The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-31
And this BY another chemist of brown hem
attic, (dried at 2l2 deg. Farenheit) six miles

& Besides these there are also on railroads
4 running here another brown ore carrying from
4 to tV per cent of iron, and ,0l9 of phosphQ
rus manganlcr0uS iron ores, and III all prob
ability large deposits OF manganese; black
!'lnonlie with from 90 10 % per cent Of iron
tWclI suited for the pneumatic Basic proceSS):
sPccular or red hcmaite QBeSsemer) with
o1io % per cent Of iron, while of the great
Cranberry magnetic ore Prof. Proctor, in his
report, sass:
Extending northeast and southwest through
the western counties of North Carolina are
large deposits of the purest magnetic iron ores
kho"h III this country save in the Lake Super
Tor region. These ores, from number Of
samples averaged BY myself and officers of the
1eh'h Census and others, analyze from As per
cent TO C0 per cent Of iron, and are, in Mitchell
and AsNe counties, North Carolina, remarkably
'fee iroin phoSphorouS and sulphur. Recent
lc'c!epmentS along line Of thirty miles in ex-
!cN' prove the excessive nature OF these depos-
lis. The only point where these ores have as
ltl pten reached BY a railway is at Cranberry
A''0e''n Mitchell county, North Carolina. A few
leHtSago the great mass Of ore now uncovered
.. ,a;s point was hid by . thick covering of soil
sHu "scQlApnSed gnelss, save only q few sur
'Gte Pl!s from which a small forge was sup
lllsu WIN ore; Within the past few years the
'q'e u WE NIL has been uncovered, revealing
s y" ei' nous . mass ni very pure magnetic to
Hs'gIA Of !co feet above the railway track, The
sHslueef N charge at the mines assured me
'H"t from dlamond-drill tests and the uncov-
s ss!, mass, he tad here piled up above the
.a''"a' track ever 20,oD0,O00 tons of ore to
T Jl NncI by slmpl quarrying in open cut: and
'uguo' II an ore vi like excellence can be dcliy-
uoH cars at less cost elsewhere in America.
"a" j" .u'llSce lest was recently made on Virginia
way anu the run ofmne of Cranberry ore, and
s'.Ps Produced containing .O3 per cent of phos-
,l and from practical furnace tests and
d d"s analySes OF ore from many openings, it is
a'"V's'fatcd that the entire district contains
IS HDunuahce an ore suited to the manufacture
T., J p steel. This ore is nearer to coke
.,nI s ozone Zap than is any other Bessemer
III. VIZ Ahown to me in America. From the
na,r s'g ores OF the lake region, the source of
IN j.. oil inc Steel now made in this country,
iho d. Hearesl coke is about 500 miles; from
H. -. DEsScNet ores OF western North Carolina to
he YDNe a. BIG Stone Gap il is 100 miles, and
ra,;on sheSe Two extremes are to be had the
p Ill., y ores above described. beyond the
'2s5 n'uSe III the CarolnaS, are large deposits
in ~ stale ores. A very great development
NJ ',i' manufacture Qf iron and steel will follow
III sa'e conlplet'pn OF the roads connecting the
cAssiOp, ~'' '" 'a' 'eH'pn "aue'' a''
,ioa a. ecoIph iron manufacturer of large expe-
n. oo., "no spent some months in examining
sonhsas ana ores in the district extending from
Oin, e "",: kentucky TO western North Car.
Iron >, n the cost Of making ton Of pig
De,sau'nls Stone Gap at 81 SO; and thinks that
al AZ i Stecl can be made at the same place
sp,c 70 so u. cost as in England. This estimate
and s,o nun estimates made by practical iron
who Saaa manufacturers from Pennsylvania
Cav Cav e s made large investments at Big Stone
.r ~ .he purpose of development.
will Ib, a and steel plants at Big Stone Gap
coIe " ", IN addition TO the local supply OF
Of lo eoai' aud pure limestone, the advantage
the sd Ia''oh on competing lines of railway, and
TIA, ".'' "nn'age OF location on great system
prrs, a" aeyer the products direct to all of the
"ys market" "a, in the Ohio and Mississippi Val
YVES, ~! ne ores from East Tennessee, South
bod vii, gina, and the CaroIinas can be ship
",'h advantage to these furnaces, as it is
ket. s Tue ores in the direction Of the mar
IT,. Suc these ores will give return freight for
Ston .a ~ Oh Coal and coke shipped from Big
S'''e zap to those States.''
~ FACTS FOR MANUFACTURERS.
f,. sae Virginia Coal 4 Iron compsny agrees e
i'p e'ke at the following prices:
IL the Furnace. Ensnasy
:. at Big Stong Gap, 3. $500 ss2.sl
d. - u likely these prices will be reduced I'm,
sss mpet!tlon, but take them al tiey arsant