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coal, one-half inch thick. The pyritous parting, No. 5, is irregular in 

 thickness and varies in distance from the bottom. Two feet below the 

 coal a thin seam of coal two or three inches thick occurs in the fire-clay. 

 Followed up Sandy Creek the bed is seen to diminish in thickness and 

 at the same time to deteriorate in quality. At Oneida it is only thirty 

 inches; at Pefcin it is the upper bed, and is barely twenty-eight inches, 

 yielding a sulphurous coal. At Malvern it has been worked to some 

 extent. 



In Augusta township, about six miles from Minerva, Mr. John Griin- 

 ders mines a coal which, from its position, seems to be Coal No. 6, though, 

 from the lack of satisfactory exposures in the neighborhood, this relation 

 can hardly be proved. The section is : 



FT. IN. 



1. Sandstone 15 



2. Bluisli shale , 7 



3. Coal ^ 2 10 



There are no partings, and the coal is evidently of good quality. At 

 Mr. Davis's opening, near by, the thickness is rather greater. This is 

 said to be the best bank in this section, but, unfortunately, is too far from 

 any village to be very serviceable. 



The following analyses were made : No. 1, from John Moody; No. 2, 

 W. Scott, upper portion of bed; No. 3, middle, and No. 4 lower portion 

 of same. 



N"o. 1. No. 2. N"o. 3. No. 4. 



Specific gravity 1.342 1.274 1.304 1.298 



Moisture 3.10 3.10 3.20 3.30 



Ash 7.90 2.40 4.30 7.40 



Volatile combustible matter 30.10 34.50 30.40 32.70 



Fixed carbon 58.90 60.00 62.10 56.60 



Total 100.00 100.00 100.00' 100.00 



Sulphur 2.74 1.53 0.87 1.94 



Sulphur left in coke 1.45 1.04 0.65 1.18 



Sulphur forming of the coke 2.17 1.66 0.94 1.84 



Fixed gas per pound, in cubic feet 3.56 3.72 3.72 3.56 



Ash Fawn. Eed. Pink. Gray. 



Coke Compact. Compact. Compact. Compact. 



Coal No. 5 was observed at but one locality along the Conotton. Near 

 Cannonsburg, Monroe township, its outcrop, two feet thick, was seen 

 about fifty feet below Coal No. 4. In the valley of Sandy Creek it 

 has been opened at various points, but never worked extensively, as it is 

 thin and usually yields coal of rather poor quality. In Brown township 

 it has been opened at Pekin, where it is the lower bed, and is from twenty- 

 five to twenty-eight inches thick. At Oneida it is said to be nearly three 



