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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-08-17

Total shipments from Connellsvie for week ending
November a. 1890, 6917 cars, distributed US follows
To Pittsburgh, 1850 cars to the West 400 cars to
the East, .S17 cars.
Bessemer ore is costing at Pittsburg $7.56
per ton, nom Bessemcr ore costs at Pitts
burg from $500 to 5000 per ton.
Non Bessemer ore will cost at Big Stone
Gap from 81. 25 to $3.50 per ton, and the
Bcssemor ore from $500 to $3.50 per ton.
Limestone will cost ut least twice as
much at pittsburg rs 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 $3.75 to
81 SO per ton at those furnaces.
These facts show the smaller cost Of
coke and iron ore at Big Stone Cap and
require no comment. Coke can be 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 Il Steel In
stitute, recently visited Big Stone Gap.
Mr. Darby 10 S young man, but 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 a century. His grandfather
was the first to make iron from knocked
coal, and his own plant, located near Ches-
ter, was first to use successfully the basic
process for making steel. Mr.. Monks is
ono of the oldest and best known of the
practical iron and coke. men of England
"The very thing want to see are here.
did not care to see the manufactures in
operation, for we have those at home as
numerous and az nearly perfect as one
could wish to see, although must say that
I have been greatly surprised and pleased
at the great concerns We saw in the North
Their equipments are not so complete nor
their methods so economical az ours i'll
England, but $hey are rapidly approach
ing it. What those of us who mean bust
ness wish to see in America is inst What
/ have seen to-day at Big Stone Gap; as
fine coke ~ have seen in England. wit
iron ores only two miles away, and Lime
stone between, together water powcr and
railroads. This is combination that is
bound to make you great here. [ have
nerer seen it equaled elsewhere lourcoke
is the best have seen in America. The
brown ores we inspected to-day are ad
mirahle adapted to the basic process. or
course your proximity to the magnetic
orers at Cranberry is great card in yonr
favor, but YOU willnot need that to make |
the possibilities of this pointsimply
cnlahlc We have been oyera large por-
tion Of the Southern mineral belt, and |
regard this as the best point we have seen
for the manufacturing of basic steel,
owing to the quality and quantity of your
brown ores and their proximity to this
coke. Ihaye enjoyed my day here greatly,
and hope can return SOON"
Mr.. Monk spoke in the samo strain. say
ing he had been q practical producer of
coke and iron for forty years, and that he
he had nsyer seen better coke; and the
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-08-17
VIRGINIA In the Clerks ONCE OF the Coau.s of
WISE on the 26th day OF July, 1888. In Vacation.
william McGeorge, jr., rlff}
Against Ia Chaneer,

70 chang, Aga' Rs Tor ., al ~ co'nse'y'
The object of th.suit is oobtain judgement against
the executor OF William d, Jones, deceased, for the
sum Of 100000 with interest from April lat, 1885,
Until paid, and IN the further Of SIS o0o with in
terost from November 5Oths 1899 and an attorBey's
commission OF two per cont and the costs Of suit and
In default OF the payment thereof To iorrcI0ss two
dcsiso trnst executed by William D. ZONES and wife
TO Percy Mcheorge, trustee, and subject TO sale the
lands conveyed In said trust deeds the first OF said
trustdeeds bearing date April lat 1885, aud recorded
in Vase county Deed Book "A, page e.: tho Eeeond
hearing date Nov. 80, 1889, recorded Ia Wise county
Deed Book l9, pagr u the first named securing the
Plaintiff alone IN the syn of 100000: tho aesOnd
ined securing the plaintiff aud number OF others,
tbetctal amount secured by second deed OF trsst be-
ing aud intesest. and both deeds of trust
conveying large number OF tracts OF land and in
teress In lands the counties of Wise, Scott and Lee
yfsSina, thetracts aud interests In lana being the
same in both deeds; reference being made for further
description Of said land and nter In lands 10 ths
records OF said counties. Said first named decd 0f
gtrnst-beng recorded in Scott county on Hay llth,
1889, D. r. 81, D. $50, and In Lac county on May II,
1884, H. s. 81, p. ~ and thu second Of said deeds Of
trust being recorded also In hr Clerks ONCE Of each
OF II. said couiiea. And an affidavit having been
made and filed that the defendants, j. C. Chancs, e1
ceitpr II The last Will aud Testament 1T william d.
.p''c.. deceased: .Ino. jones, Rem u Jnnea, John
.l,.'es. Eu!a J'ncs, Il Jnirs, Cahar!n. y. jen.s,
Nricy 'silen. - ,llrn. her hubbard, " J Car
u: :ck, pr,cy hct;"prsr. trustee: Henry =. Lsrch-
"a. l;c'isr. Wool. Samuel y i.r"wN, Henry Rem
dcgs.n, II { Harper, Chas. Jenkins, Andrew
Crow, Jos u Wilson. chas. Klein, L /. Pntsel, Fl L
piiizei. Saml Stccnberger, Richard Austin, 7hos.
II Mackenzie, Vim. J d Stokes, inn. Collins and
Cts. Daniel are NOT residents Of tho State OF vir-
yra, ii is ordered thst they 10 appeef here ajfhin
si5 lay, aer .uc rblics lion hereof AMI 10 what nay
beswc>s.are protect their interest 10 this snlt.
tits further ordered thai copy hercf no pub
fisI,"> once week TOR four weeks In the Big Stone
Gap esr, and that copy he posted at the front aoor
az The court Annse " this county tho first dag o!
The next term OF the county court OF said County.
cory.-rc,r: W. j.. 6IGoSH, CLERK
BY A. =. ll9gc, u. C.
r. 7f.. Irvine, p.q July 37-34-4t.
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VIRGINIA:
In the Clerks office OF the Circuit Court OF me
County Ct Wise on the 26th day Of July 1895 In Va
cation.
Tracy Brosr Plaintiff, ,.c,.,.ar.
against III tanncefy.
The object Of this snlt is TO obtnn decree for nc
sum OF $l44 0e with interest from June 18th, 1892.
against defendants ". II. Beckford aud ". ~ i.@c'
with costs OF st and to enforce the same by e"rc-
ing the Mechanical Lien for said sum retained on
Lots aud of Block III in the town OF Big stoi" up
Virginia, az shown upon the Pint Recorded IN wise
County Clerks Once Marked improvement to.,s
Plat No. IT, And an affidavit having hern mHde
and fled that the defendants W. H. H"ck"rd. W A.
Ice and Bird ". Robinson, Trustee nre rot residents
of the State OF Virginia. II is ordered That ney dop
pear here WITHIN 10 days after due publication hereof
and do what may be necessary TO protect !'f inter
est In this cult And 1t Is further or;erc' that "
copy hereof be- published once week T"l 'nf weeks
in the Big Stone Gap Posr, and that copy bc pos''!
ut the front door OF tho courthouse % thi county "li
the first day Of the next term of the county court OF
said county cOpy-Teste:
July 27-34-4t ". Z. KlI6otE, Clerk.
L. Turner Maury, pa.
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Clothing Depnrtlnent.

have purchased, at a mandatory bank
rupt sale in Philadelphia, 635 Mems Youths
and Boys Suits in Sacks, Donbls-Breastcd
Straight Cuts, Cut-Aways, and Prince Alberts
ut so cents on the Dollar. Boys Knee Pants.
A handsome assortment Of Silk Aohair Coats
and Vests, in stripes and plaids. Boys Suits
from Sl.25 and up. SIS Odd Pair of Pants, 65
cents and up. will sell all the above men
toned at very small margin.
Furnishing Goods Department.
Stiff Hats OF all descriptions. Alpine Hats
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Dry Goods and Notion Department

Ladies' Lisle Thread Underelothing, from 8
cents and up; Lanies' Underwear cheaper
than you can buy the material; Pins and
Needles, ! cent paper; Mems Socks, cents
and up Everything else in the Dry Goods
and Notion Department going IN the same
proportion:
Shoes. Shoes, ghoeo.
1900 Pairs OF Shoes, embracing Mems
Yonths', Boys, Ladies'. Misses and Chill
dren's Shoes and Slippers OF all descriptions,
from the medium grade 10 the fness made, all
going at very low fgures
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One. Come all
PLANNING MIIA.

FOR SALE PRIVA lElY.
The Saw Mil uni Planning Mil recently ovooi ~
e. f. Dutton at the junction Of tho North and 5outh
forks vi Powells River. in the town Of Rig Stone Sap,
is for sale. privately, reasonable srms. This is
Rare Chance to Secure a First
g class Milling Outfit. Compieta.
with about Three Acres of Ground and supSzb To-
cation TOR the business.
Apply to, s. 4. BlRCH. Covsa-llls. Va, or
r. T. IRVINE, Zig Stone Gsp, Va.
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Besides these there are also on railroads
running here another brown ore carving
from II to GO per cent Of iron, and 10y OF
phosphorus; manganiferous iron ores, and
81 all probability large deposits OF man-
ganese; black limOnite with from % to
IS per cent of iron (well suited for the
pneumatic Bssic process); specular or
red hematite (Bessemerl with 50 to IS per
cent of iron, while of the great Cranberry
magnetic ore Prof. Proctor, in his repot,
Gays:
Extending northeast and southwest
through the western counties Of North
Carolina arc large depos.s of the pures'
magnetic iron ores known in this count y
cave in the Lake Superior region. These
ores, from n number OF samples averaged
By myself aud officers Of tho Tenth Gens0s
and others, anlyzed from 43 per cent to &c
per cent Of iron, and are, in Mitchell and
Ash counties, North Carolina, are remark
ably free from phosphorus and sulphur.
Recent developments along line tthirty
miles in extent prove the excessive nature
of these deposits. The only port where
these ores have as yet been reached hv .
railway is at Cranberry minein Nifc'irl'
county, North Carolina. A few years ago
the great mass of ore Row uncovered at
this point was hid by a thick covering of
soil and decomposed gneiss. save only a
few surface pits from which small forge
was supplied with ore. Within the past
few years the face of the Hill has been un-
covered, revealing an enormous mass of
very pure magnetic to heisth of3OO feet
above the railway track. The engineer in
charge at the mines assured me that from
diamond drill tests and the uncovered
mass, he had here piled up above the rail
way track over 20,0Oo,OOo tons Of ore to
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r"r' and Umbrella, " 4
s rms etc. y; Mems Acln,.,. +
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Remarkable Sales and Wonderful N
Ouer 300 Dauis Sewing Machines Sold in N4
In the Counties Of Wise and Lee.
This time.
OF arg. DAVIS SEWING
W. II. BLANTON. BIG STONEGAPY

", u. UIIAN Jun, IWU DIVNTl WHT. n
declare tc DAVIS
Sewing Machine In this
chimes, with which they we'll pleased mill they
On trying this wonderful ghrunnng and handsome machine
noticeable
DAVIS The have WISH
CHIMES, pachiIes other
Remember DAVIS has six Working
perfect machine made Every parti mad the
the Davis Sewing Machine f
fourth sold 1900 Machines, which
DAVIS the NkeIt
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Go
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And this by another chemist of brown
hematite, (dried e. 2l2 deg Farcnheit)
six miles away:
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Ash Observation-Disclosures. ala
100000
Color OF Ash, brown.
Tails represents coke OF great purity low in l'otl
sulphur aud ash aud high in axed carbon: cl'emcay
1, is fully as good the very best fcca'ontas COKE
aud i, should rank htQA metallursal fuel
Your. truly, ANDREW s. McCnkAr
MIR. McCreath might have said more
and doubtless would have done so but for
his Identification with Pennsylvania IN
terests. But he gvos the facts and the
intelligent reader may draw his own con-
illusions. The following comparative Ia
bic viii show the superiority of the coke
produced here over that produced either
at Connellsville OF Pocahontas.
Fixed Sui
Avy,.oxoy Carbon. Ash phnr.
?samplcs Big Stone Gap coke. made
In open rick and by barrel test.s3.@ $50 o.'49
3samples Connelvile, Pa, coke,
oven test. .oS''"" O''' 49,
4 samples Chattanooga, rsnn ,'oke,
oven tcst. ....................o o.ol i'o'f A'
a nanples Birmingham, ALA coke,
oven tast. S729 1O.I lI9o
samples Pocahonias, Va, coke,
oven test .o|'''o "''' ~
s samples New River, W. Vs.,cose,
oven test. ..................-.' a'''o ''1' ''"1
lssmpe Big Stone Gap coke. oven
test, analysis made BY a. :.
NcCreath. Sept, 1899. o. 4'@ 90"
This coke besides having been analyzeu'
has been thoroughly tested as to strenE'l
md porosty, and 10 pronounced by capa-
bic experts to be nearer perfect coke
than any yet made.
Whenit is considered that this immense
scam of coal is from seven to thirteen lee'
in thickness: that it extends over an area
of over 1000 acres; that it is located up
above the level of the valleys; that it can
no drained without tho use of machinery;
that 80 much Of che expense which must
no incurred in other localities in the man
ufacturc of coke are avoided, and that
ample transportation 10 now afforded 1t
will be seen what an immense advantage
these fields have over any yet discovered III
the United States OF elsewhere.
No. 1 below is splint coal i feet thick,
and No. 2 camel coal, both by
McCrcath:
Fixed carbon. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. "''O''
Volatile combustibs.. ............. "7.aSo 4'-'''
Ash. ............................ 3o75 o.z-'
Sulpur OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 04c0 o''''
IRON ORES.
The analyses below arc Of the following:
No. I, 2, and red fossil ore two miles
from Big Stone Gap, No. a limonte or
brown ore six miles away:
Metallic Iron. G.eso 4a.4ss 1882 52.oo4
phosphorous. Ols7 e.Ol5 o.l22 o.l65
Inso!uable .2Os7o :l.oo 2452 nl7
su,unr 6l32 Obs l.0S
The following are three samples of double
Bessemer ores tributary TO Big Stone Gap,
and is being used 10y tho Appalachian fur
mace. aud is found elsewhere only i'll Al
giers, Africa.
Hard Ore. Red Ore Fire Ore
Silica ............. Isl GIL l4'oo
Phosphorus ocs 0.o3 0o6'
Metallic iron ... 7oa CLIO 4s.2s
And this by another chemist OF brown
hematite, (dried e. 2l3 deg. Farenheit)
six miles away:
Silica. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 40
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OUR RESOURCES.
FACTS FOR INVESTORS,

Some Of the Natural Advantages
Possessed by Big Stone Gap.
Which VIII Help TO Make Her the
Manufacturing Center OF the
South.
Following are i've anlysess of the
cooking coal of Big Stone Gap:
Fixed carbon .s7.4a Ga "a Go.5s 53.A 81 10
Volatile combustier 1885 sa.lo $3.50 3,,2G 81. 2e
Ash .,....... l.ss Les 2.4e $40 800
Sulphur ......... o.slo OIL o4,2 o3S0 os!7
And this Of the average samples OF the
same vein by Mr.. Andrew S. McCreath
chemist of the Pennsylvania Geogical
Survey:
Fixed carbon ep. sol
Volatile combustioie. Observation-Disclosures e.@O
Aab. ISIS
sulphur 8.59i
The coke made from this coal is great
success as ia shown by Mr. McCreath's
letter:
MR. E. B. LEIsExRisa,
prest. The Virginia Coal Iron Co,
Big Stone Gap.
DEAR SIR:
The sample Of coke received from Ar
J. X. Taggart yesterday, yields on analy,
sis the following resuits:
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I VIRGINIA.: :,
In the Clerks office OF the Circuit Court OF the
County Ct Wise on the Goth day Of July 1898 In a
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-08-17

I VIRGINIA.: J. ,
In the Clerks office of the Circuit Court OF the
County OF Wise on the Goth day OF July. 1853. lnVa-
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-04-19
Poverty and saloons.

Statistics show a very close connec-
ltion between poverty and saloons A
recent number of an English publica.
ton asserts that in the poorest district
in London there is one saloon to each
1856 of population, or 81 saloons to II, 600
of population. In a certain quarter in
Chicago, which, however, is not con-
spicuous for extreme poverty, there are
said to be $50 saloons. The vote of that
quarter is about 1000. 1t appears,
hat there is one saloon to every 10
voters. Provided each of these voters
represents 10 persons who do not vote,
or in other words that the population
of the ward is 20. 900, which is much too
high, there is one saloon to each hum
bred of population. On the other hand,
accepting the lowest number of saloons
claimed for the territory $500, there
would still be one saloon for every 10
voters. Estimating the voters at q
to five of population there would be n
saloon to each sixty-fve persons. Then
it appears that London's record of sa-
looms in its poorest quarter is not so
bad as that of a part of Chicago
STANDARD.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-04-19
VARIOUS NOTES.

A MIDDLE-AeED English woman was
recently convicted of drunkenness foI
the one hundred and fifth time.
THERE were produced within a radi-
~ OF fifteen miles of the city hall,
-. York, for the fiscal year ending
, .ane 80. 1892. an aggregate of s,2s7, 354
barrels of beer.
Ex-Gov. COFFIN, of Iowa, the friend
of railroad men, has distributed 80, 5000
white buttons among trainmen since
last May. These buttons represent
total abstinence from intoxicants.
THE present day furnishes a peculiar
sight in this enlightened country. A
man in the states prison for stealing
your purse while he was crazy with
drink, while the man who sold him the
drink has a seat in the Legislature.
IT is stated that quite recently the
standard height required for military
service in Franc. has been lowered in
order to escape the necessity of reduc-
ing the numbers of the army. 1t is no
secret that physical as well as moral
degeneracy follows in the train of the
pestilence of modern society, viz: the
drinking habits of the people.
In the commune of Fauborn, near
Limbourg-sur-Lahn, in the Grand
Duchy of Hesse-Nassau, there are sew
eral dis~tilleries. and the population APP
pears to be composed of cretins and
examples of degeneration of all descrip-
tons The contrast is the more striking
as in the neighboring villages which
contain no distilleries the population is
healthy.-Le Progress Medicale.
BY due observation l have found that
if the murders and manslaughters. the
burglaries and robberies, the riots and
tumults and other enormities hat have
happened in that time twenty years.
were divided into five parts four of
them have been the issue and product
of excessive drinking. Sir Matthew
Hale, chief justice of England, 1870
No PIECE of foolery is too great for
the regular German zecher or beer
drinker and although the following
story seems incredible it is nevertheless
a fact In Steglitz a suburb of Berlin,
a drinking club is arranging a long dis
lance walk lit will probably be a rolf
from Berlin to Vienna, which is to take
place next May. 1t is called a beer
Journey. each competitor being pledged
on honor to call at every public house,
hotel, OF restaurant on the road and
drink at least one glass of beer. The
winner is to be that individual who has
emptied the most pots and reached vi
emma in the shortest time Vienna
zechers are invited to join the race from
their city on the same conditions A
good sum of money has already been
collected in the club for this most intel
lectual and noble enc, the members
meeting weekly to discuss the matter.
L.E-- Society.
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Rulned by Intemperance.

The harvests of sin and righteous
ness appear in time, but the full reap
ing is only possible in eternity. Some
times there is a sufficient gathering of
fruit to appall or to fill with rejoicing,
according to the kind of seed sown. As
an instance of the carnage Of ruin
wrought by intemperance the state
ment of a former saloon-keeper of New
York City is sadly forcible. In a state
ment that seems authoritative he says;
Il have sold liquor, said Mr.. - 'for
eleven ~years-long enough for me to
see the beginning and end of its effects
| have seen a man take his first glass of
liquor in my place, and afterward fill
the grave of a suicide. have seen man
after man, wealthy and educated, come
into my saloon, who can not now buy
his dinner. / can recall twenty GUS
toners, worth from a 800, 900 TO $780,
600 who are now without money, place,
friends. Young Mems Era