The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-06-29


This represents coke Of great purity low in both
sulphur and ash and high In fixed carbon chemically
Il Is fully good the very best rocahontas coke,
and II should rank high a mctaIlurigal fuel.
Yours truly, ANDREW S. McCREA1Ii.
Mr. McCreath might have said more,
and doubtless would have done so but for
his Identification with Pennsylvania in
terests But be gives the facts and the
intelligent reader may draw his own con-
ciusions. The following comparative ia
BILE wiz show the superiority of the coke
produced here over that produced either
at Connellsville or Pocahontas
AVERAGE or Carbon. Ash phur.
7sampes Big Stone Gap cokc,made
in open rick and by barrel test9323 $50 o.749
3 sample, ConnelsviIlc, Pa, coke,
oven test ..................SS .86 974 Oslo
8 samples Chattanooga, Tenn. coke,
oven test ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS o.5l 1854 1885
4 samples birmingham, Ala coke,
oven test .............. 1929 1854 LBS
: samples pocalontaS, Vn., coke,
oven test. go. ..............9 2"h, 5.tt o'''i
q samples New River, w Va,ccke,
oven test .................' .'z"No i'-' o'"'-
sample Zig Stone Gap coke, oven
test. ANALYSIS mndc by 4. s.
McCr.n,h. Sept, 1890 04.O4 4.74 .5SS
This coke besides having been Analysed,
has been thoroughly tested as TO strength
and porosity, aud is pronounced 10y capa-
bic experts to be nearer perfect coke
than any yet made.
Wheni is considered that this immense
seum of coal is from seven to thirteen icct
in thickness: that it extends over an area
of over &C, 900 acres; that it is located up
above the level of the valleys; that it can
he drained without the use Of machinery;
that SO much Of the expense which must
no incurred in other localities III the man
ufacture of coke are avoided, and that
ample transportation is now afforded 1t
will he seen what All immense advantage
these fields have over any yet discovered in
the United States or elsewhere.
No. below is splint coal 4 feet thick,
and No. = camel coal, both by
McCreath:
Fixed carbon. Observation-Disclosures. $500? 1922
Volatile combustibie.. ........... 3f.''S" 4''"o'
Ash NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. J''o V'-|''
SuIpr ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. O4oG o.t'o
IRON ORES.
The analyses below are Of the following:
No. l, 3, and a red fossil ore two miles
from Big Stone Gap, No. Il limonitc or
brown orc six miles away:
Metn,ic iron =. 47.6M 1898 1889 52Oo4
Phosplorous :. Ol97 0.ol5 o:122 ol0'
,uso,nbc ..0S70 2l00 24.52 Hi
The following arc three samples of double
Bcsscmcr ores tributary to Biz Stone Gap,
and is being used by tho Appalachian fur
mace. and is found elsewhere only III AL
giers, Africa.
Hard Ore Red Ore. Fire Ore.
Silica ............. l.27 GIL l4.o'
phospurous .... O.O2 0.03 Oo67
Metallic Iron. tU"o oi'i" 'o1'
And this by another chemist of brown
hematite, (dricd at PIP deg. FarcnhclD
six miles away:
Silica Observation-Disclosures. 40
Aiumiua. -o'
PhOSpoi GUS. VIII"
Gctalic iron ''""-
manganese,
Lime. '"0c'
Sulphur. -........'.. noue.
Besides these there are also on railroads
running here another brown orc CARRYING
from AZ to 90 per cent Of iron, and .l09 of
phosphorus; manganiferous iron ores, and
IN oil probability large deposits Of man
ganese; black iimonitc with from so to
SIS per cent Of iron (well suited for the
pneumatic Basic process); specular or
red hematite (Bessemer) with SIS to 65per