The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-10-23

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Phosphorus 80
Mvu!ic iron. -a,.o-
Manganese. o.oo
Line. ............ trace
S.lnii':r none.
Besides these there are also on railroads
running here another brown orc carrying from
A to GO per cent OF iron, aud .0l9 of phospho=
rug: manganierous iron ores, and IN all prob
ability large deposits OF manganese a black
lm0nite with from al 10 % per cent OF iron
(wcIl suited for the pneumatic Basic process);
spccular or red hclnaiite (Bcssenler) with
50 to G5 per cent of iron, while of the great
Cranberry magnetic ore Prof, Proctor. III his
report says;
"Extending northeast and southwest through
the western counties Of North Carolina are
large deposits Of the purest magnetic iron ores
known in this country save in the Lake super
ior region, These ores, from number OF
samples averaged by myself and officers OF tie
Tenth Census and others, analyze from DO per
cent to &C per cent of iron, and are, in Mitchell
and As!ie counties. North Carolina, remarkably
free from PHOSPHORUS and sulphur. Recent
developments along line Of thirty miles in ex:
tent prove the excessive nature of these depas-
its. The only point where these nres have MS
vet been reached by a railway is at Cranberry
mine, in Mitchell county, North Carolina few
years ago the great mass of orc now uncovered
at this point was hid by thick covering of soil
and dccomposed gness, save only few sur
face pits from which small forge was supv
piled with ore Within the past iow years the
face of the hill has been uncovered, revealing
an enormous mass OF very pure magnetic to
heigth of 800 feet above the railway track. The
engineer in charge at the mines assured me
that from diamond drill tests and the uncQy.
cred mass, he had here piled pn above the
railway track over 2Q,0l0,0dn tons of ore to
be mined by simply quarrying in open cut; and
doubt if an ore OF like excellence can be dellv-
cred Oh cars at less cost elsewhere In America.
a furnace test was recently made on Virginia
coke and the run ofmne OF Cranberry ore, and
pig produced containing .03 per cent OF rhos-
pliorlls; and from practical furnace tests and
the analyses Of ore from many openings, 1t Is
demonstrated that the entire district Contains
in abundance an ore suited to the manufacture
of Dessemcr steel. Tl,ia ore Is nearer to coke
fat BIC Stone Gap) than isany other Ecsscmer
steel ore known 20 me in America. From tue
Bessemer ores OF the lake region, the source OF
nearly all the steel now made IN this country,
to the nearest coke is about $50 miles; from
the Desscmerores OF western North Carolina "a
the coke at Biz Stone Capt. is lGO miles. aud
between these two extremes are 70 be had the
various ores abQYf descriDed, beyond the
Blue Ridge il The Oarolinas, are large deposits
5f high grade ores, A very great development
In the manufacture Of iron and steel will follow
nm the completion ofthe roads connecting the
coking Goals and ores, in the region under dis
cussion.
IA Scotch iron manufacturer of large expe-
riencc. who spent some months in examining
the Goals and ores in the district extending from
southeastern kentucky 20 western North Car
Dina estimates the cost Of making ton otpig
ron at Big Stone Gap at 81 So; and thinks That
bassnmer Steel can be made at the same place
If ms low cost as in England, This estimate
ay a. with estimates made by practical iron
and steel manufacturers from Pennsylvania
who have made large Investments ut Big Stone
Gan for the purpose Of development.
aFurnaces and steel plants at Big Stone Gap
will have, in addition to the local supply OF
coke. coal, and pure limestone, the advantage
of n location on competing lines of railway, and
the advantage of a location on great system
thatcon deliver the products direct to all of the
GREAT orc, markets in the Ohio and Mississippi Val
Ieys. The ores from East Tennessee, South.
west Virginia. and the Carolinas can be ship
ned with advantage to these furnaces, as it is
carving the ores in the direction of the mar
lets. and these ores will give returnfreight for
thc cars of coal and coke shipped from Big
Stone Gap to those States.
FACTS FOR MANUFACTURERS:
The Virginia Coal s. Iron Company agrees to
furnish coke at the following prices:
Furnace, Foundry.
Al the ovens at Big Stone Gap,. 81 90 E23o
1t is likely these prices will be reduced UNI
der eysnnetiton, but take them as they areand
compare them with prices at Conneiisvile.
Cos, o. coke 1T connellsvie December. 1890:
Furnace coke, 81. 10 per ton. Foundry coke, S2.45
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