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tion. Coal No. 6 is the important bed, and is worked at and near Otsego 

 by J. "Walker, J. Smith, T. Rainey, J. M. Sprague, and J. Simmons. At 

 Mr. Smith's opening we find : 



IT. IN. 



1. Fissileshale 30 



2. Coal 3 



3. Clay 1 



4. Coal 1 



5. Fire-clay 5 



No slaty coal is here seen on top. Streaks of pyrites are not uncom- 

 mon in the upper bench, but they are thin and not persistent. The 

 thickest is one foot and one-half below the roof, and one inch thick. The 

 coal is regarded as exceedingly good, and some rude attempts have pro- 

 duced a coke of apparently fair quality. A specimen of the coal yields 

 the following : 



Specific gravity 1.287 



Moisture 3.30 



Volatile combustible matter 37.50 



Fixed carbon 57.30 



Ash 1.90 



Total 100.00 



Sulphur 1.97 



Sulphur remaining in coke 0.87 



Sulphur forming of the coke , 1.46 



Fixed gas per pound, in cubic feet 3.72 



Character of coke Compact. 



Color of ash Reddish. 



At Johnson's Mills, in section 5, the same coal is worked. There it is 

 badly cut up by partings, as follows : 



FT. IN. 



1. Clay 



2. Blackshale 4 



3. Coal 6i 



4. Coaly shale i 



5. Coal 11 



6. Coaly shale 1 



7. Coal 1 2 



8. Clay 1 



9. Coal 1 



10. Fire-clay 3 



The same bed is worked by Oscar Riney in section 8 and by Mr. Waters 

 in section 9, also by Mr. Lawyer, near the road from Otsego to Liberty. 

 Its thickness in these banks is nearly four feet. 



