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pulverized and exposed to the water from above it, hence 

 our best coal is generally obtained up small streams that 

 are more retired from these apparent scenes of disturbance. 

 " I have, in my cabinet, preserved good specimens of the 

 piece, that can be seen at any time — or, if any one wishes, 

 I could send them some, by being informed where to direct 



them. 



" Very respectfully thine. 



Hanover^ Col. Co.., 0. "Morris Miller." 



ANALYSIS OF OHIO COALS. 





BY DR. J. S. NEWBERRY. 

 Read before the Cleveland Academy of Natural Science. 



No. 1. — Mahoning Valley Coal. 



Remarkably compact, coming from the mine in large 

 tabular masses. Color, dull bluish black in the mass; 

 freshly broken surface of a brilliant resinous lustre — frac- 



Total, - - - 100.000 



Economical Value. — This coal is unequallgid in its adap- 

 tation to the manufacture of metals, and is successfully 

 employed in the raw state to the reduction of ores by the 

 hot blast. 



Geological Position. — Lowest bed in the Ohio coal field, 

 50 to 75 feet above Conglomerate. 



Specimens examined, from Youngstown and Mount Nebo, 

 Mahoning county. 



Thickness, 4 to 5 feet. 



