The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-09-07
Cost of coke q, Connelsvelo December 1857
Furnace coke s2l5 per ton. Foundry COKE f34'
t,ro;h, ro,su from Councils. Cost at these point

Total shipments from Connellsville for week ending
November %, 1880, 6s77 cars. distributed as follows
To Pittsburgh, 1870 cars; to the West, 400 cars ''
the East, 1877 cars.
Bessemer ore is costing ut fittssinrg 5 5t
per ton, non Bessemcr ore costs at Pitts
| burg from $500 to 5000 per ton.
! Non Bcsscmer ore will cost at Bly, Stone
Gap from 81 % to $3.50 per ton, aud the
Bessemer ore from $500 to $3.50 per ton
Limestone will cost Mt least twice az
much at pittshurg as at Big Stone Cap
It is said that 100 tcns Of Pocahontas
coke passes west through Bristol daily for
furnaces in the Alabama and Chattanooga
districts. THIS coke will cost from 1915 to
81. so pep ton at those furnaces.
These facts show the smaller cost of
coke and iron ore at Big Stone Gap and
REQUIRE no comment. Coke can he deliv-
cred at the ovens here much cheaper than
these Ggures indicate, and still afford Il
large profit to tha maker.
OPINION or TWO ENGLISH ENPERTS.
Mr.. John w. Darby, of Wexham, Eng,
and Mr. Y. Monks. Of Warrington, Eng,
members of the British Iron Il Steel In
stitute, recently visited Big Stone Gap
Mr.. Darby is a young man, but has already
reached prominent position among the
iron and steel producers of England. tie
inherits Ms aptness for these industries
from ancestors who hnye been prominent
in them for century. His gsaNdtather
WAS the iirst to make iron from knocked
coal, and his own plant, located near Ches-
ter. was Gpst to use successfully t!c basic
process for making steel. Mr.. MONKS Is
one of the oldest and best known OF the
practical iron and coke men OF England.
"The very thing ] want to see are here.
I did not care TO see the manufacturers III
operation, for we have those at home aa
numerous and as nearly perfect as one
could wish TO see, although must say that
l have been greatly surprised and pleased
at The great concerns wu .,.&' II '.e .,''f'
Their equipments are moi SO corr. go
t,n;r mcthmls - ecuu..inie.' rs uurs ~
England, i,0s they are r"r',i.y a!'rf"Hch-
mr. II. Wh,t these 81 us VII ;1ean huSI
ness wish to see in Amcrc,. l. Just ii '
have eeen to-day at Big Stone ,Gai':r
fine coke as have seen in i.n@ia"t. with
iron ores only Two miles away. and Lime
stone between. together water power an"
railroads. This IL rnm','natl"g that i
bound to make you great nefs. ! ''Hsc !
nerer seen ;trqma!ed rls"whrse lonr ''''i,.'
!. tho heat have seen in Au,esica. The
brown ores we inspected To-day are ad-
mirahle adapted to the basic process. Ot
course your proximity TO the magnetic !
orers at Cranberry is great card in your
favor, but you will not need thai 10 make
the possibilities Of this point simply incal-
culable We have heen over large por- !
ton of the Southern mineral belt, and
regard this as the best point mcllave seen
for tile manufacturing ot basic steel,
owing to the quality and quantity of yonr
brown ores and their proximity to this
coke. i have enjoyed nv da here greatly,
and hope can return soon
Mr. Monk spoke in the same strain, say
ing he had heen practical producer Of,
coke and iron FIR forty ,ei.rss, and That he !;
he had d ever seen better coke; and filejj