MINERALS FOR THE PARIS EXHIBITION. GILPIN. 265 



Fuels. 



48 hour (Retort) Coke. Made in " Bernard's " Coke oven, from 

 washed coal at Ferrona, Iron Works. 



Moisture 0.40 p. c. 



Vol. Comb Matter... 1.60 " 

 Fixed Carbon (by 



Ash 7.22 p. c. 



Sulphur 1.15 " 



Phosphor as 0.01 " 



diff.) 90.78 



Slate, etc., from coal washer from coal used in making coke. 



Moisture 1.00 p. c. 



Vol. Comb. Matter.. .18.14 " 



Ash 76.31 p. c. 



Sulphur 6.23 " 



Fixed Carbon 4.55 ' 



Washed coal used for making coke. 



Moisture 1.07 p. c. 



Vol. Comb. Matter. ..31.69 ' 

 Fixed Carbon .. ..63.14 " 



Ash 4.17 p. c. 



Sulphur 1.46 " 



Culm Coal, one-third Springhill and two-thirds Reserve 



Coal, (C. B.) 



Moisture 0.82 p. c. 



Vol Comb. Matter... 28.31 " 

 Fixed Carbon.. ..59.87 " 



Ash 11.06 p. c. 



Sulphur 2.12 " 



Another interesting exhibit is that of the Mineral Products 

 Company, of Bridgeville, Pictou County. These people leased 

 the Charcoal furnace at that place for the manufacture of ferro- 

 manganese. The manganese was obtained from a deposit in 

 New Brunswick. This deposit consisted of bog ore, which was 

 dried and made into briquettes. It was smelted with the 

 limonite ore of the East River, and made a product of good 

 marketable value. The expense incurred in handling the man- 

 ganese ore and its freight has b'een assigned as the cause of the 

 abandonment of the enterprise. I regret to say that, owing to 

 the absence of the manager from the Province, I am unable to 

 give analyses of the raw materials and of the product. 



In this district, in addition to the limonite ores, there are 

 large deposits of specular, red hematite, spaltic and clay ironstone 

 ores, which will no doubt before long be mined for the smelter. 



