The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-09-11
nd this bv another chemist of brown hem
!, (drlcd at 2l2 deg. Farcnhcit) six miles

NtsdcS these there are also on railroads
fHEnlng here another brown ore CARRYING from
ftisto GO per cent of iron, and .Nl9 of ph0sphO-
|aM maliganlirrouS iron ores, and in all prob
saAy large deposits Of manganese: black
|;lMnlc with from 81 to 30 per cent of iron
|NslI suited Tor the pneumatic Basic process1;
8pecnar or red hcmatite lBcsscnier) with
fp8o 10 per cent Of iron, while of the great
cranberry magnetic ore Prof, Proctor, 10 his
fReDrt, SAYS;
III Intending northeast and southwest through
ae western counties Of North Carolina are
8sge deposits of the purest magnetic iron ores
kApwh IN TINS country save IN the Lake Super.
Nm region. These ores, from a number of
taai pies averaged BY myself and officers of the
se'li census aud others, analyze from As per
'se' TO oo per cent OF iron, and are, in Mitchell
h Ashc counties, North Carolina remarkably
s& from phosrhorouS and sulphur. Recent
fFsc'ppnIcntS along line of thirty miles in ex-
'ea' prove the excessive nature of these depos-
& lhc only point where these ores have as
81 occn reached by railway is at Cranberry
Aaic'h Mitchell county, North Carolina. 4 few
NH ago the great mass of ore now uncovered
&sa his point was hid BY thick covering of soil
W oeconpoScd gneisS, save ONLY few sur
INN P'.S 'r"ln which small forge was sup
fssfo WIN ore. Within the past few wears the
IN. VI '"c NH has been uncovered, revealing
Ia ono''n n. mass OF very pure magnetic to
ISE'n OF o"o ieet above the railway track. The
|Re'nccr IN charge ut the mines assured me
aht from dlamonddrll tests aud the uncoy-
I'm mass, he had here piled up above the
A"ay track over 20,000,O00 tons of ore tn
x;h n'!t by slmp y quarrying in open cut: and
@o"p' II an ore OF like excellence can be deliy-
IA" vi cars al less cost elsewhere in America.
'"'"'Ic Jest was recently made on Virginia
~ ""o Tue run oiniine Of Cranberry ore, and
H. produced containing 03 per cent of phos-
US "hu from practical furnace tests and
a analyses OF ore from MANY opeu;nos. Il is
s 1', That the cntirc district contains
ryq""a"cc az ore suited to the manufacture
i 1T,s steel: This ore is nearer to coke
=. n, ~. '!ope oapl than is ans other Bessemer
s,o na AnoNa 10 me ~ America. From the
s, &c, orr" 81 The lakn region, the soproe of
h. 49,. "u Tue ssce' nov made in this country,
~ ' nearest c'ke Is about 500 miles, from
",,Nvu'tr"rtS OF western North Carolina tn
,y" "%. y, ~ w alnac Tap i! IL 100 miles, aud
!, ;o,,- '"''' ~" cA'rpiirs arrtO lie had the
W. ores ao"vc described. i,eyo,ul the
;. n'"s !" Tue Car"iinas, are large deposits
,,f.' aus "rcs. a sety great Development
4 ",'nt'aci nrc Of iron and steel will follow
", s"n,P'e'i"n "ftlie roads connecting the
'''''' ana ores. IN the region under dis
.nr. ''v ,,, IRON manufacturer Of large cxpe-
c co.,, |n '. spent s"nc months in examining
."as, am" ores IN the district extending from
~, ", s",,. Ncn'uchy to Western North Car
~ >, I r;'1 the east of making ton of pig
.s.",S ''"oe "apat 1886; and thinks that
as e i"r o saae' can he made at the same place
- -" cost as IN England. This estimate