The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
s'Sss q coke at tonne l,ece,nber ,s.,p
I ~ per ton. Foundry cnsa 4, &,

losa' shipments from Connellsyls for ,,,r
~ x 1890 cars, distributed as ioew
We East, l,sl7 cars. ss'' ,''0' sa's "
s'e use ore is costing Mt Pittsburg 81. SIG
/, tSr ton, and non-Bessemer ore costs at p;,ts.
pnrg from Sa.0G to $500 Der ton.
Non u, orc will cost at Big Stone Gan
liois Pa 70 $2.3O per ton, and the i,cssen,er
/ orc rom 1870 to $3.50 per ton.
limestone n will cost at least twice as much
~ :. t.'sourg RS at Big Stone Gap.
~ - SAD mat toO tons of Pocahontas coke
IN IN the Alabama ana Chattanooga district !,
inns coke will cost from $3.7s to "a. so per ton
at those furnaces. ~, so''
ieeSe iacts SHOW the smaller cost of coke
and l:on ore at Big Stone Gap and REQUIRE no
comment: Coke can be delivered at tic ovens
mere much cheaper than these figures indicate.
ana ssii afford large profit to the maker.
OPINION OF TWO ENGLISH EXPERTS.
;, MI; John W. Darby, of Wcxhan, Eng, and
Mf. +. Monks, OF Warrington, Eng, members
OF the British Iron & Steel Institute, recently.
visited Big Stone Gap. Mr. Darby is young
man, but has already reached prominent mo-,
Sltion among the iron and steel producers of
England. lie inherits his aptness for these in
austries from ancestors who have been prom
'hcAt IN them Tor century. His grandfather
800 N''ss'' w MANI :TOH from knocked coal.
ana his own plant, located near Chester. was
the first to use successfully the basic process
Tor 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 see are hero
did not care to see the manufactures in oper
alton, for We have those at home as numerous
ana rs nearly perfect as one could wish to see,
although must say that I have been greatly
surprised and pleased at the great concerns we
saw IL the North. Their equipments are not
so complete nor their methods so economical as
ours IN England, but they are apidly ap-
preaching it. What those of us who mean
business wished to see in America is justwhat
have seen to-day at Big Stone Gap; 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 combination that is bound to make
YOU great here. have neucr seen IL equalcd
elsewhere. Your coke is the best have 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 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
cral belt, and l 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. lfave enjoyed my day here greatly,
and hope | can return SOON"
Mr.. Monks spoke III 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.