186 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 



companies the coal in this township. Two specimens of the coal yield 

 the following upon analysis. No. 1 is from Mr. Dunlap and No. 2 from 

 Mr. Buckston : 



No. 1. No. 2. 



Specific gravity 1.287 1.288 



Moisture 2.30 2.80 



Ash 6.90 2.90 



Volatile combustible matter 30.70 30.20 



Fixed carbon 60.10 64.10 



Total 100.00 100.00 



Sulpliur 2.77 1.23 



Sulphur left in coke 1.51 0.87 



Sulphur forming of the coke 2.25 1.'29 



Fixed gas per pound, ill' cubic feet 3.56 3.80 



Ash Gray. Red. 



Colce Compact. Compact. 



In Rose township no openings were seen where the bed is worked for 

 its coal, but it frequently underlies blackband ore — the same deposit 

 as that of Tuscarawas county. On Mr. Newhouse's property, between 

 Waynesburg and Merges, the blackband is leased and taken out by 

 Messrs. Rhodes & Carr, of Cleveland. The section there is : 



' FT. IH. 



1. Shale and debris 10 



2. Black shale 00 4 



3. Blackband 5 2 



4. CoalNo.7 - 2 



5. Fire-clay (seen) 2 



At this locality the anticlinal which passes through the western por- 

 tion of the county is well shown, as the excavation is directly on the 

 crest of the axis. 



The blackband is of low specific gravity, owing to the large proportion 

 of bituminous matter, but is easily calcined, and leaves a rich ore. It 

 has been removed from a considerable area, but for some reason the work 

 had been stopped just before I visited the place. The ore yields as fol- 

 lows on analysis : 



Specific gravity 2.727 



Water and organic matter 19.48 



Alumina 1.60 



Silica 27.68 



Carbonate of iron 36.95 



Sesquioxide of iron 7.58 



Manganese 1.20 



