The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-08-24
Cos, OF roke nj Connplsvele December 1890:
Furnace coke Sal per ton. Foundry COKE S2'+'
Er,,ybt rntra from Connells. Cost at these pnin

Total Shipment. from Conncllsvillc for week ending
November "a 1890, 697 cars, distributed as follows:
To Pittsburgh, $500 cars to the West, 400 cars TO
the East, 1877 cars.
Bcssemer ore is costing at Pittsburg 1856
per ton, non Bessemer ore costs at Pitts
burg from $500 to $500 per ton.
Nom Bessemer ore will costa Big Stone
Gap from $l.25 to $3.50 per ton, and the
Bessemer ore from $500 to $3.50 per ton.
Limestone will cost at least twice az
much at Pittsburg as at Big Stone Gap
1t 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 1915 to
"A. so per ton at those furnaces.
These facts show the smaller cost of
coke and iron ore ut Big Stone Gap and
require no comment. Coke can he deliv-
cred at the ovens here much cheaper than
these figures indicate, and still afford
large profit to the maker.
OPINION OF TWO ENGLISH EXPERTS.
Mr.. John w. Darby, Of Wexham, Eng,
and Mr.. F. Monks, of Warrington, Eng,
members of the British Iron a. Steel In
stitute, recently visited Big Stone Gap.
Mr.. Darby is q young man, hut has already
reached prominent position among the
iron and steel producers of England. he
inherits his aptness for these industries
from ancestors who have been prominent
in them for century. His grandfather
was the first to make iron from unlocked
coal, and his own plant, located near Ches-
ter, was frst 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.
1.-THE very thing want to see are here.
| did not care to see the manufactures IN
operation, tor we have those at home as
numerous and as 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
Their equipments are n"t so complete no.
heir methods 80 economical ns ours in
England, but they are rapidly approach
ing it. What those of us who mean bust.
ness wish Ia sec in America j. Just what
I have seen to-day at Big Stone Cap; as
fine coke "a ! have seen in En"la"d. with
iron ores only two miles away, and Lime
stone hc, tween. together water ;'""ct aud
railroads. This is q combination that is
bound to make you great here. have
necer seen ;tegaaIed elsewhere. iourcoke
is the best ! have seen in America. The
brown ores We inspected to-day are adj
mirahle adapted to the basic process. OF
course YOUR proximity to- the magnetic
orers at Cranberry ia n great card in your
favor. but you will not need that to make
the possibilities of this point simply meal
culable. We have been over large por-
ton of the Southern mineral belt. and |
regard this as the best pont we have seen
for the Misunderstanding OF basic steel,
owing to The quality and quantity of your
brown ores aud their proximity to this
coke. Iha,e enjoyed my day here greatly,
and hope can return soon"
Mr.. Monk spoke in The same strain, say
ing he had been practical producer of
coke and iron tor forty years, aud that he
pc had Reyer seep better coke; and theJ