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This bank was not in operation when visited, and the only coal seen 

 had been exposed for several months. It seemed to be of very fair qual- 

 ity, and to have no great tendency to disintegrate on exposure. 



Specimens were submitted to analysis, with the following results. No. 

 1 is from the Rankin bank and No. 2 from the Murphy bank : 



No. 1. No. 2. 



Specific gravity 1.305 1.314 



Moisture 2.90 3.20 



Volatile combustible matter 34.70 33.00 



Fixed carbou 57.80 56.40 



Ash 4.60 7.40 



Total 100.00 100.00 



Sulphur 2.60 2.96 



Sulphur remaining in coke 1.09 1..37 



Sulphur forming of the coke 1.74 •2.14 



Fixed gas per pound, in cubic feet 3.72 3.40 



Character of coke Compact. Compact. 



Color of ash Light gray. Reddish. 



Union Township. — At New Concord we reach the bottom of the boat- 

 shaped synclinal already referred to. The Norwich limestone and coal 

 are exposed here, near the village. In a boring for oil, made here several 

 years ago, the following section was obtained : 



FT. IN. 



1. Soil 6 



2. Shale 16 



3. Coal No. 76 1 6 



4. Not determined 20 



5. Sandstone i 22 



6. Coal (Norwich) 6 



7. Shale 9 



8. Flint rock 8 



9. Fire-clay 10 



10. Blue sandstone 5 



11. Shale 4 



12. Shaly sandstone 4 



13. Sandstoue....: 20 



14. Blueclay 2 



15. Sandstone 12 



16. Shale 4 



17. Blackshale 13 



18. Sandstone 7 



19. Blueclay 5 



20. Shale 2 



21. Sandstone 20 



22. Blackshale 11 



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