The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-08-07
OUR WEALTH.
Some of the Natural Advantages Pos
eescs by Big stone Gap whic
viii Help to Make her
tho Manufacturing
Center OF tile
South.
FACTS FOR INVEST oRs.

Following are five analyses of the coking
coal of Big Stone Gap:
Volatile combusilc 1896 32.10 $3.50 3l.26 1926
Asst. ............. l.G4 1.G6 2.4O $40 800
Sulphur ............ OSLO OH 04l2 $3.50 0.5l7
And this that of averaged samples of the
same vein by Mr.. Andrew S. McCreath chem
list of the Pennsylvania Geogical Surrey:
Fixed carbon. G05el
Volatile combustiblc Observation-Disclosures. $500
Ash NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l5l5
Sulphur .-......................... O594
The coke made from this coal is great sue
cess as is shown by Mr.. McCreath's letter:
MR. Z. 3. LgIsrxuixG,
Prcst The Virginia Coal 4 Co.,
Big Stone Gap.
DEAR Sir:
yesterday, yields on analysis the following results
Water. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .U68
Volatile matter ..................... .OoA
FiScd carbon. ................-....... 500
sulphur .................-........ 900
Ash .........................- @.1&
100. GOO
Color OF Ash, brown.
sulphur and ash and high in ixe carbon; chemically
it is fully good the very best rocahontas coke,
and it should rank high as lnctnIiurigal fuel.
Yours truly, ANDREW 5. NcCaEATn-
Mr.. McCreath might have said more, and
doubtless would have done so but for his iden-
LITIGATION with Pennsylvania interests. But he
gives the facts and the intelligent reader mag
draw his own conclusions. The following
comparative table will show the superiority of
the coke produced here over that produced
either at ConnelIsville or Pocahontas.
Fixed Sui
AVERAGE or Carbon. Ash. phur.
samples big Stone Gap cOkc,ma
in open rick and by barrel tests 1913 5.G3 0.149
3 samples ConncIlsvie, Pa, coke,
oven test ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1895 9i4 U.SlO
samples Chattanooga, TENN, cooke,
oxen test. ......... ........ SO.5l l6.34 l.0So
samples Birmingham, Ala, coke,
oven test. Observation-Disclosures. SI.29 lU5+ l.i31
J samples locahontas, Va, coke,
oven tcSt.....................3 Z.ot o.t4 U.J3i
samples New River, ". Va. coke,
oven test. Observation-Disclosures. J2..S III U.5J2
! sample Big Stone Gap coke, oven
test. analysis made by a. S.
McCreah Sept, 1890. "a .o4 Ala 1913
This coke besides having been analysed, has
been thoroughly tested as to strength and por-
osity, and is pronounced by capable experts to
be nearer perfect coke than any yet made.
When it is considered that this immense
seam of coal is from seven to thirteen feet in
thickness; that it extends over an area OF over
$4,000 acres that it is located up above the lev
el of the valleys; that it can be drained without
the use of machinery; that so much of the ex-
pcnsc which must be incurred in other lOcall-
ties in the manufacture Of coke are avoided,
and that ample transportation will soon be at
fordcd, it will be seen what an immense advan-
tage these fields have over any yet discovered
in the United States or elsewhere.
No. below is splnt coal feet thick, and
No 2 camel coal, both by McCreath:
flNeu carbon .................. oo."oo 1o-.-
Volatile combustible. .............. 37.5S0 4.u60
A.b 3075 OPS
Sulphur. O.4OG O13S
IRON ORES.
The analyses below are of the following: No.
|, 9, and 3 red fossil ore two miles from Big
Stone Gap, No. a limonltc or brown ore six
miles away:
ro,,,;c;ro AZ GEO 4ga3S 1889 52GO4