The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-28
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FOR INVEST oRs'
ar, five analyses of the c'h'"s
Sic stone Gap: 90 81
coas osEaas ' g. 30 c..c4 SOD 5a.%i CO. e. 90
FIXED ~. 90 81 - 10 $50 ~ - 40
seisitsg em'usuDI' - G., l.s6 40 $40 200
Z aslls en-, ON o4l2 o2oo o.''''
stfipaas a., of averaged Samples of the
Aaassn, ', w. andrew 5. McCrcath chem
sas,s ,s,sss pennsylvania Ccogical Survey;
a,;s;at sctfl,aii 80 go
yUialtea ON '"s'''" ..........-... 81, 81,
s'lpass ,ad.. from this coal is great sue
shown bv Mr. McCreath's letter
sss fsy,,,. The Nirg'nia ,''" u OV''
ris Stone Gap
ssN Of coke received from Nr e. .c.
1sssss y,.li-on ~ aiysS the 'i'o"'"7 nGX
syya,es .....-.'.. 80!
y assSa matter o;.ol
givsd carjlon. 5SX
s ssash .............. 40
s ssi'1 ..............-- .- 49,
100000
~ a coke Of grea, ppi y low III oG
..,,s, ,n ,. and high in fixed carbon cn'' exc
nusP1N ~. ..,,i a, the very best '0ca'lo'',
~ ~ r.l,k aighaS nie;au1l3ai l',yl,
4 an ssssss ,o1f,i rGly. ANpgEw y 'c' ""'''
u.cr.o,b might have said more, ard
81 ~ ,,,.s, l,ut fer his idcn-
s.g oa ..i,b PENNSYLVANIA interests. But Nc
80. ~. r,cts and the intelligent reader malf
49, -. ov, conclusions. The following
r,,;yc table will show the superiority Oh
colc produced here over that Pfou"'''
sssss,, ., Conncsvilc or Pocahontas'
- Carbon, fMD' Ash. lh"r
= ss,,,.lc Biz stone Gap coke nade "a q 40
o,.ll lick audby barrel trst'''''-'
aEsanrl'., Conncllsvillc, Pa coke a., q e,o
sasnpes Chattanooga, fei'''coNc' ,c2l ,.5o5
ss,,rlS, birmingham, Ala, coke u, ,o IN.
sisa aemr's rocahon,as. Va. coke =, 20
ssanpc, New River, \" Na-e"k', o., * -, o.552
sgsxsss oyoptrSl. ''''''' -''
isssmrc Iiig Stone Gap coke, oven
test Analyst, made ny \. >, - 5SS
ss wc,,ca,L sent. $50. "a o. IN 30"
y rh;. coke besides having been analysed, mas
s,aen thoroughly tested as to strength ana POI:
s.s;ty and !, pronounced by capable experts 10
81 nearer 4 perfect coke than any yet made
SWhcn il is considered that this immense
s. saon If coal is from seven to thirteen icct III
tb;rkn,Ss: that it extends over an area OF over
IA ooo acres; that it is ocatcdnpaborc the lev
ri orthc valleys: that it can be drained Wilnou'
"a. usc ol machinery; that so much % tIic cN
49, which must be incurred in other local.
H. in the manufacture OF coke are a'o''eu'
and l,a, ample transportation VIII sooH DC AZ
sfprdcd. it will be seen what al immense ahNah
Ss faye these fields have over any yet o''c"Ne''"
I'm the United States or elsewhere.
2 No. below is a splint coal feet thick, and
So 9 camel coal, both by McCrcatll:
FlNed cn,hou. ........ s"19 4S no
~, ........ 3uij n231
lsSsssSul phur ..'... .''''.'' o'''
IRoN ORES.
M The analyses below are OF the following: NO.
., and red fossil ore two miles from Big
tone Gan. no. limonite or brown orc SIX
asSnlicS away:
& sss ssuctalc iron ,. $50 4945s i9$S: 32ool
80"
sln.ombl. 2oS1o 2l00 ~ Hi
sSnlrhnr ol%2 o.l35 Los
8 The following are three samples of double
lcsScmcr ores tributary to Big Stone Gap, and
,,, matter OF fact will be used by the Appa-
Elachan furnace, and is found elsewhere only in
A lgicrS, Africa.
8 Hard ore Red Gre Fire Ore
sSilica ............. LII 67l 80
Aumiua M ........ OSo o.SO $50
slhosphoru, .... OO2 oC3 o.061
81 Mctalic iron ...... '09S 6llo lbs
8 And this hy another chemist of a brown llcm-
Cattle, (drcd at 2l2 dcg. Farcnheit six miles
away
ts$Silica i.41
80 AiiiilhN -'Vo
~ Phosphorus .............. OH
"a Metallic iron. .62
8 Manganese ............ eco
~ Lime trace
# Sulphur none
- RrS1rS tlrsp thnrc also an rDilroo Il Is