ore now uncovered
g. a.5 iu;' point was hid by thick covering of soil
= r'u uecohiposed cness, sa:e only few sur
, ,Is' P.s ron whlcil small forge was sap
; S''u @.h ore: Within the past few years the
80 VI '"c MI las been uncovered, revealing
h. s.o NOUS mass Of very pure magnetic to
ANY," VI 9VV leel above the railway track. The
. ,1 III charge at the mines assured me
s -~i '.''l oi9mond-drll tests and the uncov-
r,;ly. u.'sS' nc had here piled up above the
i. ,,;a, ''ac" over - 900 tons Of ore 10
I3- -''uVN oy SIMPLY quawyng in open cut and
s1o' oil teoi like excellence can be de)iy-
4 rnr-. .a's al less cost elsewhere in America.
c,la a' anS 'ssi was recently made on Virginia
, M. anu Inc ran oimnc OF Cranberry ore. and
pb %s p'olaced containing % per cent of phos-
,ba s .'' @aa rom practical furnace tests and
drrnon ~1,. YES OF ore from many openings, it is
in Ls.Ia'eo mat the entire district contains
Of p~'4"Hce an ofe suited to the manufacture
IA, h. steel. This ore is nearer to coke
Steel e,a atoae zap than is any other Bessemer
Be..er,o. h"o"h 70 nc in America. From the
uesrly ali V.es oi the lake region, the source of
totLc ~'' '"e steel nov made in this country,
he p. "'a'es' coke is about 500 miles: from
lie ''"yt ores OF western North Carolina to
between , - DE- Stone Gap i, is 100 miles, and
vsrops '.'Vae t"o extremes are to be had the
Blue Rid S,VS above described. Beyond the
ofhigb.ra,s.di !" u'e Varoinas, are large deposits
III he ,nsn nv: 0ies' very great development
up .Ae a'ae!urc OF iron and steel will follow
cotinr So 0,'PiV''oh otthe roads connecting the
cussiop anu ores, IN the region under dis
fence. WIN ,o" . iron manufacturer Of large expc-
tie coal. ..S spent some months in examining
sOu,heaS,aa--- ores IN The district extending from
oiina. r$,;a, kentucky TO western North Car
rou al RI" aD a The cost of making ton of Dig
Bes,r,ooD.g Stone Capa 81 .sC: and thinks that
Nas low co ,S'' Vaa be made at the same place
'grees win yVS' az IN England. This estimate
aud Steel ne ea'iHia'cs made By practical iron
SSlo have msS ;lTlac'urerS from Pennsylvania
zap for tbs large investments at Biz Stone
"Fur.arssip ufpoSe Of Development.
vii have =, anu steel plants at Big Stone Gap
coke, coal a., ~ addition to the local supply of
fslocs,in'aa ana pure limestone, the advantage
Tie advvn,. Want vi competing lines of railway, and
'Aatcan dd sIIs,o OF Locations on great system
grea. mari, liver The products direct to all of the
isys. The w. III The Ohio and Mississippi Val
ses y; imt ores from East tennessee eipS Sonth-
rdxitI i aSrs,a and the Carolinas can be ship
CARVING tho mage to these furnaces, as it is
..e's, and bes Oaes III the direction of the mar
sa cars Of ores will give return freight for
'''as Gap to tSa. ana "a coke shipped from Big
III. y; ,a'7s FOR MANUFACTURERS.
i''lsd coke 1 at &c, Ioa Iron Company agrees to
49, s ioiiowing prices:
,'e'eas q Rios, Furnace. Foundry.
Ills lik.,v - ''Ols zap, $500 $3.50
s'conpstit;o,ah ese prices will be reduced un-
"apsts them ,; put take them as they areapd
With prices at ConDeIlsyiile.