The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-06-05
'ost OF coke at Connellsyitle l,,ce,,,b.r ,ssn.
FsirMacp coke 50 u ,,.,,. -. iooss

ao'at shipments from Connclsvillc FOR work ondinr
November ", 1880, 6,S77 cars, distributed AN fuIi-w
To Pittsburgh, $50 cars; 10 tho Wr., 4 ina go ;,
TIC East, l,3,T cars 49, W
heSscmer ore is costing at pittsburc 81. Sc
per ten, and non Bcssemer orc costs at Pitts
burg from $500 to $500 per ton.
Non T. e. ore will cost at Big Stone Gap
from $i.2a to $3.50 per ton, and the Besscmer
ore from $500 to -. so per ton.
Limestone will cost at least twice as much
ut Plttsourg as at Big Stone Gap.
1t IS said that eco tons Of Pocahontas coke
passes west through Bristol daily for furnaces
III the Alabama and Chattanooga districts.
This coke will cost from 1915 to $3.50 per ton
ut those furnaces.
These facts show the smaller cost of coke
ana IRON ore at Big Stone Gap and require no
comment. Coke can be delivered at the ovens
here much cheaper than these figures indicate,
and stl!i afford large profit to the maker.
OPINION OF TWO ENGLISH ExrERTs.
Mr.. john W. Darby, of Wexham, Eng, and
Mr.. r. 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 a prominent po-
Siton among the iron and steel producers of
England. He lnhcrits his aptncss for these in
duStrleS from ancestors who have been prom
incnt III them for century. His grandfather
was the FIRST To make iron from knocked coal
and his own plant, located near Chester. was
the iirst TO use successfully the 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 sec are here.
did not care to see the manufactures i'm oper.
alton, for We have those at home rs numerous
and rs nearly perfect as one could wish to see
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 10. their methods so economical RS
ours IN England. but they are rapidly APP
preaching it. 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 as have ever seen in England, with iron
ores only two miles away, and limestone be-
tween, together with water power and railroads.
This is a combination that is bound to make
YOU grea: here. have 1,erersecn ii cquoied
elsewhere. Your coke is the best have seen
III America. The brown ores we inspected to-
day are admirably adapted to the basic process.
OF course. Your proximity 20 the magnetic ores
at Cranberry is Il great card in your favor, but
You will not need that to make the possibilities
of this point simply incalculable. We have
been over Il 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 of
Your brown ores and their proximity to this
coke. have enjoyed my day here greatly,
and hope | can return soon"
Mr.. Monks spoke in the same strain, saying
lie had been a practical producer of coke and
iron for forty years, and that he had never seen
better coke and the iron orc, 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 it had over any other
place he had seen for the production of steel BY
the basic process.
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