The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-20
der competitions, but take them "a tt.er arcane
compare ;hcnl with prices at Cnnncllsvislc.
Cos, % coke at conncslsviiie DECEMBER 1880:
Furnace coke, e. Is per ton. Foundry coke, Se.sa

Total shipments from Conncilsviile Tor wcck"ndiGg
November -, 1890, G,97T cars disributed iollew
To Pittsburgh, $50 to tho West. a.loo cars;
the East, l..lt
i'csscmcr ore Is costing at Pittsburg $7.56
per ton. and nom BcsSemer ore costs at Pitts
burg from $500 to $Go0 per ton.
Nom Resscmer ore will cost at Big Stone Gap
from 81 % to $3.50 per ton, and the BesscmeJ
ore from 500 to $3.50 per ton.
Limestone will cost at least twcc@a much
1T pittSburg as at Big Stone Gap.
II is said that 700 tons of Pocahontas coke
passes west through Bristol daily for furnaces
in the Alabama aud Chattanooga districts.
This coke will cost from S3.7 to $3.50 per ton
ri those furnaces.
These facts show the smaller cost Of coke
and iron orc at Big Stone Gap and require no
comment. Coke can be delivered at the ovens
here much cheaper than these figures indicate,
and still afford large profit to The maker.
OPINION or TWO ENGLISH EXPERTS.
Mr. John ". Darby, Of Wcxha;n, Eng, and
Mr.. +. Monks. Of Warrington, Eng, members
Of the British lion & Steel Institute, recently
visited Big Stone Gap. Mr.. Darby is young
man. but has already reached prominent po-
England. lie inheriis his ap.hcss for tiicsc in
dustrcs FROM ancestors who have been prom
nent in them FOR century. His grandfather
was the first 10 make iron from knocked coal,
and his own plant, located near Chester, was
the first 10 use successfully the basic process
for making steel Mr.. Monks is one Of the
eldest and best known the practical iron and
coke men Of England.
"Thc very things wanted 10 zee arc mere.
did no, care to sec the manufactures in oi'cr-
alton. for we have those at home numerous
and as nearly perfect as one could wish 10 see,
although must say that lave been greatly
surprised and pleased at the great concerns VIC
saw ia the North. Their equipments are not
so complete uor their methods so economical as
ours in England, but they are rapidly APP
preaching it. What those Of Us who mean
business wished to sec in America Ia ;Hst what
have seen today al Big Stone Gap; rs fire
coke ar have eyer seer III England, with i!ah
ores only two miles away, end limestone be-
:.fcen. together with water power and railroads.
This is combination that is bound 10 make
yOu great hare. have t,cU"' seen Il cqHn'e0
elsewhere. Your coke is ic best ] have scea
in America. Tie brown ores wc inspected to-
Gay are adnirab: adapted 20 tho basic process.
OF course, wear proximity to the magnetic ores
at Cranberry is a great card IN your favor, hns
YOU vii! not need tina, to make The possibilities
Of this point simply incalculabie. We nave
been over large portion Of thc Southern min-
croI belt. and | regard this ~ the best point
we have seen for the manufacturing of basic
steel, owing to the quality aud quantity o.!
yanr brown ores and their proximity to this
coke. have enjoyed my day here greatly
aud hope can return soon.
Mr.. MONKS spoke in i!lc same strain, saying;
he had been practical produces .! coke and
iron for forty yca:., and that he bad neTer soc:;
better coke; ana Tie iron ore, beth brown M"
RED ware fac. lie thought the best card for
the future OF ,.;g Stone Gap in Che iron indus-
.,y WAS the advantage j. had over any other
,laec he had seen for the pro(ine:;9r OF stcei ~
ihr basic process.
TIMER.
Prof. lioclcr IN his rcrori SAYS Of thc t:ia,
bcr: ~ bout 90 per cen; of the area included
III tic Appalaci'ian coaliield in Southwest ) r.
e:lia, West Virginia, and Southeast k29'ncky'
+ cnye:ad with forest Of valuable hardwoods--
oak, yellow poplar. hickory, etc. The Black
Mountains, immediately north Of Big Store
GAP, are heavily tinlbcrca frn!n base to sum
mil with AZ niannihccn: forests a. ! ha.c eve"