The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-10-09
OUR WEALTH
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M s.rc iivc analyses Of tae cok'"a
coal Of Rig stone s s..o c4o4 co.. ssss 6 G g
carbon ihr 2sss 81 So" 10 10 ,Ss
,<O o.sio OIL H,i'2 49," ",'
81 s','a' ~. ia, of Averaged samples OF tue
# And %, :, Mr. Andrew $. McCreata chem
81, :, Of the PENNSYLVANIA 'i'0S''"' '"''e' "a -,
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|sf, ,. ,.,;l, ,oinbu' iD'- ..s.d
ia ''''' ..-......... U5.s
ssa.i,l"' made from This Goa! is great sue
q -. shown by Mr. Mccrea'''s letter.
g.. + u; i'l>s>tsll>>",, c.,.,s o..
81 TX S,one "'i'.
'".'F >'N' H., ,.sc received tcoo sF, ]. X :Ss;"f'
n ..e.,>,. yi,i.i>o '''alS 'i> ~" i''''N'"N nss
II c.,,r d.
a ,'H".'. 'i.,,,. 5SX
b s.l,lur ...-...... 413
~ ......
e 100000
E ,.lse II ,.h. bro~n. :. 49,.
,c,r,ept. COX q; a;y' ''' '''.' -
.t AL, a,,,. dis. .'Ac'' c"fDo' ca ''''.''
'"f ,n =. roo, as the very best oeHi'oi'''' e"Ns'
-. a.,,l rank high 8. oc'aIiafis"l ~
'"' Your, truly, A>nafn ;. .Nec4fN'"
w. vrcrcarh might have said "i're' an"
,.~,,,o.s would have done 50 tut tor his '"rn-
" .e,;,, ,ri,l PENNSYLVANIA interests f'' he
' .s. ,l,o 1.ets and the intelligent rcadef nay
Gr,D hi. Own conclusions. iie i".'o"'''s :.
.,,,,r, ,abl. viii show the superiority OF
@'" ea.. produced here over that prodnsed
a, C,uuelsvil!c or pocalont"S
either at ''""''''' rx.5 sal,
csrhr Ash i..'ur
,,,,., KiS slone4,a; ,coi:c,ratc co 20,
II, ,pn ricS an.;' barfci 'rH'''''-'
> ..m,,lc, C,uurs'i'Ic, va. cor ,o, az o.3!a
ctru tss; ..........-.- '','''
,,.,rlr, Chattanooga. i,nil,e"N'. ~. f, "a.
,s.n,,,., riruiustan, Ma. eo>e' "a, ,..
fr,, i.>i ..............- ...... So
2 samples luc,.'da,, VI. ''N go: ar
oven test ..''.
s.,mpic, HcN River, y" '"-':'i.', ,-,.S -, o.
o..
, ..mrlr Xix Stone Gap coNc' "'eI
,., a,inlysi, ma;r i'y !, -Sc
nc1,raih. S,.u,., ih.n.. ..,. "f.'f
ri. cake besides having been analyzcd' has
.oo0 thoroughly tested as to strength ana p'r-
o.,,, and is pronounced By capable experts 10
be- NEARER a perfcc, coke than any yet made
When il is considered that this immense
..,u ., coal i, from seven 10 thirteen icct III
t,;ckucss. that it extends OYER an area OF over
"a ooo acres: that il is locatednpabore The lev
d (the valleys; that il canbe drained WITHOUT
tine use Of machinery; that so much OF Tie ex-
ucu.e which must BIZ incurred IN ether loc"''-
,:.. :, ,b, manufacture of coke are avoided.
and ,bs, ample transportation will s"on b.: AZ
C,rd.J il will be seen what an imheil>t ad'ah-
tho. these irhls have over aAy yet "iSc"Nere''
i, ,h. United States or elsewhere.
yo below is a spin, coal feet thick, a''i
~ ~ camel coal, both by McCrcaih:
rix,d carbon .........-... 'n"'' -
v.I,,il.,ou,bustihI. .......... ''""'i '.''.~'..'
An ................. i.i'' -
sulphur .'.'''.
IRoS oEEs.
49,, .l.,,. ,, az / hu cniinWinu. M
/ = and :: a red fossil ore two miles from BIZ.
Stone Gap, No. 4 a lnoni'c ~ 'r""'' ore SIN
miles AWAY;
uc,alic iron ..... $3.50 iJs-o 4a..%2a 80
T a..I,,r .. $3.50 900 49, ~.
snlnbnr ~. lin 10
Til. following are three samples of double
l,r,,c,nrr ores lflbutar, 10 Zig stone Gap, an.
A., matter al fact viii be used Ly tiIc Al'pa-
lsohian furnace, an, is ,uund elsewhere only N
Algicrs, Africa:
slcn .,-.-.-.-.:. - ~
Aiu-,iit "N' -"
llp-rhnrq- ..-... 49, - -
4,l.ji, IRON 1,.t i.-.n '''-'
And,his h, atolhcr chemist d. ! hrunn h, IA
at,e, (drjrd at .:I2 de-, Farrnne'i! SIX "'l'e>
away
Silica ''''f'''', -
Alamua. '',.'.'' -
Phosphorus, "'''
Nu,alc iron ''-''-
manganese ''.oV
Lime. t'''e
Saphut h"i'r.
Besides these there are also on railroads
running here another brown ore carrying irom
Al to GO per cent of iron aud .0i9 Of iihosri;o-
rus manyanilcrous iron ores, and Iii al r'nb-
ability large deposits Of manganese; Il h,acA
moniic with from 80 10 u pcl cent Of iroii
iGrll suited loi' The pneumatic Basic process:
slccrlnr or led htmalilc tBcsscncr] with
s. Ia 60 per cent ct iron, wiiilc of The great
Cranberry magnetic ore Irof. Proctor, il i':'<
report, SAYS:
Extending norihra>t and Soutl.wcs; through
lhc western counties pf Norih Carolina are
large deposits ii the pufcst magnetic iron ores
su9wn ii this country >arc in the Lake Super
iQr region: These ores, from number OF
samples averaged by mysef aud ulcers Of lie
Tenth Census and others, anaiyzc from 50 por
cent to III per cent at iron, aud are, in Mitchell
aud Ashc counties, North Carolina. remarkabl,
free from phoSphoroas aud sulphur, Recen,
developments along liuc of thirty miles In cx-
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