Lesley.] 1 30 [June, 
North Fork, at the same elevation of about 200 feet above water-level, 
for a distance of two and a half (23) miles ; 
—Along both sides of Smith’s creck, for 12 miles : 
—Along both sides of Brown’s creek, for 14 miles : 
—Along both sides of May’s creek, for 3 mile : 
—Along both sides of Sander’s creek, for } mile : 
So that the outcrop of this bed has a run of over ten (10) miles. 
In this Northern part of the property it lies also in the best manner 
possible for mining ; falling gently in all directions towards a central 
point, or mining location, between the mouths of Smith’s and Brown’s 
creeks. ‘The arrows on the map (fig. 1) show the direction of the fall of 
the coal. The two parallel lines (from R R northeastward) show the 
central axis of the basin, or deepest part of the coal bed, falling towards 
BaB0o + We 
Down this central axis the coal bed falls at the rate of less than 1°; 
or, between 60 and 70 feet in the mile. The fall from the Krieger bank 
to the Rose bank, W. 8. W. is 150 feet in a little less than a mile. The 
rise from the Rose bank to the crop, up May’s creek, northward, is 120 
feet in a little over a mile. 
The following openings on this Six Foot Bed have 
been worked for several years :— 
The Krieger Bank one mile up Brown’s creek, south 
side ; 9 feet above the water-bed ; runs in 109 yards, E. 
10° 5. ; coal mined from several small breasts, not many 
tons altogether. It is represented in Fig. 7. 
Top Rocks * Black-Alate, saeco. is. i. 2 feet. 
MCN Oia Onte a cee A ila ie cst a « 6 feet. 
Top coal, with three half inch slates.......... 1 foot. 
Main coal, solid bench, with occasional wedges 
Ob CPAD Clas Gs ita coh lees vecih ore = 5 feet. 
Slate Nov lakenipi ys Gy as cee. 8 inches. 
Bottom coal, bench not taken up............. 9 inches. 
The following analysis by Mr. Persifor Frazer, Jun., shows a superior 
percentage of solid carbon with a minimum of ash, sulphur and 
water :— 
Carbon (cokGi gars facut ou aee es a 79.25 (or + of the whole.) 
Volatile substances. ..6.2 sey) eee, 17.17 (It is therefore not a gas coal.) 
ABW dt Sock cis on ps Ri OPI LS 3.11 (an extraordinarly pure coal.) 
Sulphurs oe levees 2 er 9 0.47 
Watets.. peg i ae von a 0.55 
ROU ets is uaa i eee 100.55 : in which the sulphur has been 
considered exclusively a constituent of the Ash. The specimen (No. 1) 
was obtained from the Krieger bank, some distance back in the gangway, 
and midway of the bed, between the roof and floor, and may be considered 
a fair specimen of what the bed will do when mined on a large scale. 
