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An opening near Droddy's Creek, about three-quarters of a mile north- 

 westerly from the Peytona mines, gives the following section from above 

 downward : 



FT. IN. 



Cannel, slaty 6 



Coal, bituminous 3 



Coal, bituminous, resembling " curly cannel " 1 1 



Coal, bituminous 6 



2 4 

 Near John McCarty's bouse on Droddy's Creek, about twenty feet below 

 the opening on the Upper Cannel, there is an old opening quite fallen in 

 that must have been on the Main Cannel ; but its coal is said to have been 

 ' ' bituminous mixed with cannel." 



The smooth cannel is cannel proper ; the curly cannel is an intimate 

 mixture of cannel coal and bituminous. The curly is more highly prized, 

 as it makes the best coal for domestic use. The quality of both kinds is 

 remarkably pure. Besides the very great merits of the coal for domestic 

 purposes, it is very valuable for making gas, owing to the large yield and 

 high candle power of the gas ; and the coal is therefore used as an "en- 

 richer" with bituminous gascoal. 



The following are the results of an assay of the Peytona cannel coal, as 

 reported by the Manhattan Gas Light Company of New York, in 1869 : 



"Maximum yield of gas per ton of 2340 pounds — 13,200 cubic feet of 

 33.66 candle power. 



"At 10,000 feet per ton (standard yield) the illuminating power of the 

 gas is equal to 41.16 candles. 



" Yield of coke per ton, 33 bushels, weighing 1380 pounds. 



" One bushel of the hydrate of lime purifies 4510 cubic feet of gas. 



" Analysis of the coal : 



"Volatile matter 46.00 



" Fixed carbon 41.00 



" Ash -. . . 13.00 



100.00" 



The cannel coal of the Main Bed has in some parts of the mine red ash, 

 and in some parts white ash. At one place there is what they call 

 "gummy coal " or "gum," red and white, said to be liquid when fresh, 

 like syrup, thinner than cold molasses. Some of it when gathered dry in 

 the mine looks like a rotten coal, and some of it like a bituminous 

 powder. 



In mining, the bituminous coal was thrown aside in the mine, and left 

 there. 



This bed is the same as the Factory Cannel Coal Bed of Lens Creek, but 

 much superior to it in quality, as well as thickness, at the Peytona mines. 

 It is a very irregular bed both in thickness and quality, and its unusual 



