The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-04-03

Total shipments from Connclsyillc for week ending
November q, 1890, 6.9'7 cars distributed us follows
To Pittsburg $50 cars; 10 the West 100 cars. r.
the East 1877 cars.
Besscmer ore IS costing at Pittsbur@ 81 sc
rcr ton, and on-Bcsscmcr ore costs at Pitts
burg from $500 to 5000 per ton
Non Besscmer ore will cost ut Big Stone Gan
from Sl.23 to $3.50 per ton, and the Bcsseme,
| ore from $500 to $3.50 per ton.
Limestone will cost at least twice az much
ut l'ittsburg as at Big Stone GaW
IL is said that 700 tons Of Pocahontas coke
passes west through Bristol daily for furnaces
IN The Alabama and Chattanooga districts.
This coke will cost from $3.1j 10 81. 30 per ton
At these furnaces.
These facts show the smaller cost of coke
and 'ron orc at Big Stone Gap and require no
comment. Coke can be delivered at the ovens
here much cheaper than these figures indicate,
ana still afford large profit to the maker.
Mr.. j. n. Taggart manager of the above
company, says he will deliver tirst-class fuel
coal at the depot at Big Stone Gap at irom$l. 10
to $50 per ton, If not less, and the company's
coke, which Mr.. McCreath's ANALYSIS shows is
the finest in the world, at $500 per ton Coke
not quite so good in Wales sells for SIS per ton.
Tins statement. from so responsible n source.
should be considered by the manufacturing
world. There Is no spot on the globe where
such fuel can be supplied at such price. Add
to this the fact that we have superior iron ores
all around us, and III incXhaustible quantities.
the finest timber north of the tropics, a oca-
ton that can not be surpassed. aud three rail
road systems cCnterng here.
OPINION or TWO ENGLISH EXPERTS.
Mr.. John W. Darby, of Wcxham, Eng, and
Mr.. T. Monks, of Warrington. Eng. members
OF the British Iron 4 Steel Institute. recently
visited Big Stone Gap. Mr.. Darby is Il Young
lint OH "
>iti0n among the iron and steel producers of
England. tie inhcritS his aptness for thescin-
dustricS from ancestors who have been prom
mcnt III them ior a century. His grandfather
was the first To make iron from knocked coal
and his own plant, located near Chester. was
the first to use successfully the basic process
for making steel. Mr.. Monks is one of the
oldest and best known Of the practical iron and
coke men OF England.
Il am greatly delighted with what | have
seen in Big Stone Gap and vicinity, and am
under lasting obligations to Mr.. Proctor for
bringing rs here, and to Gen. Ayers for his
couresics to us. speak the sentiments Of Il
large majority OF the visiting members of our
British Institute when say that what ! wan
ted 10 see most in Your great country was the
rich deposits otron ores and coking coal, here
in the South. where they are as yet practically
undcvelcped.
The very things wanted to see are here.
did not care to see the manufactures in opcr
alton. for we have those ~ home rs numerous
and Is 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. Thc: equipments are not
- complete nor their methods so economical rs
ours in England, bu; they are rapidly APP
proaciinm it, What those OF us who mean
business wished to see in America is Just what
] have seen to-day at Big Stone Gap: as fine
ores only two miles away. and limestone be-
This is Il combination that is bound to make
elsewhere Your 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 10 the magnetic ores
at Cranberry is Il great card in your favor, but
YOU will not need that to make the possibilities
of this point simply incacuablc. We have
been over Il large portion Of the Southern nit
cral 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 cnjoyed ny day here greatly,
and hope can return soon.
Mr.. Monks spoke in the same strain, saying
he had been a practical producer of coke and
iron Tor forty wears, and that he had neyc" seen
bette. coke; and the iron ore both brown and
rcd were fire. He thought the best card for
the future of Big Stone Gap i'll the iron indus
try WIS the advantage it had over any other
place he had seen for the production ot' steel by
the basic process.
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