VAKIETY 



OF 



FliBU 



DKSCRIPnoK. 



^trtiiMore tolerably tîrio lumellar— rompact ; color black ; hislre lesinous ; liard and 6rm ; fracture 

 uneven ; powder dark brown, iniiliiiiog to black isli-bruwn ; on oxpoaure to llie air it becomes, in ^ 

 partfl. iiû'nisled witli u wliit« effloreacenc«, resullint; from the oxidation of pyrito. In appearam*, 

 It is not unlike some varieties of coal of the Carboniferous system- i 



From a. small Htreani, llirrw-iinarteni of a mile dne aoutli of month of Klik-ei*wi River, 

 north-iuiflt o"a»t of Vancouver Island, BrltlBli Columbia. Seam sixteen inrliea thick- (jeo. 

 P« — Crelaccoiis. 



Unwr Belly Itlvor twenly-llvr milw. and a-l.alf above the month of Kootanie ( Walerton) ! Stnicti.re line lan,ellar-it isinterstralified with very thin layers of bright black t'oal, and Lontai'.s, 



River t^SpsîKe 27^^^^ he fourth milial meridian. Wstrict of Albert*. North- ' lierr and then-, a patch of mineral charcoal : color grt.y.ah-black. a moat black ; lustre ««"«"« 



K Terriu'n- Seamono fwT hick. Geo. Pb..-Probably near marine ba«e of Uramie- , fractiin. uneven ; shows to erably well defined planes of cleal ; i«wder brownish^black ; h^d »r.d 



ntm leniHirj , ovam nw iw.i cu. j i ^^^ _ regiala exposure to the air. In appearance it much reaemblea some vanetiea of coal of the 



I CarlK^niferous aystoBi. (13) 



Vmm Hooper (reek or Nh-holaoir^ Tunnel. Co»t(iU, on Skldeiçate Cliannel, southern end of Btni. tuna compa.t ; it is, here and there, intereected by films of calcite ; color velvet-black -lustre 

 (îium laŒ Sn Cl.arlôurW^^^^^ Slain seam. Geo. l'os-Crw hriRht ; brittle; frac uro sub-conchoidal ; powder «reyish-black. almost black ; when suddenly 



tacw:.ii*- heaie<i, decrepitates slighlly. 



OvHter t>e«,k. nonh-west brand, of U.e North Fork of IheOld Man River, Diatrict of Alberta. I Siructuie very fine lamellai-compact ; color Kreyiah-black ; lustre 8ub-i«Binou9 to resinous; frac- 

 ^ I,u:.Irit'.L".,. V r „.,...„-.„. it.i.. ««.n,» f;«^ IW—I.ammie. lure uneven— not unlrwiuently breaks into more or less rhombic fragments ; powder brownish- 



Nortb-Wcsl Territory. From one of nui 



thin seania. Goo- Poa.— Laramie. 



I Did Man River, Middle Fork, township 7. range 2, west of Iho fifth initial meridian. District 

 of Alberta, North-Wiwt Territory. Upier aeam. Seum three feet Hiirk. (ieo. Poflt.— Pro- 

 bably Laramie. 



Old Man River, Middle Fork, township 7, range 2. weet of the fifth initial meridian, Uiatricl 

 it AllM'ria. North-WoHt Territory. l.ower seam. Seam about three feet thick. Geo. Pos. — 

 'lobably I^irumie. 



I Wellington Mine, Vancouver Island, Britlali Columbia. This mine is ailualed live milea 

 and a-halr north-west of Nanalmo, and tlirw» milen west of Departuni Bay. Tin- seam, 

 wliicb in known u ttio NowcaJ-tlB aoam, hue, in thin mine, a thickness of from six t*i t«n 



, fcol. Goo. I'o» 



Ciiscado Ilivnr, two mlltw and tbide-quarlen» from itit cunlluonco with the Bow, Bow River 

 " I. li-'ky M'liiiitaiuB. Heriion K Uiwnship W, ran^'u 1 1, wuat of the fifth initial meridian, 

 - ■ ■- ...*.. x7,..,«i.-w..di 'rA»*Li.^Bii u^nin «i.f.iii «U'nrti\' ùiches tlijck. Goo. Po0- — 



Krotiiawam near Ya-koun River— uhich (lows intiiMasaettlnlct-ahnul twelve mile« to 

 I the norili of Skide^alu Inlet, (ira)iain iHlaud, Queen Charlotte Isluuds. British Columbia. 

 Soani said to bo about vittlitcin feet thick' livu. Pos— Cretaceous. 



Red Deer River, Rocky Mountains, District of Alberts. North-Wost Territory. Norlbem 

 I I'ontiunation of Cnscaile River anthrai-iie trough' ^ani broken up where exposed, and the 

 thicknesH uncortain, but at li>ns( «evernl feet. Geo. i't» — (.'relacoons, Knolanie aeries. 



From warn near the heail waters of Mill and Pi n cher Ore ks. section lu, township •'•, range 

 1, meat of Ihn fifth initial meridian. District of Alherla, North- Weal Territory. Seam has u 

 thicknoaii of about einbt fw't. Geo. l\m — Crrlaceous. 



Pine RU'cr, five niitioi iibnvn lite Uiwer Forks, Briliih ('ulumhln rrorii the two feel 

 "i-iini. G»^». Poa.— Crelaccnus, Dunvivnn ijntup 



Heiiii-nnlhriutte. Bow River, right bank, one mil» and a-half from Canmore station, ('. P. K., se lion 29, 

 I township J4, raiiiio 10, west of the liait initial nterldiaii, District of All«Tla, North-West 



I Tcrritury. À'nm about oiir foot thick. Southern iiiiilinualinn of Cimcaile River anthracite 



tniuuh. Geo. l'un. — ('n>laivi>iis, Kooianic Hiirlea. 



Coal. Second cnMiiiitr, Marten Cn>uk, Cr.>w Nesl Pass, Roi-kj' MonntaiiiN. Hrilish C'llnuiliia. 



Seam nlioiit two Icet tliick. Geo. 1V« — CrvtAcooiis, KitoUinle serica. 



I 

 da. Kcwoud CrTMiIng, Marlun ('nN.>k,rrow Nosl Pus, Rocky Monnlalne, British Columhl)^ 



; resists exposure to the air. {H) 



Slniclure very fine lamellar — the siicceesive layers diti'ering somewhat in lustre — compact ; 

 color black, but not pure black ; lustre sub-resinous to resinous ; fracture uneven ; here and ihere 

 iaterfiectci] by a (bin plate of calcite ; powder black, sligbl brownish tinge ; hard and firm ; resists 

 e\pi«UTe to the air. 



Slruclure compact ; shows traces of slickensidca ; color black : lustre sub-reainoua to resiuous ; 

 fracture uneven, occasionally somewhat conchoidal ; intersected by numerous thinplatesof calcite; 

 powder brownish black ; hard and firm ; resists exposure to the air. 



filructure very line lamellar— compact ; color black ; lustre resinous ; fracture uneven ; inter- 

 •iei'lei) in many olaces by thin films of calcile, and contains, inlerstratified with il, an occa- 

 sional thin csleareous layer consisting of what, at a tirst glance, appears to be the crushed 

 fragments of minute shells— a close examination, however, led to the inference that the same was 

 iu<Mt probably not of oiganic origin ; powder browniah-bla^k ; hard and firm ; resists exposure 

 lo the air. (3) 



The ciial in this part of the seam— a point, apparently of exceptional disturbance- woe found to he 

 in a imlveriilent coudttion- 



Siniclurc compact ; cnlnr black; lusire resinous, in partie briUiiiiU; fracture uneven, occasionally 

 Mime» hut conchoidal ; here and thent iiitersMted by thin plates of gypsum and calcite, as also 

 by a few films of i)yrite; powder dark brown, inclining to Idackish-brown; hard and firm resists 

 ei|io8ure to the air. In appearance, it closely resembTcs aome varieties of coal of the Carbonifer- 

 oiiBbystvm. 



{Structure very fine lamellar— compact ; color blacit. but not pure black ; lustre reainoua ; fracture 

 une\i-n ; jiowder almost black ; hard and firm ; resists exposure to the air. In appearance it closely | 

 reruitiihles some varieties of coal nf the Carboniferous system. 



Structure Bomew hat coarse lamellar— made up of layera of a greyish-black, somewhat dull, and jcl j 

 l>1aik coal of brilliant lustre, with an occasional layer of mineral charcoal ; shows slickenaidea ; i 

 [rikciuro irregular, that of the brighler layers not' unfrequently conchoidal ; powder brownish- . 

 Iilack, almost black ; hanl and firm. 



Slrii.Hirn ver\ llti.- ImiiflUir— ompml ; colcir hiack; lufitre of fracture parallel to the bedding dull. 



Ill Li ..I th.' .!..■- iri.iiii.- r.-iiniiiii. i-Hi..iKiMy liiilliiini ; fracture uneven; contains a brownish- 



1' ,: ■ .r. ■,■ I. II . I., iiv 111 -IN ill |..iiii. i.-»s, ilitl'used through ils sul^stance ; powder dark i 

 i.r .1, I,. . I, I. ■ , I,. , I - i 1-1. f..,Mi , il. iri .111.1 iiriii , n-sisla pxjiiniire tii the air. In Ap|iearauce, 



><trui-ture lamellar — comitact *, sliow* slickennides ; contains an occasional very thin layer of 

 oiiitKful charmai ; color black, injraris irid't-'cent; luslrw fortheniiwt part liriglit, timtof aoiiio of the 

 'Iciixiir layers snlvmiilnllic ; brittle ; fracture, ou tliu wholo, uneven, that of the more lustrous bands, ' 

 iiKin' or leas mnchoidul ; powder blat^k ; when suddciily lioaled, dccrepitatiut somtiwhat- [ 



><truclnre vury fine lamellar — coinpact; color hln<'k ; Instrc resinous; fracture uneven; powder 

 '.'ri>yish-l<lack ; hanl and firm : resiotx ex|H«ure to tbo air. In appeankiico, it resembles some 

 vunetius ofcoal of the Carboniferous Ky stem. [\n) 



Has a ■'luinplnl, foliated atrucUire ; shows alickonsidea ; rrdor grey lull -black to black; Inslre I 

 n>sinnuB. that of the slickensideil surfaics oivasionully inclining to vltreoiu ; Arm ; fracture irr«ga- 

 iur ; powder iirownish-black ; rwaiat» exposure to the air. 



PROXIMATE ANALYSIS-FAST COKING. 



CampoBition, per oi 



42-23 M-84 U-2S 



38 111 iG-lh 



2-90 , 29-20 6'J-95 



20-88 01-87 



2-45 33-76 I 48-a» 



32-53 -1438 I 10-82 



40-00 ; 47-78 



3803 ' 52-04 



2C-fl2 ' i;i'48 I 27-48 



30-41 P3-33 



Chanelcrof 



Per ocnt (Hter— 



Çohoniit,bu(ten-' R«iMlt)i-bnwn 



Nnn-coherenl. ' Rcddiili-whits. 



Finn, oihereni, Pale n 



32-53 



HYUROSCOPIOITÏ. 



114 -20 do. 



Li|h( bluIih-Boy. 



Nuo-cobertnt. Pula itildlth-yi 



15-26 2-96 



iyalluw. luuinoui,! Noa-cuhoriiil 



1510 1--14 63-79 Finn, ooui|... 



Wliilf.. O'll 



0-83 I 6-06 



0-80 6-78 3-23 



■73 I R 10 2 TA 



(1-00 ' 3-90 1-76 



0-69 i 3-8» 2-00 



ti. 



P0TA8U RBAOTION. (S) 



0-50 3-S9 I 1-57 3-09 



1-63 2-92 



0-64 3-47 ' 1'8I 2-8 



