The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-08
Cost 81 coke ut Councls,llc Deec.uhcr ,sqo.
tMrnNc.. coke 81 IL No. IN, r.,,, :.

I"'ai shipments from Connclsvillc ior wcekoudinr
Tor",nDe' - 1890 6.?'1 cars distributed ms ollcx
~ 1850 cars; to tho Wcst 4l00 car. ,o
the East. l.3l1 cars
hesscmer ore Is costing at pittsburg s. SO
per ION, and non-BcSscmcr ore costs at Pitts
burg from Sa.00 to $6. 90 per ton.
Non bcsscmcr ore will cost at Big Stone Gan
from 81 20 TO $3.50 per ton, and the BcsScmct
ore from $500 to $3.50 per ton
Limestone will cost at least twice as much
at ilttsburg as at Big Stone Gap.
1t is said that 100 tons of Pocal,ontas coke
passes ives, through Bristol daily for furnaces
IN the Alabama and Chattanooga districts.
Inns coke will cost from $3.15 TO s. 30 per ton
at 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 still afford a large profit TO the maker
OPINION OF TWO ENGLISH ExrERrs.
Mr.. John W. Darby, of Wcxham, Eng, and
MIR. +. Monks, of Warrington, Eng, members
OF The british Iron Steel Institute, recently
VISITED Big stone Gap. Mr.. DARBY is Young
man, but has already reached prominent po-
sltion among the iron and steel producers of
England. He imleris his aptncss for these in
dnstricS from ancestors who have been prom
lnent in them for century, His grandfather
and his own plant, located near Chester, was
the first TO use successfully the basic process
Tor making steel. Mr. Monks is one of the
Oldest and best known the practical iron and
coke men of England
The very things ! wanted to see are here.
did not care to see the manufactures in oper-
alton, for we have those at home as numerous
and rs nearly perfect as one could wish to see
although must say that have been greatly
sAsttS ~ .,,-NI,., 1.
sax in the North. Their equipments arc not
so complete nor their methods 50 economical as
ours IN England, but they are rapidly APP
preaching It. What those Of us who mean
business wished to see in America is Just what
have seen to-day at Big Stone Gap: as fine
coke rs have ever seen in England, with iron
ores only two miles away, and limestone be-
tween, together with water power and railroads.
This is combination that is bound to make
YOU great here. have RcCcrSccH il erNutcd
elsewhere. Your coke is the best have seen
in America. The brown ores We inspected to-
day are admirably adapted to the basic process
OF course, Your proximity to the magnetic ores
at Cranberry is great card III your favor but
you Will not need that to make the possibilities
of this point simply incalculablc. We have
been over 4 large portion of the Southern min
cra 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 10 this
coke. have enjoyed my day here greatly,
and hope can return soon.'
Mr. Monks spoke in the same strain, saving
lie had been practical producer Of coke and
iron tor forty wears, and that he had never seen
better coke; and the iron ore, 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 ii had over any other
Il \
the basic process.
TIABEh.
Prof, rroc'cr in his report SAYS of the tim,
bcrl 'A5out 20 per cent of the area included
IN the Appalachian coal-iicd in Southwest Viz
gina, West Virginia, and Southeast Kentucky,
is covered with forest Of valuable hardwoods
oak, vellow poplar. hickory etc The BLACK