The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-06-20
FURNACES TO START
Plants at EmbreVille and Carnegie Soon
to Go Into Blast.
The Iron Producing Territory OF
Southwestern Vireinia---The
Pocahontas Strike.

A correspondent OF the Baltimore
MangtUcture,S' Record, writing from
Bristol, says:
A tour Of the iron producing and
working territory OF Southwestern
Virginia is fraught with much tina: is
interesting and instructive. Just now,
when all that section is suffering from
the effects of the c)al miners strike
that is felt at every point, the situali m
is not in the ioast allurlng, yet there
are in that territory great opportuni
ties for successful investment, The
coal sections that are now being de-
veloped and those that will later come
in for active attention are SO .ond to
none.
All OF the companies speak hopeful.
lY for the future, and apparently are
anticipating revival OF the iron bus
iness that will eventually place it on
its feet again on the same old time
basis.
AT Pulaski the Dora Furnace Co.,,
backed principally by home capital,
has been running very satisfactorily
for the past :our years, and is dispot
Ing Of it's output as rapidly as finished
The furnace is single Que OF l25 tons
capacity, comparatively new, and uset
Cripple Greek ores mined at Barren
Springs, Reed Island, Indian CamI
and Carter's Siding. The parties il
teFested in the fuFnaee are credited
with controlling 10000 acres Of ore
and coal lands,
The pulaski Iron 6o,, with Philadel
phia hacking, also operates single
furnace OF 1875 tons capacity here Th'
furnace was built eight years ago, anC
; has made remarkably successful rur
ever since. Just now they are idle
fheiF hrea being banked last week be
cause Of th Dir inability TO secure
; Co4e supply. They also use Cripple
Greek orea, mined at Patterson ant
Bette Barker, partly on their ow,
lands and partly on those OF the Ne'
York and Virginia Mining Co.
Down on the branch road lesdin
! TO these mines ig the 4yanhoe iAraaas
owned and operated by the New Rive
: Mineral Go. This ilrHace 10 also
ptngle one, With eapaplty OF not mo
!, than SIXTY FIVE tons per day. They 81
cure their ore supply from lands &C
: Joining the furnace, and secure COX
from the Southwest Virginia Improv,
ment Co.'s mines at Pocahontas.
, Further On 10 the east ls the Orozie
Iron Furnace Co.'s furnace az Roi
noke, which 10 also in blast. The qo'
strike in the Flat Top Field has ma n
! no difference with tAem. " was 81
tjcipated and large coke supply 8,
' cured in advance,
At Big Stone Gap the iurnace Of u
Appalachian Steel and Iron Co is Il
: the present idle, the fires being banke
from their inability to secure col
supply, their coke being had from u
G. Flat Top Field.
<. The furnace is Q single one but W
: originally Intended TO be double, Y
second F9rnsce Balng RRilt and Qor
Y. nlets With the exception OF being line
g. up. The capacity OF the one In vi
n is about eighty.five tons, but could
~ y, easily increased to 100 tons. IT
company own, 1000 acres Of ore lam
q and leases considerable more. Il
now in the hands ef q receiyef, Ge
AyFes, and will he sold on the 9sth
NJ June, The indicstiopa are that it W
be bought in by q wealthy New Yo
company that already holds eHtelsi
= interests down that way.
Near Johnson Citv, Tenn, two [,
w. naces will start up soon. Guy Roc
on johnson, manager OF the Embrevi
furnace near that point, met the par
OF railroaders at Big Stone Gap |,
- week and arranged matters with t
Norfolk and Western reptesehtatii
to tie mutual sat;sfaetIod Of all 3,
u oerned. Later he left for Cincinn
to look after other mattere of imp
tance 70 the company, ana is TO 8
for Eqglapd shortly 70 place the M
ter before the English stockbold
I0r their fnAl action It is expect
a the plant will be able to 60 on by
/ middle Of the summer, a. there is
y tie preliminary work necessary. 7
capacity OF the plant lab ,ut $50 70
The Carnegie Furnace Compan
plant at johnson City is also expec
to start up at an early date, aud pr
. arations are now 10 progress. I
nlant like tha Embreville furnace