The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-02-02
BIC STONE Gaps PROS
pECTS

are naturally anxious To know what
the future prospects of the place are
MANY of thcm--in fact. nearly alt
Invested their money here when al
most the entire south was shaken to
its very center by wild cyclone OF
reckless speculation 10 all who m
vested at Big Stone Gap the Posi-
feels no hesitancv in stating that
they were very fortunate in making
this their selection.
That Big Stone Gap is to become
one of the most important among all
the manufacturing and industrial
towns in the South is only questioned
in the minds of the uniformed.
In case you were going to invest
$40, 600 in the goods business, aud
had choice between two points, at
either Of which you could control
trade of $50 600 per year, but at one
your profits would only net you ~
nor cent, while at the other they
would run to % per cent ;, as a mat
ter of course, YOU would select tho
latter. If YOU, as farmer, were
going to SOW twenty acres of wheat,
and had choice between two fields,
one Of which you were satisfied would
only produce fifteen bushels to the
acre. while the other would yield
Twenty-Five. certainly you would act
the wise part and take that from
which Won knew you would reap
the largest crop. SO it is with the
capitalist who is seeking to invest his
money He is not looking for fun,
but profit. Why would an iron
manufacturer put money into the
business, say at Birmingham, Ala,
which has been recognized-unt'l
otherwise proven and demonstrated
at Big Stone Gap---the cheapest IRON
producing point ill the United States,
when he sees Il greater profit by IN
vesting it here? Usually men OF that
class are men Of brains, as we'll as
means, and, as the old saying goes,
"know which side of their bread Is
buttered.'
Why would a coal or coke opera
tor put his money into vein OF three
to four feet of inferior coal when he
has the opportunity Of working veins
here of from six to fourteen feet OF
the finest colsing coal in the United
States?
Big Stone Gap docs not expect 10
get them all, but enough are coming
to wonderfully surprise the "doubting
Thomases' in a very few years, and
those who DO come will find them
selves in position to manufacture
iron and coke at profit, while slml-
lar enterprises throughout the coun-
try, not so favorably located, will be
forced to manufacture at loss or
close down entirely.
Not only will Big Stone Gap be-
come a manufacturing and industrial
town, but it's location will naturally
make of it Il great commercial center.
Away back in the mountains and.
hills surrounding her for miles and
miles in almost every direction, are
little streams Of trade that, first one
and then another, gradually empty
into each other and grow larger and
larger as they wind their way to
their mouth and empty into their
natural receptacle at Big Stone Gap.
Year after year these streams will
grow larger and increase in volume,
and Dig Stone Gap will become the
recognized business center of the
whole surrounding country.
Now is the time for men of either
small or large capital to come here
and locate. There are many young
mechanics Of the different trades who.
can only control a small capita.
T.lsy a. competent to start up and
IN .isa % sn,ll factories of different
kinds, aat with only their small
mr,m; IS ;,sc!s them they find them-
sa::ve,; ..,......,led out by the wealthy
cor,oras.,,.ls III old established towns
m ieiiies, Now is the chance Of a
lifetime ios tkem. Let them come
here and establish their business as
the town grsWs, and success is sareI
f0 attend them.
All arc Invited u come and me
y.,stiigilte far themselves. Any kind