The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-10-09

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iifs,ace cyss. ~ Is lser spi Fcartss coke, 81

IRON tSr Httktiitti
NeyencF22, $780, g,3;S CATS aitir.hn;tt ic!.t.n
70 Pittsburgh $50 cars; 10 the West, 4iea eas
| the East, l,3i7 cars.
Bcsscmerore is costing at Pttsbure s7.5i
per ton, and non-Bcssemer ore costs at Pitts
burg from, $500 to $500 per ton.
NoD-Bcsscmer ore will cos. at Big Store Gal,
from 81 % 70 $3.50 per ton, and tic Bessrn,c.
ore from 50 90 to s.. so per tot,
Limestone will cost at least twice as sl..cl,
at Pi;isL,rg as at Big Stoue GAP.
Ii IS said that 200 tons OF Pcca..ogtas coke
passes west through Bristol daily for furnaces
IL, the Alabama and Chattanooga districts.
This coke will cost from SO. To $50 per TOT.
at those furnaces
These facts show the smaller cost al coke
and iron ore at Big Stonc Gai, and rcgiic no
comment. Coke can be delivered ut Tie ovens
here mnc!, cheaper tbaa tt.Sc figure. i,,dica.c.
and still afford a large p:oii: ,o tie maker.
OPINION or TWO ENGLISH EXPERTS.
Mr. John ". Darby, of Wcxl,an,, Eng, and
Mr. +. Monks, OF Warrington, Eng, iacmiel-
Of the British IRON Il Ssce! Institute, recently
visited Big Stone Gap. Mr.. Darby is a ypailg
mani, but has already rcache,; prominent po-
sition among the iron AMI steel producers d
England. lie niclits his aptucSs tor tEcsci:i-
GuStrlcs from ancestors wiiu have been rreni-
iicni IN them for a ccatriy. lis cf;tnctTiie
was the first TO make iryn from knocked coal,
and his OWE plant, located near Chester, MAS
the first to use successfully the basic process
for making steel. Mr.. Monks is one OF Tie
oldest aud best known OF the practical irGn ai.s
coke Nee ol England.
"'lhc very things wanted 10 s,e are i,r.r
did BOT care 20 see t.:c HlalIaa:oiic- IL o;.ui-
alton, ior ne have those at home as numerous
AMI as nearly perfect az one could wish to sc,
aithu"gi. ] !nust say that | have been greatly
surprised and pleased 1T the great concerns We
Saw il the North. Their equipments are i."i.
so complete Eor their methods 50 cconomIca' as
ours in England, hut they are rapidly APP
preaching it. What those OF lis who nlean
business wished to see in America is ust what
have seen TO-DAY at Big StoHe Gap: fine
coke as ! have ever seen in England, VITA ilrn
ores onv two miles away, and limestone be
tween, together with water power and r:.lii"its.
This l.; Il combination !i,at is Lonad 70 ltaSo
you great here. I haze narcrsce. - -. ~.
elsewhere. inur coke is the best ! haze
in America. The brown ores wc ins,-yir'! L,
day are admirably adaptcdto the basic process.
Of course, Your proximity 10 the magnetic ores
ut Cranberry is a great card in you: favor, lit,
YOU will not need That to make the possibilities
of this point simply incalculable. We have
been over large portion Of the Southern niin-
cral belt, and regard this as the best point
we have seen for the manufacturing Of BASIC
steel, owing to The quality ana quantity o:
your brown ores and their proximity to this
coke. have enjoycJ my Ga. here grea!i*.
and hope can return soon.'
Mr. Monks spoke i'll the same strait, saving
he had been "a practical producer oi coke and
iron fr forty years, and that lie had never seen
better coke: and the iron ore, both brown AMI
red were fine. He tlsongit the best card for
the future Of BY Stone Gap in !!'c iron ins'.'s-
try wax H. advantage it.hnd oar any ether
place he had seen for the protiucti"a o. ,' hY
tn, hIsic nlncnSS.