The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-04-10
'cSt Of coke al Connellsvlc December, 1890:
fnrnnc. coke, $2l per ton. Foundry coke, s2.s5.

Total shipments from Conuellsyiile for week ending
November %, 1890, G9T7 cars, distributed follows
To Pittsburgh, l.560 to the West. 100 cars; to
thc East, l,N7 cara
Bcssemcr orc is costing at Pittsburg s. sc
per ton, and non Bcsscmcr orc costs at Pitts
burg from $i.O0 to $500 per ton.
Non-BcSscmcr ore will cost at Big Stone Gap
from lbs to $50 per ton, and the Bcsscmcr
ore from $500 To- $3.50 per ton
Limestone will cost at least twice much
at Piusburg as at Big Stone Gap.
1t is said that 700 tons of pocahontas coke
passes west through Bristol daily for furnaces
IN the Alabama and Chattanooga di, s..
This coke will cost from 81. to 81. 30 per ton
at those furnaces.
These facts show the smaller cost Of coke
aud iron orc at Big Stone Gap and require no
comment. Coke can be delivered at thc ovens
here much cheaper than these figures indicate.
and still afford large prof, to the maker.
Nr. j. X. Taggart manager Of the above
company, Says he Will deliver iir>;class fuel
coal at the depot at Biz Stcnc Gap at from 81 -
TO Sl.25 per ton, il not less. and the company =
coke, which Mr.. McCrcath's ANALYSIS shows is
the finest in the world, at $500 per ton. Coke
not quite so good in Wales sells for IS per ton.
This statement, from so responsible source
should be considered by the manufacturing
world. There is no spot ON the globe where
such fuel can be supplied at such 81 price. Add
to this the fact that We have superior iron ores
all around rs, and in ncXhauStiblc quantities.
the finest timber north Of the tropics, Il loca
ton that can not lie surpassed, and three rail
road systems centcrlng here.
OPINION or TWO ENGLISH EXPERTS.
Mr. John W. Darby, of Wcxham, Eng, and
Mr.. +. Monks. of Warrington, Eng, members
of the Bri ish Iron 4 Steel Institute. recently
visited Big Stone Gap. Mr.. Darby is Young
Sition among the iron and steel producers Of
England. He inhcrits his aptncsS for these in
dustrics from ancestors who have been prom
incnt 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 to use successfully the basic process
for making steel. Mr.. Monks is one Of the
oldest and best known Of the practical iron and
coke men Of England.
II am greatly delighted with what have
seen in Big Stone Gap and vicinity, and am
under lasting obligations to Mr.. Proctor for
bringing us here, and to Gen. Ayers for his
Courtcsics TO us speak the sentiments OF a
large majority of the visiting members of our
British Institute when say that what ! wan
ted to see mos. in Your great country was the
rich deposits oiiron ores and coking Goals here
i'll the South, where they arc as yet practically
undeyclopcd.
"Thc very things wanted to see arc here.
did not care to see the manufactures in opcr-
alton. for we have those at home as numerous
and as nearly perfect aS one could wish to see,
although must say that have been greatly
surprised and pleased at the great concerns we
saw in the North. Their equipments are not
50 complete nor hcirmcthodS 50 economical as
ours in England, but they are rapidly APP
preaching it, What those of us who mean
business wished TO see i'll America Is just what
have seen to-day at Big Stone Gap: as fine
coke rs | have ever seen III Eng gland, with iron
ores only two miles away, and limestone be-
tween, together with water power and railroads.
This is a combination that is bound to make
YOU great here. have ncrcf$ccH II cYnft{c0
elsewhere Your coke is the best have seen
in America. The brown ores We Inspected to-
day arc admirably adapted TO the basic process.
OF course. YOUR proximity to the magnetic ores
at Cranberry is greet card in your favor but
YOU will not need that to make the possibilities
Of this point simply incacuablc. We have
been over a large portion of the Southern min
cral belt. and | regard this a. the best POINT
we have seen for the manufacturing of basic
steel. owing to the quality aud quantity Of
your brown ores and their proximity to this
coke. have enjoyed my day here greatly.
and hope can return soon.
Mr. Monks spoke III the same strain, saying
he had been Il practical producer ot coke ana
iron for forty years, and that he had never seen
better coke: AM, the iron ore. both brown ana
red we're fine. He thought the best card ior
the future Of Big Stone Gap in the iron indus
try was tic advantage it had over any other
place he had seen for the production OF steel by
The basic process.
TlMREE.
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