The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-03-20

Sulphur ..--... .....-...... none.
BESIDES these shcrc are also on railroads
running here another brown ore carving from
Ii 10 20 per cent OF iron, and .Ol9 of phospho-
ru> ma. auieyous iron ores, and iii all prob
ability large deposits Of manganese; a black
inl0uItt with from % 10 30 per cent Of iron
lHell suited 10; the pneumatic Basic process J;
specu4! OF red hentAtite (Besscmcr) with
% 10 d5 per cent OF iron, while OF the great
Cranberry magnetic ore Prof. Proctor, in his
report, saws:
Extending northeast aud southwest through
Tie western counties of North Carolina are
large deposits o, the purcst magnetic iron ores
known III TIL. country save in the Lake Super
loy region. These ores, from a number of
samples averaged bv myself and officers of the
Tenth Census and others, anAlyzc from As per
cent to 10 Per cen, Of iron. and are, in Mitchell
aad Ashc counties, North Carolina, remarkably
ifcc from PHOSPHORUS and sulphur. Recent
developments along line Of thirty miles in ex-
Tent prove tie excessive nature Of these depos
liz. The only pom, where these ores have as
Vol been reached By railway is at Cranberry
Hlnc,ln MITCHELL county, North Carolina. a few
years ago the great mass Of ore now uncovered
d ms point MAS hid bv thick covering of soil
ana decomposcd gncsS, save only few sur
lace pts from which a small forge WAS sup
pi'ed "ith ore. Within the past few wears the
!"cr oil the hill has been uncovered, revealing
a. enormous mass Of very pure magnetic to a
a1lg'h ol 500 feet ab0re the railway track. The
eag!n'tr IN charge At the mines assured me
lI'' from d.amond-drill tests and the uncov-
s'ed mass, he had here piled up above the
s"'Ssy track over 20,000,00 tons Of ore to
" minei BY simply quarrying in opon cut; and
1uoub'! Il an ore of like excellence can be deliv-
u'ea o. cars II less cost elsewhere in America.
.u'hHce lest was recently made on Virginia
e"As sad The run Gimme of Cranberry ore, and
po produced containing 90 per cent Of phos-
t"oFus' and from practical furnace tests and
tIe anaisseS OF ore from many openings, it is
demonstrated that the entire district contains
~ =, guidance M ore suited to the manufacture
w., p,'7ti'er steel. This ore is nearer to coke
va OK stone uap) than is any other Bcssemer
% ore Known TO lie in America. From the
,V'''yr ores OF The lake region, the source of
- MI 'nc steel nov made in this country,
:, ' =, nearest coke is about 500 miles; from
-, "Ts'c'htt ores OF western North Carolina TO
49,. soAe d n's stone Capt. is 100 miles, and
'"esc Two extremes are to be had the
p','. ores above described. Beyond the
nr Se n''Se IA The Caroinas, are large deposits
n ,tn u grade ores very great development
49,, manufacture OF iron and steel will follow
sa r '"e completion the roads connecting the
eng VOa's and ores, III the region under dis
al. "A oF9'ch iron manufacturer Of large expe--
- WHO spent some months in examining
800 1'~'S ana ores IN the district extending from
ol, ~,"e"a!ern hentucky to western North Car
jrom ;, 'S A.. the cost Of making ton of pig
n...@ q. D'S Stone Gap al 81 Sc; and thinks that
>, 90 A!eel eau be msde at The same place
w ~" cest as III England This estimate
and .,. WIN estimates made By practical iron
who t t"V' manufacturers from Pennsylvania
CIV, sa'v made large investments at Big Stone
r. ~ We purpose Of development.
vim ,s'Nsces and steel plants at Big Stone Gan
ont. A"'e' IN addition to the local supply Of
~ ~ O'ai, and pure limestone, the advantage
H.. I'"''Oii Oh competing lines Of railway, and
,bs, .'"n'age of location on great system
yr.s, ue''er the products direct TO nll Of the
jrys " mi IN The Ohio and Mississippi Val
w.s, ~ ne ores from East Tennessee, South
psd u;n siniR, and the Carolnas can be ship
csrr,;n' au'antsgc to these furnaces, as it il
k.,. .as 'iie ores Ia the direction Of the mar.
,bs ".a 'aese ores will give return freight fol
S, ST. vary ~ Of coal and coke shipped from Big
'''ae Zap 10 those States" fp'
~, y, facts FOR MANUFACTURERS.
farnsb' ~ .iflnla Coal Iron Company agrees &c
''1s AT the following prices:
4,lhsoy.n. Furnace. Foundry
~ s 'a q Big Stone Gap, $3.dD S2sl
der c - nk.ly these prices will be reduced un,
souparl p. g. but take them Us they are aud
'' 'ncul with prices at Connellsyille.