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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-05-11
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
VIRGINIA. In the Clerk office Of the Circuit Court
OF the county Of Wise Oh the 3lst day Of March,
1893. In vacation.


(Thruston. Trustee,
VS.. In Chanccry,
I Z. y. Brewer, ct al.
The object Of this suit is tn recover Judgement
against j. 5. Wright and W. G. Geeen, or either OF
thcm in the SUN OF One Hundred and Tbirty-threc
Dollars and ;hrty-tree CENTS with interest from Oc-
ber 22nd 1889 and costs and to enforce the same by
foreclosure OF the vendors lien reserved In deed
dated October 22nd. 1889, from Big Stone Gap I'M
provemcnt Co. and K. C. Ballard Thruston, Trustee,
to J. s. Wright and W G. Green on lots four and I'VE
Of block sxty-six and lot six OF block scventy-tve.
Improvement Co.'S Plat, No. l." Big Stone Gap,
Wise county. Virginia, And affidavit having been
made that diligence has been used on behalf OF the
complainant to ascertain in what county or corpora
ton W. G.. Green, one OF the defendants herein Is,
without effect, the said defendant is required to APP
pear within Is days after due publication OF this or
der in the Clerk ONCE OF our said Court, ut rules to
be holden therefor, and do what is necessary TO pro-
ttct his interests. And il is ordered that copy OF
this order be forthwith published once week, for
four successive weeks, in the Big Stone Gap Posi-,
newspaper printed in the town OF Big Stone Gap, In
Tie county OF Wise, state Of Virginia, and posted at
tn, front door IF the Courthouse OF said county, OH
the frs. day of the next County Court for the said
county after the date Of this order
copy-Teste: j. E. LIFTS Clerk.
Bullitt & Mcdowell, p. q.
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Prof Proctor III his report sa' Of ihe
About 80 per eei.t Of 'e area
included in The Appalachi:ih ce'ti-iie!d III
Southwest Virginia, West Yirsis'ia, and
Southeast Kentucky is COVERED With for
est Of valuable hardWoo4s--oaS, yellow
poplar, hickory, etc. TIE Black Noun
tains, Immediately north Of Bis Stone
Gap, are heavily timbored from base to
summit with az magnificent forests as
have ever seen.
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o.,,,o =, conne,,svellc December 1890 !:
Cost Of coke ut ConneIIsVeIIc I7ccUITTcI 10'0
Furnace coke 50. rs per tom Foundry cokc' T]''o

Ton, sblpmcnts from Conncllsyle for week ending
November %, $780, 6.977 cars distributed as follows:
To Pittsburgh, 800 cars: To the West, Aloe cars I"
the East, 1,317 cars.
Bessemer orc is costing at Pittshurg S7.o6
nor ton, non Bcsscmcr orc costs at Pitts
burg from $4OO TO 5000 per ton.
Nom Bcsscmcr orc will cost at Big Store
Gan from 81 25 10 $3.50 per ton, aud The
Bcsscmer orc from $500 to $3.50 per ion
Limestone will cost at least twice as.
much ut pittsburg as at Big Stone Gap.
II is said that 100 toms Of pocaionlas
coke passes west through Bristol daily Tor
furnaces in the Alabama and Chattanooga
districts. This coke will cost from T3.''ic
81 80 per ton at those furnaces.
These facts show The smaller cost oi
coke and iron ore at Big Stone Gap and
require no comment Coke can be dcl''-
cred ut the ovens here much cheaper than
these figures indicate, and still afford Il
large profit 30 the maker.
OPINION OF TWO ENGLISH EXPERTS.
Mr.. John VI. Darby, of Wexham, Eng,
and Mr.. F. Monks, Of Warrington, Eng,
members of the British Iron & Steel ln :
stitute. recently visited Big Stone Gap.
Mr.. Darby is young man, but has already
reached prominent position among the
iron and steel producers of Ens!and. lie
inherits his aptness for these industries
from ancestors who have been prominent
in them for century. His grandfather
was the Grst to make iron from knocked
coal, and his own plant, located near CheS-
ter. was first to use successfully the basic
process for making steel. Mr.. Monks is
ono of the Oldest and best known OF the
practical iron and coke men CT England.
"The very thing want to see are here.
] did not care to see the manufactures i'll
operation, for we have those ut home as
numerous and as nearly perfect IS Que
could wish TO soc, although Unjust say that
nave o0e" S0~' ). t,,o yortb
a. 'ne so"s 'o"s0ns :. 80 oomnlota nor
lne'f eau'p''0A'' %" ;ao, .s onrs i,
lhei. n'e'.ou' 81 a.;a,, ornrooch-
has .""o w. w.. - os 80 ,,ho mean bnsi.
4"s -. -" 49, ,oroa j. inst what
n.09 "'. - :. 80 So Rio stone Gan.,as
: n''o 'S0a y 49, soon IN ENGLAND With
n''0 'oA0 - -, aw.v ord lime.
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iron ore, both brown and red we're fne.
He thought the best card fos HE future
Of Big Stone Gap in tic iron Industry was
the adantage it had over any Other place
he had seen for the pfoduction OF ascel ny
the bassic process.
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be mined by simply quarrying in open cut;
and doubt If an ore Of like excellence
can be delivered on cars at less cost else
whore in America. a furnace test was
recently made on Virginia coke and the
run Of mine Of Cranberry ore, and q pig
produced cotaining .03 per cent Of phos-
phorus; and from practical furnace tests
and the analyses of orc from many open
ings, it is demonstrated that the entire
district contains in abundance an ore
suited to the manufacture Of Ecssemcr
steel. This orc is nearer to coke {at Big
Stone Gap) than is any other Bcssemer
steel ore known to me in America. From
the Bessmer ores Of the lake region, the
source Of nearly oil the steel now made in
this country, to the nearest coke is about
500 miles; from the Bessemer ores of west
North Carolina to the coke at Big Stone
Gap it is 100 miles, and between these two
extremes are to he had the various ores
above described Beyond the Blue Ridge,
in the Carolinas, are large deposits OF
high-grade ores. A very great develop
ment in the manufacture of iron and steel
will follow up the completion of the roads
connecting the coking Goals and ores, in
the region under discussion.
ga Scoth iron manufacturer OF large
experience, who spent some months IN e%-
aiming the Goals and ores in the district
extending from southeastern Kentucky 10
Western North Carolina, estimates the
cost Of making o ton of pig iron at Big
Stone Gap at 81 Sc; and thinks that Bes-
scmer steel can he made at the same place
Mt as lew cost as in England. This estl-
mate agrees with estimates made by prac-
teal iron and steel manufacturers from
Pennsylvania who have made large IN
vestmcn,s at Big Stone Cap for the pur-
pose of development.
Furnaces and Steel plants at Big Stone
GAP will have, in addition to the local sup
ply of of coke, coa;, and pure limestone
the advantage of location On competing
lines Of railway, and the advantage OF a
location ON greet system that can deliver
fine products direct to all ofthc great mar
kets in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys
The ores from East Tennessee, Southwest
Virginia, and the Carolinas can be ship
ped with advantage to these furnaces"as
it is carrying the ores in the direction OF
the markets, and these ores will give re-
turn freight for the cars OF coal and coke
shipped from Big Stone Gap to those
| States"
FACTS FOR MANUFACTURERS.
The Virginia Coal Iron Company
agrees TO furnish coke at the following
prices.
| At the ovens at Big Stone Gap, 500 S-.'o
IL is likely these prices will be reduced
under competition, but take them as they
are and compare them with the prices at
C0nnellsville.
\ -, :. C.,,ou,voIl, Dccrr,hrr 1890:
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n Re
100000
Color Of Ash, brown.
This represents cokcor great purity: low in both
suphur and ash and high In fixed carbon; chemically
II is fully as good the very best Pocahonas coke,
and it should rank high rs a me,aliurigal fuel.
Yours truly, AsnRKw S. McCnEArn.
Mr.. McCrcath might have said more,
and doubtless would have done so but for
his Identification with Pennsylvania in,
forests. But hc gives the facts and the
intelligent reader may draw his own con-
illusions. The following comparative ia
bic viii show the superiority Of the coke
produced here over that produced either
ut ConncIlsville OF rocahontas.
Fixed Sal
AVERAGE OF Carbon. Ash phur
7salnples Big Stone Gap coke, made
in u,rn rick and by barrel test.g3.S a.V9 o.I4o
3samples Conrelsvillc, Pa, coke,
own test .oS.9o o.Is o'oA"
. samples Chattanooga, Tenn. coke,
oven lest ....-..... .oV.oi A'o'1 ~
4 samples birmingham Ala, coke,
3sanples Pecahontas, Va, coke
OVEN test .o1'oo o''1 VIZ
ssamplcs New River, ". vs,cokc,
oven test .............,..... 9z'1o f.~A o'''~
I SAMPLE Big Stone Gap coke, oven
hst> ANALYSIS made by a. $.
acCr.,th, Sept, 1886. ....94.O4 Eth .0SS
This coke besides having been Analysed,
has beer thoroughly tested as to strength
and porcsity, aud is pronounced by capa-
bile experts to be nearer perfect COKE
than any yet made.
When it is considered that this immense
scam of coal is from seven to thirteen ieet
IN thickness: that il extends over an area
Of over 60, 900 acres; that. it is located up
ubove the level Of the valleys; that 1t can
no drained without the use of machinery;
that so much of Tire expense which must
be incurred in other localities in the man
oracture Of coke arc avoided, and that
ample transportation is now Afforded II
viii ho sccn what an immense advantage
these fields have over any yet discovered III
,fc United States or elsewhere.
No. below is n splint coal 4 feet TUCK
ond No. camel coal, both by
McCrrath:
81, ..,.,,,n 1859 4s252
ca,,f;,c rou,ns1bc. .......,.>.>: ,375SO 4"oeS
ALL .................,...-: 3.o15 VS-'
Surpur ..,... .............''...'' V'''o
IRON ORES.
The aualyscs below are of the lollo"inS'
NJ, > and y, Il red fossil ore two mics
from BIZ Stone Gaps No. la limonite or
brown ore six miles away:
y.,,,c iron. -. 1850 49.43s 4s,3S2 52oo4
PHOSPHORUS. o.l07 co.'s oI22 o'io'
1,.,,n,b,c .9o.s7O 300 2452 1.H
The following are three samples OF double
.Besscmer ores tributary to Big Stone Cap
and is being used by the Appalachian fur
mace. and is found elsewhere only III At
gicrs, Africa.
Hard Gre. Bed Ore. Fire Ore.
Silica .............. LIT gu iso'
A,omina. ESQ $50 s65
p,o,,,,ors 0.0e 0.0a oO63
w.,nc ir,o.. Wes CLIO 1928
And this by another chemist of brown
hematite, (dricd at 2l2 deg. FarcnhciD
six miles away:
Silica. 44o
Alumina. 1o'
Phosphorus. W"
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Besides these there arc also On railroaus
running here another brown ore carving
from II to TO per cent of iron. and .l09 OF
phosphorus; manganifsrous iron ores, and
In all probability large deposits of man
ranese; black limonite with from so to
IS per cont of iron lvell suited for the
pneumatic Basic procsss); q specular or
red hcmatite {Bessemsrj with SIS to TO per
cent of iron, while of the great Cranberry
& Tactic ore Prof. Proctor, in his repot,
Extending northeast and southwest
through the western counties Of North
Carolina are largo deposits Of the purest
magnetic iron ores hnoun in this country
save in the Lake Superior region. These
ores, from q number Of samples averaged
by myself and ofDcers Of the Tenth Census
and otliiSqs, anlyzed from As per centto 66
per cent OF iron, and are, in Mitchell and
Ash counties, North Carolina. are remark
ably free from phosphorus. and sulphur.
Recent Developments along line OF thirty
miles in extent proys the excessive nature
of these deposits. The only point where
these ores have rs ret been reached BY
railway is at Cranberry mine in Mitchell
county, North Carolins. A few years ago
che great mass of ore nov uncovered az
this point Mas hid By thick covering OF
soil and decomposed gnsIss, save only .
few surface pits from which small forge
Was supplied with ore. Within the past
few years the face of she hill has been I'M
covered, revealing an enormous mass q
ysry pure nlagnctite TO . hsigth OF soo 'ee'
aboye the raid track. The engineer u
charge al the mines assured nc TINT fso ON
diamond sagiil test q aad the uncovered
mass, he lad here pied 20 above The rail- |
cgeE q. ass, ,sg..s g ore 70
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Ladies' Isle Thread Underclothing, from 8
cents and up; Lanies' Underwear p; cheaper per
than you can buy the material; rms anu
and M EVERYTHING else in the Dry Goods
and Notion Department going in the same
proportion:
Shoes, Shoes. Shoes.
1900 Pairs of Shoes, embracing Mems
Youths, Boys, Ladies', Misses and Chill
dren's Shoes and Slippers of all dcscriptrnS,,,
from the medium grade to the ilnest maze, all
going at very low figures
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Come Oaa@9 Come all
BIG STONE GAP and POWEL'S VALLEY
RAIL WAY COMPANY.

r. A. Ayers, Pres't.
j. K. Taggart, v. Pres't: 49,.
A. B. Eaton. superintendent.
GENERAL OFFICES BIG Stone GAR, Va.
4 transfer line for freight and passenger business
between the South Atlantic Ohio and Louisville
Nashville Railroads aud the furnaces OF the Aappa-
lachinn Steel & Iron Co.
Trains leave the Intermont and Central hotels as
follows:
For l.. & ~ train, going east. ~ II. IN.
- - IS s. west Z 100 p m
- S. A. & @. train, going south. 900 A. IN.
..... IL :l5 p. III.
For further Information regarding freight and
passenger traffic, apply to
VIC. Harrington. Sec.
1ntermont Hotel, BIG STONE GArFA.
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Remarkable Sales and Nond1r}Ul R2SJI5|
Ouer 800 lauiS Sewing Machines Sold in HinaIg Days
In the Counties Of Wise and Lee.
is nIrec be Sc
W Fl E}TlA NTON. PIG STONE GAP VA

care the thelest ulstsrii
eYor erou
liz ere Z . tiy machine, an
order II : .!nrtln
-n
most
ty %
t
the the 1~te like
orders parties
DAVIS tlern
honorable DAVIS SEWING
chilew layc
tom Gap Will "A Davis machine
keep Repairs
eScpss nsnxio
whether lou Respectfully
w. II. BLANTI
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planning MILL
FOR SALE PRIVATELY.

The Saw Mill and Planning Ni recently owned by
G. +. Dutton. at the junction OF the North and South
forks Of Powcls River, in the town of Big stone Cup
is for SALE privately. reasonable terms This Is Il
Rare Chance to Secure a First
class Milling Outfit, Complete,
witl about Three Acres OF Ground and superb TO-
cation for the business
Apply to. s. a. BIRCH, Covesville Va, or
RI. IRVINE, Big Stone Cap Va.
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OUR RESOURCES.
FACTS FOR INVESTORS.

So
some or the Natural Advantages
Possessed by Big Stone Gap.
Which VIII Help TO Make Her the
Manufacturing Center of tho
Souths
Following are five anlyses Of the
coking coal Of Big Stone Gap:
Fixed carbon. 49,. $40 CA q co.a 1884 CO 90
Volatile someustbc 1896 $40 $3.50 al.2s 3s2o
4sh...,-,s.>....... l.eA los 2.4o $40 800
Sulphur. : 49,. Oslo 9TH 02l2 $500 O.5A7
And this Of Che average samples Of the
same vein by MIR. Andrew S. McCreath
chemist of the Pennsylvania Geogical
Survey:
Fixed carbon. So
Volatile combus,ibl&... ...,............>. So g2t
xsh =. ..t......... l5li
The coke made from this coal is srea,
success as is shown by Mr.. McCreath'.
letter:
MR. F.. B. LElsESRlNc,
Prest.. The Virginia Coal & Iron Co.,
Big Stone Gap.
DEAR Sin:
The sample of coke received from MIR
j. K.,Taggart yesterday, yields on analy
sis the following results:
Water, ..-.....,................ .V"o
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TRUSTEES SAFE OK
IMINING ri LAM cts.

BY virtue q certain deed OF i:usi, dated Feb'H-
airy Il, $685. from
ZIG stone GAY C2LLlG:.T CO.,
and JOS II. Allen ct ny, 70 Il. (. Mcdowell. ~.
Trustee, tho undersigned vii, on
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And this by another chemist OF brown
hematite, (dr;cd at 2l2 deg. FarcnheiD
six miles away:
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NV Goo5s and Notion Department.

Tuo 2I5 pieces Of
Goods
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-14
Carving Flowers.

If it is fancy of yours, writes
r. f. Alden, to carry a flower on
your mutf or in your hand in
springtime, do you know that a
flower cut from the plant in the
morning will outlast two flowers
cut later in the day when the sun
is upon them:
Do you know that orchids keep
better for wearing purposes, if given
messy bed to lie upon when they
are resting:
Do you know that heliotrope has
too woody stem to revive when
once wilted:
Do you know that a rose will
keep its shape better if you pin it
on your mutf, lying downwards in
stead of up?
DO you know that a rose will not
lose its petals so soon if you put
only the stem in water, not letting
the water touch the calyX?
Do you know that a drop of cam
phor in water will freshen the most
tired violet:
Do you know that touch of
sealing wax upon the stems of very
juicy flowers will keep the mOis-
ture from escaping and so preserve
the flower?
Do you know that rose bought
"just to carry" will keep best if put
away in a cool, dark plaCe-say a
refrigeratOr-ifO one can be 50 heart
less as to do this:
DO you know that bath of very
hot water for the stems of flowers
revives the blossoms very quickly,
and that taste of camphor and a
dip into melted sealing wax, fol-
lowing directly after the hot water
bath, will freshen the faded pOsy
and make it beautiful for at least
another afternoon?
And do you know that for this
month and next the Easter lily is
the most fashionable as well as the
most expensive flower you can
carry?
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-14
At Rische's Theatre.

The Houston Street Theatre
opened last night under the new
management to an audience of
about 400 people, who seemed to be
we'll pleased with the character of
the entertainment.
The Earl Sisters in their Aerial
Act performed many difficult feats,
and were favOrably received.
Among the speciality features
introduced were the GraysOns, Hi
Tom Ward and Johnnie Green.
The entertainment concluded
with a laughing farce "Fun in a
Country School House" in which
she entire company participated
and was apparently appreciated by
the audience.
The character of the show was
clean and neat. The same will be
repeated the balance of the week
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-14
PERSONAL MENTION.

Miss Bette Mcdonald is visiting
at the st. Leonard.
Mr.. Eugene HOlmgreen has gone
to FL Paso on a business trip for
his firm, and will return Tuesday.
Two of the daughters of Cover
nor Cara Galan, of Mexico, are
visiting the family of NJ. r. Garcia,
on Salinas street.
DR.. f. ID. Boyd and Secretary
Ulrich, of the Y. NJ. c. A., left last
night for COrsicana to attend the
convention of the y. NJ. G. a. secre-
taries of the state.
Jack Labatt, well known to every
body in San Antonio, who former
ly resided here in the good old
days of Democratic conventions,
but now manager of the Bonham
hay farm, at BOnham, is visiting
friends and relatives here.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-14
Squirrel Thieves Jailed.

Bobbie Shields, a young country
boy residing twenty miles southeast
OF this city, came to town on a load of
wood yesterday and brought with him a
box containing six squirrels which he in
tended to sell. He left his load OF wood
to visit a chilli stand and when he return
ed the squirrels were missing. The mat.
ter was reported to the police authorities
and last night Sug Atkins ard Seaborn
the charge of suspicious characters. They
went to the Crystal saloon and sold
three squirrels for 20 cents. which
proved to be the ones stolen from Shields
Judge McAllister tried both cases this
morning and fined Badicr S25. Atkins
was fined 81 for being in company with
the thief
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-14
In a Sleeping Car.

From the Boston Globe.
If you travel in "sleepers' fortify
yourself against that modern fun
gus-the woman who absOrbs the
toilet room. She is ubiquitous,
and her kind will be aboard in
great numbers.
Put comb, brush, toothbrush,
hand mirror, buttOn-hOOk, hair
pins, Whisk broom, towel, soap,
powder, cold cream and a small
bottle OF rOSe-water, one third of it
glycerine, in your hand-satchel,
along with your wrapper. The
rOse-water and glycerine will keep
your skin fresh and clean, and in
your berth you may make a pres
entable Toilet before Venturing to
the toilet rOOm-perchance to find
it FABRICATED by this lawful
woman"
The day has passed when a
woman i'll sleeper in the early
morning hours was a fright to be-
hold. thanks to the pretty negli-
gca, wrappers, dressing jackets and
p"tticOatS, and increased comforts
in arrangement of sleepers, the
modern woman may preserve
even there her bOudoir
secrets. Silks are so
cheap, and negligeS so easily made
at home, or to be had at the shops,
that every woman should possess a
wash or India silk wrapper, or a
French flannel jacket. The silk
takes up little space in the satchel,
and when the journey is ended, it
serves for the bedroom.
In your berth remove your dress
skirt and bodice, COrsets and shoes,
loosen your carriers and the bands
OF your unGerclOthing, and Slip on
the wrapper or jacket. and comfort
is yours, while, in case of accident
or emergency, YOU will not be I'M
presentable. 1t is never safe to re-
move the underclOthing and don a
night dress in sleeping car.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-14

remarkable history. In the sum-
mer Of 1886 he attempted to sail
from Norway to New York in an
eighteen foot open boat. This voy-
age was not undertaken for the
sake of personal gain of notOriety.
Capt. Anderson wanted to demon
strate to ship owners and seafaring
men what could be done with a
we'll prOvisioned life-boat in case of
shipwreck in mid-Ocean. Capt.
Anderson reached the Newfound-
land banks after his boat capsiZed
twice. His escapes from watery
grave have been many and mira
culOus.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-14

formation of new Cabinet. NJ.
Meline was born in 1888 at Remire-
mont in the NOsges. BY profess
sion he is lawyer. During the
Seige of Paris he was adjutant to
the Major Of the First Arrondise-
ment. In 1876 VI. Meline was
Cuder Secretary of States in the
department of justice, and in 1881
he was appointed Minister of Agri-
culture. During his term of office
he founded the Order of Merit for
Agriculture. In 1888 he was
named President of the Chamber
of Deputies. In politics he is in an
OppOrtuniSt.