The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-22
Cost IS, oil coke at canne'Isvillc December. E,Sso
furnace coke, 81 Is per ton EuundrS coke 60
Ercigllt rateA frc u, ..on.n NNo"e, v

io'a' shipments from ConnellsvilIe for wcet.,tio
To p., - iSsu, 09i cars, distributed as fow
| The East. l.Ii7 cars ~ 'i"o ''"S : "
,'Tsse"'cI orc IS costing at pittsburr 81 ):
Pe' Ton, and non-Bcsscmer orc costs nj I,;tis
onrS from $500 to $500 per ton.
-,o, =, nessemer ore will cost at Big Stone Ga,
''o:'s F''So TO 100 per ton, and the Bcsscncl
orc from S3.oo to 800 per ton.
Limestone Will cost at least twice as muc,
ut fittSburg as at Big Stone Gan.
| 1t Is said that 700 tons of pocahontos col,
passes west through Bristol daily for furnace,
IN III inc Alabama aud Chattanoora districts
us coke will cost from 1913 to 81. 80 Dcr 70.
IT those furnaces. w.
incse Facts show the smaller cost of cox,
ana iron ore at Big Stone Gan and rcouirr ~
comment Coke can be delivered at the ovens
mere much cheaper than these figures indicate
ana s'I'i afford large profit to the maker
OPINION OF TWO ENGLISH EXPERTS.
Mr. John ". Darby, Of Wcxham Eng. and
Mr.. +. Monks, of Warrington, Enc. urnbrr.
oi The British Iron & Steel Institute. recently
visited BlS Stone Gap. Mr. Darby is a yonnc
man, but has already reached prominent 30
Sltlon among the iron and steel producers OF
England lie inhcri:s his aptncss for these in
a"str!cS from ancestors who have been prom
inent III them for a century. His grandfather
was the first TO make iron from knocked coa!
and his own plant, located near Chester. was
the hrSt to use successfully the basic process
for making steel. Mr. Monks is ore or ,lc
Oldest ana best known of the practical iron and
coke men of England.
The very things wanted to see are here
aud not care to sec the manufactures in oper-
anon, tor We have those at nome as numerous
and as nearly perfect as one could wish to see
although must say that | have been greatly
an MI. 81 -,
saw III the North. Their equipments are no,
so complete nor their methods SO economical a,
ours in England, but they arc rapidly ap-
preaching it. What those Of us who mean
business wished to see in America is lust what
have seen to-day at Big Stone Gap: as fine
coke rs | have ever seen i'll England, with iron
ores Only two miles away, and limestone be-
tween, together with water power and railroads.
This is a combination that is bound to make
YOU great here. lhavc ncucrSecN II eqnttied
elsewhere. Your coke is the best lave seen
III America. The brown ores we inspected to-
day are admirably adapted to the basic process.
Of course, yourp proximity to the magnetic ores
at Cranberry is d great card in Your favor, but
YOU will not need that to make the possibilities
of this point simply incalcuablc. We have
been over large portion of the Southern min
cra' belt, and regard this as the best point
we have seen .or the manufacturing OF basic
Steel, OWING To Tie quality and quantity Of
Your brown ores aud their proximity to this
coke. have enjoyed my day here greatly,
and hope can return soon"
Mr.. Monks spoke in 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 Cap in the iron indus
try was the advantage it had over any other
place he had seen for the production of steel by
the basic process.
TIMBER.
Prof Proctor in his report says OF the tim
Der: About 80 per cent Of the area included
in the Appalachian coal-icldin Southwest Nir-
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 timbcred from base to sum
nit with as magnificent forests as have ever
seen.