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as the Big Middle Vein, in Red Mountain, all of which contains workable ore. The company has recently opened up red-ore mines at Gate City, and is mining there about 200 tons per day.
 In addition to the iron ore, thorough examination reveals the fact that this property contains a very large quantity of limestone and dolomite. for fluxing pur- poses; brownStone, sandstone, glass sand, chert, fire clay, moulding sand and terra cotta. y
 The proximity of this property to the city of Birmingham makes all of these minerals very valuable. and eventually they will become a source of large revenue. The Gate City property is well known as one of the most valuable and attractive min eral properties in the south. There is there an abundant supply of purest water from artesian wells and springs, with a flow Of 1,500,900 gallons per day, and 1t is thought this quantity can be greatly encreased.
 Perhaps there is no location in the world better adapted for furnace purposes than Gate City, as the material for making iron can be assembled here at the lowest pos- sible cost, and 1t is declared to be prac- ticable to discharge here ore directly from the mines into the furnace.
 Standard Coal Compnny's Property Is another of the very important and val uable constituent parts of the Alabama Consolidated. This property is situated in Tuscaloosa County, on the Birmingham Mineral Division of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
 It consists of B, ,2f1 acres of land. It has been estimated that 1S000 to A,000 acres of this land contains workable seams of high grade coal for domestic, steam and coking purposes, aggregating for the three upper workable seams 150 000,0 900 to 2OOO00,0OO tons. This is independent of the coal reserves lying some 800 or more feet below. Fourteen ~f1 |, 1o4a1 f- ld h long-leaf yellow pine timber worth at least $5 per acre. The remainder of the land is also well timbered with pine and hardwood suitable for mining purposes
 This property has been in operation for eleven years and the mines now have Q daily output of 500 tons of coal per day
 At the mines at Brookwood and Milldale there are 300 buildings Ca veritable town), including offices houses. stores and tene- ment houses and all necessary buildings for the mines.
 There are POP modern Bee Hive coke ovens, from which there is being produced 200 tons of coke per day.
 The plant is well equipped with all mod- ern appliances, including coal washers hoisting engines, boilers, machine shops, blacksmith shops etc; and complete sys- tenn of water works including pumping sla- tion, reservoir, hydrants and wells.
 The construction of additional coke ovens at Brookwood is now well under way. About 115 new ovens have been completed and 200 or more additional are under con- struction New mines have been opened on a vein of coal, and are now being operated. The capacity of this mine will very soon be as much as 1000 tons per day, making the total output of the mines of the com pany at or near Brookwood 2,000 tons per day.
 In Georgia
 In addition to the vast properties above mentioned the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company has acquired vRiaa-ate brown-ore lands in Polk County, Georgia, on the line of the Southern Railway, which are now being developed.
 These lands consist of about 1.IOO acres with ore on about 800 acres.
 The Consolidated Company has also prac- tically acquired ownership Of thai valuable property about five miles north or Birm- ingham, known as the Mary Lee coal prop erty. with valuable additional coal lands in connection with same. This mine is now being operated, and has in use 130 coke ovens.
 Strength nd Intrinsic Values
 The vast extent of the above mentioned properties, their intrinsic value, and their great earning capacity naturally make the stock of the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company unusually attractive as permanent investment This fact will be appreciated when the location of these
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