The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-03
oS rs' Of coke at Eannei lsstle Dece,nbcr lsgn.
farnssce coke, " .i5 per tom Foundry coke. - :

osai shipmenls from Connesville for weekoudtn.
tn p;,,, -, iSu oS'1 cars, distributed az follew
The East, 1.al7 cars ~ ''A'o sai ~
,.e ess ore is costing at Pittsburg 81 sc
per ton, and non-Bcsscmer ore costs nj pits.
ourg from Vice to $500 per ton.
s Nons-,oessemer ore will cost at Big Stone Gar
a,"ue Sl.zs 70 W. 90 per ton, and the Besscmcl
orc from $500 to $3.50 per ton.
Limestone will cost at lcnst twice as mucb
Ut :, t.ittsbarg as at Big Stone Gap.
~ is SAID that 700 tors of pocabontas coke
passes west through Bristol daily for furnaces
Ia the Alabama and Chattanooga a;atr;cts
ms coke viii cost from 1915 to 81, so pcr tom
at those furnaces. pc ''n
| Inese iacts show the smaller cost of coke
anu iron orc at Big Stone Gap and require no
comment. Coke can be delivered at tl,c nynns
here much cheaper than these figures ;nd;cato
and still afford a large profit to the maker.
OPINION OF TWO ENGLISH EXPERTS.
y Mr.; John W. Darby, of Wcxham, Eng, and
M c., r. MONKS, OF Warrington, Eng, members
/ Oh the British iron & Steel Institute recently
visited Big Stone Gap Mr. DARBY Is . vonnc
man, but has already reached a prominent. mo-,
Sition among the iron and steel producers of
England. He inherits his aptness for these in
cnstries from ancestors who have been prom
inent IN them for a century. His grandfather
was the hrst to make iron from knocked coal.
and his own plant, located near Chester was
the flrst TO use successfully the basic process
i0r making steel. Mr.. Monks is one of the
oldest and best known of the practical iron and
coke men of England
"Ihe very things | wanted to see are here.
did not care to see the manufactures in opcr
alton, Tor we have those at home as numerous
and as nearly perfect as one could wish to see.
although must say that have been greatly
surprised and pleased at the great concerns we
saw IN the North. Their equipments are not
so complete nor their methods so economical as
ours IN England, but they are rapidly ap-
preaching it. What those of us who mean
business wished to see in America is just what
have seen to-day at Big Stone Gap; as fine
coke as have ever seen in England with iron
ores only two miles away, and limestone be-
tween, together with water power and railroads
This is combination that is bound to make
you great here. have mcUer seen IL cquulcd
elsewhere. Your coke is the best have seen
in America. The brown ores we inspected to-
day are admirably adapted to the basic process
Or course, your proximity to the magnetic ores
at Cranberry is great card in your favor, but
you will not need that to make the possibilities
of this point simply incalculable. We have
been over large portion of the Southern min
eral belt, aud | regard this as the best point
we have seen for the manufacturing of basic
steel, owing to the quality and quantity of
your brown ores and their proximity to this
coke. ! have enjoyed my day here greatly.
and hope can return SOON"
Mr.. Monks spoke i'll the same strain, saving
he had been practical producer of coke and
iron for forty years, and that he had never seen
better coke; and the iron ore, both brown and
red were fine. He thought the best card for
the future of Big Stone Gap in the iron indus
try was the advantage it had over any other
place he had seen for the production of steel by
tile basic process.
TIMBER.
Prof Proctor in his report says Of the TIM
ber 'About 80 per cent of the area included
in the Appalachian coafcldin Southwest Viz
ginia, West Virginia, and Southeast Kentucky,
is covered with forest Of valuable hardwoods-
oak, yellow poplar, hickory, etc. The Black
Mountains, Immediately north of Big Stone
Gap, are heavily timbered from base to sum
NIT with as magnificent forests as have ever