The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-06-19
ce ss OF coke at ConncllssilIe December ,sao
furnace coke, S2.l5 per ton Foundry cox. 90 =
Freight rates from Councils. 80 f-.s ~

io,at shipments from Connesvi;lo for wool o,,,,,
NoTsnoet ~ 1880, Gs9 cars Distributed MS rn,,r,
the East, l,3l7 cars ''''V e"'S' ''
besseHcr ore is costing at pittsburo 81 ~
per ton, and non Bcssemer ore costs NJ p;tts.
oWrg from $500 to 5000 per ton.
! Non.bessemer ore will cost at Rio Stone Gar
rom Sl.zo to $3.50 per ton, and the Rcssemcir
ore from $500 to So so per ton. ',~s'>'i''
Limestone will cost at least twice as much
al Iittsoorg as at Big Stone Gap.
~ Is sara mat 200 tons of Pocahcntas coke
passes Yves. through Bristol daily for furnaces
| IN !he Alabama and Chattanooea d;str;ctS
This coke will cost from 1918 to "a 50 nrr ton
| at those furnaces. ~ 'o''
These facts show the smaller cost or co,. a
ana iron ore at Big Stone Gap and REQUIRE no
comment. Coke can be delivered at thr ovonS
mere much cheaper than these figures indicate
and still afford large profit to the maker.
OPINION OF TWO ENGLISH ExrERTs.
Mr.: John W. Darby, of Wexham. Emo and
Mr.. r. Monks, OF Warrington, Eng. members
OF the British Iron 4 Steel Institute. recently
visited Big Stone Gap. Mr.. Darby is yonnc
man, but has already reached a prominent M,
sition among the iron and steel producers Of
England. Tic nherits his aptncss for these in
ouStrics from ancestors who have been prom
ineht IN them Tor century. His grandfather
was tne hrst to make iron from knocked coal
and his own plant, located near Chester. was
for making steel. Mr.. Monks is one of the
oldest and best known of the practical iron and
coke men of England
The very things | wanted to sec are here
did not care to see the manufactures in oner
alton, for we have those ut 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 arc rapidly an
preaching it, What those Of us who mean
business wished to see in America is Just what
have seen to-day at Big Stone Cap 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 a combination that is bound to make
you great here. / have ncrer seen 1t cquaLcd
elsewhere. our coke is the best have seen
in America. The brown ores we inspected to-
day are admirably adapted to the basic process
Of 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, and | 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 in the same strain, saving
he had been a 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 ether
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 oalield in 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 timbered from base to sum
nif with aS moUrificnOt fnrpSts | have oyer