The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-06-26
And Tins by another chemist OF a bfOwn hem-
lie (dricd at 2l2 deg. Farcnhci) six miles

bcSidcS these there are also on railroads
|mnlng here another brown ore carrying from
to 80 per cent Of iron, aud .0l9 of phospho-
o., manganierous iron ores, and in all prob
hitv large deposits of manganese; a black
monjic with from 80 to 80 per cent OF iron
well suited for the pneumatic Basic process);
,pccular or red hematitc Bcssemer) with
alto - per cent Of iron, while of the great
anbcrry magnetic ore Prof Proctor, i'll his
tport, says:
Extending northeast and southwest through
| he western counties of North Carolina are
| ar.c deposits of the purest magnetic iron ores
Known i'll this country save in the Lake Super
81 region These ores, from a number OF
samples averaged by myself and officers of the
|Icuth Census and others, analyze from DO per
cnt to 81 per cent of iron, and are, i'll Mitchell
| aud Ashc counties, North Carolina, remarkably
zee from phoSphorous and sulphur. Recent
Developments along line Of thirty miles in cx-
nt prove the excessive nature OF these depos-
t. The only point where these ores have as
vi been reached by a railway is at Cranberry
miue IN Mitchell county, North Carolina. A few
ears ago the great mass Of ore now uncovered
d TINS polut was hid by thick covering OF soil
and decomposed gneiss, save ONLY few sur
act pits from which small forge was sup
lied with ore. Within the past few years the
| lace OF the hill has been uncovered, revealing
an enormous mass OF very pure magnetic to d
|helglt of 800 feet above the railway track. The
|tGgncer IN charge at the mines assured me
that from diamond-dril tests and the uncov-
|e'ed mass, he had here piled up above the
railway track over 2O,000,000 tons of ore to
be mined by simply quarrying in open cut; and
doGblli in ore of like excellence can be dclv-
eredon cars at less cost elsewhere in America.
\ tns 49, t1,-t do
coke and the run ofmine Of Cranberry ore, and
Ms produced containing .03 per cent Of phos-
lloru>; and from practical furnace tests and
ne analyses OF ore from many openings, 1t is
demonstrated that the entire district contains
~ abundance IN ore suited to the manufacture
| VI beSsemer steel. This ore is nearer 10 coke
AZ big Stone Cap than is any other Bessemer
,'ee' ore known to me Ill America. From the
De>sencr ores OF the lake region, the source Of
'caF'y all The steel now made i'll this country,
~ we nearest coke is about 500 miles; from
VIC heSSemer ores of western North Carolina to
ig COKE at Biz Stone Gap it is 100 miles, and
s''Nech these two extremes are to be had the
,%'ious ores above described. Beyond the
' CIV, hdge IN the Carolinas, are large deposits
1.ea grade ores. 4 very great development
~ '.c manufacture of iron and steel will follow
~, tl'e completion ofthe roads connecting the
cONns Goals and ores, in the region under dis
a scotch iron manufacturer Of large expe-
n me VINO spent some months in examining
way yoAlS aud ores in the district extending from
f1'"eastern kentucky to western North Car |
,", eS.ii'ates the cost of making ton ofpig
be- r." al Dig Stone Cap at $7.S6; and thinks that !
=, steel can be made at the same place
asr a. lO@ cost as in England. This estimate
And ID ~. WIN estimates made by practical iron
wta S S'eei manufacturers from Pennsylvania |
G", nave made large investments at Big Stone
* 'vf The purpose of Development
win m a and steel plants at Big Stone Gap
eoIo ""'e' IN addition to the local supply OF |
Of }a eoal' and pure limestone, the advantage
,he J.@''oh On competing lines of railway, aud
,bs, @u'an'sse Of location on q crea. system
,ra. can deliver the products direct to ali of the
lew markets "a, In the Ohio and Mississippi Val
wts, y; nhe cie' from East Tennessee, South
bed ,y;n s'5la, and the Carolinas can be ship
cayr~; WIN advantage to these furnaces AS it is
ket. a.a ,,e ores III the direction Of the mar
the anu .Eese ores will give return freight for
Stone d. % coal and coke shipped from Big
zap TO those States"
-, FACTS FOR MANUFACTURERS.
turn as slrglnia Coal Iron Company agrees 10
'0Ae at the following prices:
Aliae ogens =, RI. g.. Furnace. Foundry.
~ -, AZ Dig Stone Gap, .s2o9 1920
der eoon aAely these prices will be reduced un-
eOmns !, alton, but take then, as thay reand
'sM WIN prices ut conasllsYslls,