The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-12-04

To;al shipments from Conncsgillc for .eccloudir!.
November ~, 1880, G.G77 cars Distributed rs f0lie
20 Pittsburgh 1860 cars: TO the West. 400
! the East, l.al7 cars
BcsScmcr ore Is costing nj fiusbu'g 81 81
per ton. and non Bessemer oyc costs at Pitts
/ burg from $i.0G TO $500 pcr1on
Non-Hcssemcr orc will cost at Big Stone Gap
/ from 81 % 70 S250 per ton, aud the Bcssemcr
ore from $500 to S3. 80 per tor.
Limestone will cost al least twice as much
At rittsDurg rs at Big stone Gap.
II is SAID that 700 tons Of pocahonias coke
passes west through bristol daily for furnaces
in the Alabama and Chattanooga districts
This coke will cos; from $50 o $3.50 pet ton
81 those furnaces.
These facts show the smaller cost of coke
and iron ore at Big Stone Gap and require no
comment. Coke can he delivered st the o:cns
here much cheaper thaa these figures Indicate
end still! afford large profit 60 the maker.
OPINION or TWO ENGLISH EXrrET&.
Mr. John " Darby. Of Wexham, Eng, and
Mr. +. Monks, OF Warrington, Eng, members
% thc British iron d Steel Institute. recently
visited Big Stone Gap Mr. Dalhy is 4 Young
man, bat has already reached a prominent po-
sit!on among ihe iron and steel producers Of
England. He inhcrits his aptncsS for thcseu-
dust;cs from ancestors WHO have been prom
ncnt in theE io' century. His grandfather
waS Che first 10 make iron from unlocked coal,
and his OWN plant, located near Chester, was
tlc first to use successfully thc ba5ia process
COX making steel. t.r. Monks is one Ct the
oldest and best known She practical iron aud
coke men o. England.
"1hc very things wanted u sec are Ecrc.
did not care % see the manufactures in opcr-
alton foy we have those Il; home rs numerous
and as nearly ,crtect rs one could wish 10 see,
although mus, say that have been greatly
surprised and pleased ~ Tie great concerns We
SAW in the North. Then. equipments are 10;
so complete nor thei' methods so economical. u.s.
ours in England, bat they arc rapidly ap
proaciling H. What those .of rs who mean
business wished t. see in America is just what
have seen to-day at Big Stone Gap; - iinc
coke as have ever seen in England, with iron
ores only two miles away, and limestone be-
tween, together with water pc" cra and railroads.
This is a combinations that is bound 10 make
YOU great here. have 1icUeTS"";' II cq"tti@G
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 Tive magnetic ores
at Cranberry is grea; card IL youl favor, b'jt
YOU will not need That to make Tie possibilities
of this point sirpply in2alciila'le. We lave
been over large portion OF the Southern inla
cgaI belt; and | regard this a. the best poirt
We have seen for the manufacturing OF basic
steel, owing to the quality aud quantity Of
your brown ores and their proximity 10 tiiis
coke. have enjoyed my day hcre greatly,
and hope ! can return soon.
Mr.. Monks spoke IN the same strain. saving J
he had been practical producer Of coke and
iron .or forty wears, and lia. he had never seen
better coke and the ron ore, both brown and
red were fine. lie thought the best caNd iDl
the future Of BIG Stone Gap in the iron indus
trv was the advantage i. had over any otll@:
place lie bad seen fer the production Of steel ~