The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-17

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.aup.,' ro'ah'H'''' va 'Y'0' ,ge.55 ga O597
,.So',.. New i.er, ". Va coke, .. -, -.
'.,,.t .....-. .32.''S III '.'N'-
s .,g,le Biz SJoue taI coke own
d '.'i ,nav,> mad. ~ y. y 200
,,'.. ..'i S,p- l>so $500. 9i.04 4.14 .oSS
~. c,te besides having been analysed, has
'a', ,}oronclly tested as to strength and por-
Ty'. 'a a,, X pronounced BY capable experts to
g u, t,o ' perfect coke dian any yet made
Whom i considered that this immense
'o n coal i. from seven to thirteen feet IN
s ,tsaisss that it extends over an area OF over
y" o"o acres. that !, is located rpabove the lev
'Iof,be yalley,: that i; can be drained without
,ia n.e of machinery; chat 80 much OF the cX-
~, ylicf mas, be incurred in other local.
r. thc manufacture OF coke are avoided,
anJ that ample transportation will soon be at
cnrdad !, wjil be seen what an immense advan-
,ar. these field, nave over any vet discovered
in fbe Emitted states orciscwhcre.
y, hollow +, q splint coal feet thick, and
40. camel coah both by NcCreath:
FIXED carbon :'o' oS3 40 oeo
Volatile comhnSil3'e. .-'-.-.'.'' '.' "e %.
A,t .''------'- " .nc a 90
Sulphur ----..'.'' 'f'o 49,
IRON oEtS.
The analyses below are OF the following: No.
2. aud 3 red fossil ore two miles from big
Stone Gap No. i lmontc or brown ore SIX
niles away:
y.aicir,n .45c9 4o4as $3.50 1900
plm.nborls Oi9j orl5 OPP 0l6o
ir,onbIe 29S7U 2l0O 30 1ll1
Sulphur o.i''2 o'I"' loo
The following are three samples OF double
Desscmcr ores tributary to Big Stone Gap, and
a, matter Of fact will be used by the Appa
acblan furnace, aud is found elsewhere only III
Iia-ioge Red Ore. Fire Ore.
Silica ~ Ga l4.C3
Alumiul cSI oSo S.o1
Phosphuru, o02 oG.' Oo6i
Metallic iron 7ogS CLIO 1928
And TIL, bv another chemist of IL brown hem
atilc dried a, 9l2 dec. FarcnheiD six miles
away;
Silica ...-.-..... 445
AlumiHa. ....... -..--..-.-... 2O3
Phosphorus .-.......-..... O.ls3
Metallic iron. 'lo62
Mansancse .......... ............ 06G
Lime o.. ........ .........-. trace
SulpVr ....... none.
Besides these there are also on railroads
running here another brown ore carving from
Al to IS per cent Of rol', and .0l9 Of phospho-
rus; mangauerons iron ores. and III all prob
ability large deposits Of manganese: black
limonife with from 80 TO - per cent Of iron
(wclI suited for tie pneumatic Basic procesS):
specaar or red bcmatitc Hcssemer) with
jjto6j per cent Of iron. while of the great
Cranberry magnetic ore Prof. Proctor in his
report, saws:
Extending northeast and southwest through
the western counties OF North Carolina are
large deposits OF tie purcst magnetic iron ores
known in this country save in the Lake Super
Tor region. These ores, from number of
samples averaged by myself and officers of the
Tenth Census and others, auaiyzc from % per
cent to 30 per cent Of IRON, and are, in Mitchell
and ASlle counties. North Carolina, remarkably
tree from phoSphorous and sulphur. Recent
developments along line Of thirty miles in ex-
tent prove the excessive nature of these depoS-
ITS. The only point where these ores have as
yet been reached by a railway is at Cranberry
Wine,,n Mitchell county, North Carolina A few
!ear,ago The great mass Of ore now uncovered
at tins point was hid by thick covering of soil
aNd decomposed gnciss. save only Il few sur
lace PITS from which a small forge was sup
pied with ore. Within the past few years the
lace oi the hill has been uncovered revealing
sn enormous mass Of very pure magnetic to
Heig't oil 900 feet above the railway track. The
engineer IL Charge at the mines assured me
mat from damond-drill tests and the uncoy-
cred mass, he had here piled up above the
railway track over 2G000, 600 tons of ore to
7" Hlned by SIMPLY quarrying III open cut; and
'oouo' II an ore OF like excellence can be deliv-
.'eaVh cars at less cost elsewhere in America.
a furnace Test was recently made on Virginia
VoAe ana thc run oimlne of Cranberry ore, and
aps produced containing .03 per cent of phos-
pa"us; ana from practical furnace tests and
WV qua scs OF ore from many openings, it is
demonstrated that tie entire district contains
"a fSpui'uahce an one suited to the manufacture
vs. " %sselhef steel. This ore is nearer to coke
~" w., oione Cap than is any other BesSemer
p's ore KNOWN to me in America. From the
D''Se'Htf ores OF the lake region, the source of
w. ali The steel now made in this country,
~ ~ '1 ~ nearest coke is about 800 miles; from
M hS neS>s'her ores of western North Carolina to
h., soAe al Big Stone Gap it is. 100 miles, and
v e,seeh these two extremes are to be had the
Ri, ,'Vm ". ores above described. Beyond the
ofl Nh; h"ee ~ The Caroinas, are large deposits
;nM grade ores. a very great development
~ - "e manufacture Of iron and steel will follow
s sE 'ne completion ofihe roads connecting the
cusSon. - '''' e'o'' "'"o' N''
"a. a Scotch iron manufacturer Of large expo
n, ih,a.', VINO spent some months in examining
so,, 10als ana ores in the district extending from
d. kentucky to western North Car
;,on ', eS.iinates The cost Of making ton of pig
Rss a a. ps Stone Gapat 81 sc; and thinks that
a steel can be piade at the same place
,g, aa NV cost as in England. This. estimate
and Nd ss WIN estimates made By practical iron
rba SNei manufacturers from PENNSYLVANIA
G e.. , ga made large Investments at Big Stone
lp nrnssue purpose OF Development.
will furnaces sa and steel plants at Big Stone Gap
eoIo 1a's' IN addition TO the local supply OF
ola wal and pure limestone, the advantage
tbe . J.a''ph on competing lines Of railway, and
ths, az. a9'ase OF location 0n great system
rre,, uelifer the products direct to all OF the
Ic,s '9 70, IN the Ohio and Mississippi VAL
YES, ~: me ores from East Tenncssees South
bed Nil, h,snia, and the Carolinas can be ship
csrry S'.s advantage To these furnaces, as it rs
kefs aGs inc ores in the direction of the mar
ill., ss sna lese ores will give return freight ior
Stone e. o. coal and coke shipped from bic
Ds pap to those States
p, FACTS FOR MANUFACTURERS,
formal ras 'irginia coal& Iron Company agrees e
'F4 coke at the following prices:
lt,hen,.. Furnace Foundry
III s., NJ Zig Stone Gap, SOD ~
deree,ank,e ly these prices will be reduced un.
c9nnas.p @estien, but take them as they arcane
spare them with priees AZ Eonneilgyi;le.