The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-10-16

frelE fA,ts sifiI Cost 81 ttifse fpsp
Wstcss0s Furnace FutEdfys
salesiag a'ley, g sl55t, ~
/ ssleselssitl, 4 %
/ Detroit, - 800 go 30 ) 30
Cincinnati, s.G5 40 ), Is
tya;isysi 329
| caicssse, 81 Y, 22.ss ia 49,
81. Isonis.. ). - .s. S, ;.:,s ass3s
Baitiniore, *. 8. Z. 80 49,.
Besten, ~ $500. 49, 400 els
Total shipments from Cosfesss RI sor y nt,siss
November Y, 1850. ,sss7 cess. distrit9isy
10 piitcbgtgh, $50 cars ,o8ie West ,srs IS
Tie East, ia1i cara.
Bessemer ore is costing at Pittshurgg 81 ~
per ton, and nom BesseIner ore costs at Ritta-4
burg from S4.00to $500 person.
Non-Bessemcr ore Bili cost at Big Store Cspl
from ST 20 to $3.50 per ton, and tic Bcssemci
ore from 800 to $3.50 per ton.
Limestone will cost at lcas. twice az .naelt
1T Pitrsbarg rs at Big Stone Gap
1t is said that zoe tons Of PGcaIontas coke
passes vest through Bristol daily for furnaces
II the Alabanta and Chattanooga districts.
This coke viii cost from 1915 10 5 30 per to,i
at those furnaces.
These facts Show the smaller COS. of coke
and iron ore at Bi:, Stone Gap and require no
comment. Coke eau he delivered at the ovens
here much cseaperthan these figures indicate,
and soil afford large profit to the nakcr.
OPINION OF TWO ENGLISH ExfERrs.
Mr.. John W. Darby. of Wextam, Eng, and.
Sir. +. Monks, OF Warrington, Eng, members
al the British lrou & Steel Institute, recently
visited Big Stone Gap. Mr. DARBY isa yonag
man, bv, has already reached d prominent la-
sltian among the iron and steel producers OF
England. He iniicii,5 lis aptBess for tcst in
dGstrieS from ancestors who have been pI'n;-
iacGtin thcn! Tor century. Ills grandfather
waSst.ic first 10 make iron from ,iucoked coa!,
and BIS own plant, located near Chester. H;ss
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 aDt!
coke men OF England.
''The yery things wanted to see are mere.
did not care Ia see tie manufactures III ;,iic;-
alton, Tor wc have those ;st lio:nc minerals
and as Ecariy perfect ;:a one cGniti wish e sec.
although must say t;,at have been greatly
surprised and pleased al the great conccrl- wc
saw in the NORTH. TIER equipments are LEI
50 complete nor tacr n)ctiiods 50 economical as
ours in England but they are rapidly ap-
preaching IT, What those % H., who. Diesli
business wished: to See in America is just what
have seen to-day at Big Stone Gap: - i:;lt
coke az have c:er seem III England, W.T., .is.i
ores only tHo miles a"Nr, an! i;n..s.e.ie ~
tween. together wiili water powc" and railoa.i-.
This l.; a combination That is bouad io flaSe
v0,! great here. have s,eeey Scoit IL agstff.a
III America. The browN ores we inspected 70
day ore admirably adapted to Che base process.
or course, ,your proximity 20 the magnetic 1Fee
a, Cranberry is a great card in YOU: tayoi, bnt
YOU viii nc. need that 10 make The possibilities
Of tbs point simply iucacuable. We hare
been over large portion Of the Southern min
eral belt, and ! regard this as the best pom,
sc have seen for The manufacturing OF basic
steel, owing To the quality and quantity oi
your brown ores ani ticr proximity 10 tiiis
cokc. haze on;oycd M day here grca'lH,
and h"pe can return soon.
Mr.. Monks SPOKE in the SAM strAia, sariua
he had been 4 practical producer 81 c0Sg dse
iron Cor f,irty Years. and that he had uer"r seen
better coke: and tie iron ore, .cta brown and
red were Gne. lie thought the best card Tor
the future Of Big Stone Gap in the ron-i!cns-
try w"s the advantage it bad Oyer an c'iisr
place he bad seen ior The preanc;an-pf steel b.
tlfc baSc process.
TENDER.