The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-10-09
Aud Il, afoihcl chemist o! :. nro"' i',n!
attic, (drlrd at ~ de-, Farrnneiil SIX "'''e>

BESIDES these there are also on railroads
running here another brown ore carrying iron
Il to co per cent of iron, aud .0i9 of ihGspi;o-
rus: man.anllcrous iron ores, and Iii al piob-
ability large deposits OF ilangancsc; Il hiacA
Iimoniic with from 80 Ia d ;'cl cent Of iroa
ilyrIl suited lni' the pneumatic Basic process j:
4 spccnlur or led htmaIic tf'csscmcrl with
SID 60 per cent Of non, wfic of The great
Cranberry magnetic ore Prof. Proctor, il U:'<
report, says:
"E1tcuding northeast and Southwcs; through
thc Western counties pi North Carolina are
large deposits III the purtst magnetic iron ores
suQwn il this counlr, SAFE III the Lake Super
lQr region These ores from q number OF
samples averaged by myselE aud u!licers 81 lie
Tenth Census and others, anaiyzc ilpm 50 pO;'
cent to 90 per cent al iron, aud are, in Mitchell
aud Ashc counties, North Carolina, remarkably
free from phoSp'oroas and sulphur, Recent
developments along ii liuc ot thirty miles In cX-
tent prove the excessive nature of these dtpo>
us Inc only l"ini where these ores nave as
YET been reached by II railway is III Cranberry
mnc,m Mitchell county, North Carolina. \ lcM
years AZ" the great mass 0t ore nov uncovered;
at TINS point VAS Ind hy thick covering Of sell
an" dccompo>td gnclSS, save only a few sur
lace puts from winch a small forge MAS SUP
ps'cu WITH orc Nllhin The past few years tsiv
lace o' lhc i'!li has been uncovered, revealing
an enormous mass ot very pure magnetic TO 1t
hc'H'h OF SUI iccI above Tic railway track. The
engineer III charge N, the mines assured mc
tina, from dlamond-Grill tests and the uncov-
cred mass, he had here piled mp above the
railway track oyer 10000 900 tons Of ore to
he mined by simply Guarryiug in open cut; ana
sNenO! I AZ ere8l he excellence car be 'ae|iv-
eetu lii vars al less cQsi elsewhere in America
furnace test VAS recently made on V;rgii,a
COKE ana the run Of nine Of Cranberry ore, and
P'H produced containing .03 per cent Of phos-
p"o'uS; ana from practical furnace tests aud
t"e '""'!se OF ore from many openings. il is
demonstrated mat the entire district contains
Ii, Iouneancc Al ore suited To the manufacture
" nvS>cihcr >'ecl. This ore is nearer to coke
N"' p'E stone Uap} than is any other Dcsscme,
S - ore hhown to me N America. From tie
ores ol me lake region, the scarce oi
NTtA' ~ |hc steel hey mate IL, this conniry,
~, Hcefes' COKE Is about Snb miles: from
.lo nu"'e'iicf ores OF western North Carolina /,
~. e'~e al his H'"ae Gap i! is 100 miles, and
"''" '"esc lwu extremes are to bc had The
u 1'''" ~, ores above described. Beyond the
St "''sc III HE Carol!nas, are large deposits
!. - o'''c ores very great development
~. u, ""'"'"ctufe OF iron and steel will follow
"p ."cco',ple'ion clthe roads connecting the
cnssion. VS.
-. - 'sv'Fh IRON manufacturer Of large e3pe-
a. WV Si'e'I s@iic aicnt.is ln!eNa,nin!na
.,,, H'''s 'Tes ~ tc district xtcnding from,
S] ;na I, Aentncky Ia western North Car
;rn,, 'S ~ The cost Of making ton Of pig
r.. - ".E Hi"lc Gap AT %.S5; and thinks thai
SSi:is' alsei San Be made at the same plsee
4, l. y" yosI as N England, This ps,i,ii9it
ands %Fn esiie'aleS made Dy hrSc;itsl ''ii ii;nS
slno E I".' manufacturers from PENNSYLVANIA
Can S s iil@ae large Investments at Big Stone
op ~. s"e purpose Of Development.
will b,ra "i'I steel plants at Big Stone Gsl
engo "a., III aafltion To the local supply OF
of sV' oos.' and pure limestone, the advantage
,bc .a ,"''n on competing lines OF raiiwaY, a,c
thstnsn "a'Sse OF a i"raiipn an a area! sYstc.t
VIEWER The products direct q. Al. q; tI,,
h,vs 10, Ae's 10 the 0aio and alississi,,p Uni
t.. w.! .se ores fron East 'pef,.ssc,.' sScnfil,
t.d ,,;n sl,ia, aud the earoiinss can b. shir
psu WIN advantage to these fur,a,.es ~ i !,
earring the ores IN the d;pect, az ri. :
le ra ~" 'ncse ores Wi,s gise return freight 10
htonc I,ap + :. p's alas rpke shipped from s.iI
o., FATS ron aASrrAerreess.
e, Inc Virginia toaA i,,n ,,,,,..,,,, 4 y,.,..,
'''' e'Ae at the following prices:
1If ovens -, At BIS sae s Eos f0A';s.
d. a'9 likely these prices sill 81 d. 81 ~
pe.lsson, but take then, IA .},e, sre.;,s,