The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-09-07
Color of Ash, brown.

Ash Observation-Disclosures. 4'e
100000
Color of Ash, brown.
This represents a coke Of great purity low in both
sulphur and ash and hig, In sxed carbon: chemically
!, is fully as good a. the very best Pocahontns coke
nnd il should rank high mesilnrigal fuel
Yours truly, ANDREW S. McCnEArH
Dir. McCreath might have said more,
and doubtless would have done 80 but Tor
his Identification with Pennsylvania IN
terests But ne gives the facts and the
Intelligent reader may draw his own con-
illusions. The following comparative ia
BILE will show the superiority Of the coke
produced here over that produced either
at Connclsville or Pocahontas.
Fixed Sui
Avyu.crov Carbon. Ash phur.
: samples Big Stone Gap coke.mnde
In open rick and by barrel test93% 1cs e"+s
g sample, Connosville, Ps.e coke,
oven cst..................SS % wa V''i'
samples Chattanooga, Tenn, coke,
oven test ..................S 0.5l l.GA lob
Samples Birmingham, Ala coke,
ovc,, test ...................S7 % 1914 l.i9'
:: samples Pocahon,as, Va, coke,
oven tcst....................9i .3o o.'1 o'''
9 samples New River, W. Ya,cokc,
oven tcSt .....................SS" o i'-' '
J ,a.nnlc Big Stone Gap coke, oven
test, analysis mats by A. g.
Mc,re.,b. Sept, 1922 .......0 +.04 47H .5SS
This coke besides having heen analyzcd.
has been thoroughly tested MS to strength
and porosity, and is pronounced ny capa-
,}c cxuerts to he nearer perfect coke
than any yet made.
Whenit is considered that this Immense
seam OF coal is from seven to thirteen feet
in thickness: that it extends over an area
ne aver &C. 900 acres; that it is located up
above the level Of the valleys; that 1t can
he drained without the use OF machinery;
that so much ofthe expense which mus!
he incurred in other localities in the man
nfacture Of coke are avoided, ana tha'
ample transportation ia now Afforded 1t
will ne seen what an immense advantage
these fields have over any yet discovered in
the United States or elsewhere.
No. | below is splnt coal A feet Thick
and No. 9 camel coal, both DIV
McCrcath:
liked carbon ................... hS.o'' 500
Volatile cAmbustibl9. "''oo" s''
Ash OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 3o'o "'A1o
OAON 073S
HulpUr ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 0'N'0
IRON ORES.
The analyses below are of the following:
No. /. >. and 3 red fossil ore two miles
from Big Stone Gap. No. 4 limonite or
brown ore six miles away:
Metallic iron. -. 1850 4s.43s 1882 52.oo4
pbos,horo,s olo7 co.'s O.l22 DIGS
1uso,nabc . .2os7o s,.co 24.52 ll.l7
su,nhur ol32 Obs LOS
The following are three sampled OF double
B.sscmer ores tributary to Big Stone Gap,
and is being used Ivy tho Appalachian fur
,acc and is found elsewhere only i'll AL
giers, Atrica.
Hard Ore. Red Ore Fire Ore
e,r,c, l.27 OIL li'oo
A,umiua. 0.so 0S0 $50
-, nm DOB 0O67
Metallic iron.. 1898 CLIO A0'zS
And this by another chemist OF brown
ncmatite, (dried ct 2l2 deg. FarenheIp
six miles away:
Silica. observation-disclosures. 1850 80
Niumnu.
Metallic iron. ''o-
,tary,npsc WV
SULPHUR Observation-Disclosures. none
Besides these there are also on railroads
running here another brown ore carving
from Al to 60 per cent of iron, and .lo9 OF
phosphorus; manganiferous iron ores, and
in all probability large deposits OF man
eanesc: black limonite with from 81 to
S. per cent of iron (well suited for the
pneumatic Basic process): specuiar or
red hematitc (Bcsscmcr) with D. to 6' pen
cen, III IRON. while Of the great Cranberry
masacli: or p.of. pructcr, in his ivp"i,
saw:
a