The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-08-03
OUR RES VJRlES
FACTS FOR INVESTORS.

FACTS FOR INVESTORS.
Sone Of the Natural Advantages
Possessed by Big Stone Gap.
Which Wisl i1eip4o Make raer the
Manufacturing Center OF the.
South.
Following arc i've anlyscs OF the
sokias coal Of Big Stone Gap
neutrality-suspicious. ea.s; Bile ;y.se 3s2S sa2s
Ash. -. s.sss Les h6a s.49 $40 800
Sulphur e.efo OIL GAIA 0ssO o.s47
And this, Of the average samples of the
same vein by Mr.. Andrew s. McCreath
chemist Of the Pennsylvania Geogical
Survey: @
liked carbon. .0o.59l
Volatile combussible. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 3592e
Ash ....,.....,..ss, lob
Su'phars ,...,....-...,....,.... o5M
The coke made from this coal is a great
success as is shown by Mr.. McCrcath's
letter:
Mn. L, B. LErsExRlxG,
Prcst. The Virgins Coal & Iron Co.,
Big Stone Gap.
DEAR SIR:
The sample Of coke received from Mr..
J. X. Taggart yesterday, yields on analy-
sis the following results:
Water. Observation-Disclosures. .O68
Volatile matter. Observation-Disclosures. .662
Fixed cabon -. .......................0 4.O4
Sulpur. Observation-Disclosures. .bS8
Ash NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. GA
100000
Color OF Ash, brown.
This represents cokeaof great purity low In both
sulphur and ash and high In Fixed carbon; chemically
It is fully good tho very best Pocahontas coke,
and /, should rank high as . mstallurigal fuel.
Yours truly, ANDREW S. McCnKArH
Mr.. McCreath might have said more,
and doubtless would have done 80 but for
his Identification with Pennsylvania in
tcrests. But he gives the facts and the
Intelligent reader may draw his own con-
clusions. The following comparative ia
BILE VIII show the superiority of the coke
produced here over that produced either
at Connelsville or Pocahontas.
AVERAGE oy Carbon Ash phur
7samplcs Big Stone Gap coks, made
IN open rick aud by barrel test.93.23 500 OILS
samples Conncisville, Pa, coke,
oven test. ................. .SS06 014 Oslo
samples Chattanooga, Tenn. coke,
ove, test 1851 lG3i l.505
samples birmingham, Ala cooke,
ove. Test .S7.2s 1854 l.lat
samples Pocuhontas, Va, coke,
oven test Observation-Disclosures. 81 50 5.74 O53
samples New River, W. Va. ,coke,
oven lest ,-................ S33S I.3i o''-
sample Big Stone Gap coke, oven
test, analysis made by A. 3.
M,Creath, Sept. 1850. ..... .9AO4 Ala .6Ss
This coke besides having been Analysed
has been thoroughly tested as to strength
and porosity, and is pronounced by capa-
bic experts to be nearer u perfect coke
than any yet made.
When it is considered that this immense
seam of coal is from seven to thirteen feet
in thickness: that it extends over m area
of over $4,000 acres; that it is located uT
above the level of the valleys; that it car
he drained without the use Of machinery
that so much of the expense which must
he Incurred in other localities in the man
ufucture of coke are avoided, and that
ample transportation is now afforded, il
will he seen what an immense advantage
these fields have over any yet discovered il
The United States or elsewhere.
No. below is splnt coal feet thick
and No. 3 camel coal, both by
McCrcath:
Fixed ca-bon. northumberland. 5s.059 1925
Volatile c"mbusible. ............. 1850 4306
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, 3oIo O2-
Sulpur ............'.. osVo VT"