418 
inch seam, is about one hundred feet below this one. This was near Slip 
Point. Other seams have been discovered farther down the sea-cliff to the 
eastward of these. 
A tunnel has been driven more than 600 feet along the line of the 40- 
inch seam near Slip Point. The mouth of this tunnel is on the beach, so 
that coal can be loaded right onto ships from it. 
The coal of this mine breaks with a conchoidal fracture and shows extreme 
sharp edges. It is clean, hard, glossy black lignite, with small quantities 
of pyrite. This pyrite is often included in the coal in veinlets, but not in 
quantity to damage the coal. The coal leaves no clinkers. Until recently 
the output of this mine was said to be 200 tons per month. An analysis 
of a specimen of this coal gave the following :* 
GST os ety phy ae scot a cui ogi des he eae teas 5.55 per cent. 
Volatile combustible matter..................34.25 per cent. 
BIRO GNCARO OM ye riccosts = a eit) Aes rok ns kere he earn ee 47 .80 per cent. 
AN STI 6 Shia. ie sd RSS PLEO cctv adn Soba 11.40 per cent. 
Total: rivet svt ce wien Geeks LOO. OOpDerzcenmin 
Thorough prospecting will likely disclose more and large coal seams. 
#Analysis by Prof. N. W. Lord of the Department of Metallurgy and Mineralogy, 
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 
