The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-07
And this by another chemist of a brown hem
attic, (dred at 2l2 deg. FarenhciD six miles

Besides these there arc also On rallTOaus
running here another brown ore carrying from
II to 60 per cent of iron, and .0l9 OF phospho
rus; manganiferous iron ores, and i'll all prob.
ability large deposits of manganese black
imonite with from SO to IS per cent of iron
(well suited for the pneumatic Basic process)
a spccuar or red hematite (Bessemer) witt
S. 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 arc
large deposits of the purest magnetic iron ores
known in this country save in the Lake Super
Tor region. These ores, from number OF
samples averaged by myself and officers OF the
Tenth Census and others, analyzc from 40 pei
cent to 66 per cent OF iron, and are, IN Mltcnei
and Ashe counties, North Carolina. remarkably
free from PHOSPHORUS and sulphur. Recen,
developments along lire of thirty miles in ex'
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
muc.in Mitchell county, North Carolina. A few
wears ago the great mass Of ore now uncovered
at this point was hid by thick covering OF sol
and dccomposed gnciSs, save ONLY tow 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
heirth of 300 feet above the railway track. The
engineer in charge at the mines assured me
that from diam0nd-drill tests and the uncov'
cred mass, he had here piled up above the
railway track over 2O,OOO,0O0 tons OF ore Il
be mined by simply quarrying in open, cut; and
doubt if an ore of like excellence can be dc!iV'
credon cars at less cost elsewhere in America
4 furnace test was recently made on Virginia
coke and the run of mine of Cranberry ore, and
q mir produced containing .03 per cent OF phos,
nhorus; and from practical furnace tests ano
fbc analyses of ore from many openings, 1t Is
Demonstrated that the entire district contains
IN abundance an ore suited to the manufacture
If Rrsscmcr steel. This ore is nearer to coke
(at Bic Stone Gap) than is any other Bcssemei
Stccl ore known to me in America. From the
Rcssemcr ores of the lake region, the source oi
nearly all the steel now made in this country
IN the nearest coke IS about oo0 miles; IRON
the Bessemer ores of western North Carolina tt
the coke at Big Stone Gap it is LOU miles, and
between these two extremes are 10 De haa t,t
various ores above described. Beyond tns
Rlue Ridge in the Carolinas, are large deposits
Of high-grade ores. 4 very great development
in The manufacture OF iron ana steer VIII io',u"
ND the completion ofthe roads connecting Ins
odltng Goals and ores, in the region under DIS
cusSiOn. loco ox,o-
renee. who spent some months in examining
,he Goals and ores in the district extending iron
snutheastern kentucky to western North Gar
Gina estimates the cost OF making ton OF pis
IRON roma at Big Stone Gap at 81 SO; and thinks tina
n ,,on steel can be made at the same place
nea 30 low cost as in England. This estimate
a~rces with estimates made by practical lroi
"nnd steel manufacturers from Pennsyiyahsi
, who have made large investments at Big Ston
Can Can for the purpose Of development.
'" .tRl,rnaces and steel plants at Big Stone 6al
.,,u, lave. in addition to the local supply o
oose coal. and pure limestone, the advantag
oe e iocnton on competing lines OF railway, ant
% o.. = adynnta ore of location on great system
.s cau deliver the products direct to all OF IN
markets in the Ohio and Mississippi VA
~. THE ores from East Tennessee, South
w es 81 Virginia, and the Carollnas can be snip
Mo9s ,tl, advantage to these furnaces, as u
pem ;n~ tic ores In the direction of the mar
Ia at. and these ores will give retnrnfrelght 10
NJ cars Of coal and coke shipped from bi
Stone Gap to these STATES
FACTS FOB MANUFACTURERS.
r,.o VIRGINIA Coal & Iron Company agrees
e,rn;s,, coke at the following prices;
Furnace, 3Fouudr,
I, ,,,n nypi,s al Big Stone Gap,,,. $2.oo s@.'
Ais likely these prices will be reduced nn
aor .ompetition, but take them as they arean
s uoa mare them with prices at Connelsyi!le.
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