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Sulphur 2.47 



Sulphur left in coke 1.09 



Sulphur formiDg of the oke 1.64 



Fixed gas per pound, in cuhic feet 3.39 



Ash Yellow. 



Coke Compact. 



Flushing Tmvnship. — That portion of the road from Sewellsville to Flush- 

 ingtoArn which passes through sections 19 and 14 may be regarded as on 

 the north-western outcrop of Coal No. 8. Before reaching the Stillwater 

 this line is deflected to the south-east through section 13 of Flushing into 

 sections 18 and 17 of Kirkwood. It returns northwardly through sections 

 11 and 12 of Kirkwood into section 7 of Flushing. It then passes through 

 14, 9, and 3, and enters Harrison county in section 10 of Moorefield town- 

 ship. On the Stillwater the Crinoidal limestone is seen, and toward the 

 north-west corner of the township the valley is cut deeply enough to 

 reach No. 7a, which, however, was not observed. 



Between Rock Hill and Flushingtown, in section 26, Coal No. 8 has 

 been worked in a small way for upwards of sixty years on property be- 

 longing to Mr. J, Hollingsworth. In section 25 it has been opened by 

 Mr. Isaac HoUoway, and in section 26 by Mr. Samuel Fisher. At these 

 openings it lies barely above drainage, and the coal is mined only to a 

 slight extent. It is about four feet ten inches thick, with a roof of black 

 bituminous shale containing much coaly matter. At the outcrop the 

 coal is marked by several thin streaks of pyrites, most of which disap- 

 pear at a short distance in the entry. The upper bench is held in high 

 repute among blacksmiths. 



Flushingtown and the surrounding country depend upon Coal No. 10 

 for supply, and the openings are quite numerous. In section 20, at Mr. 

 W. Johnson's opening, the following section was obtained: 



FT. IN. 



1. Sandstone (not naeasurecl). 



2. Coal 1 2 



3. Shale and clay 1 4 



4. Coal 3 



In many of the other openings the thickness is four feet. The propor- 

 tion of pyrites is variable. At Mr. W. HoUoway's bank, in section 21, a 

 portion of the bed yields a coal so admirably adapted to blacksmiths' use 

 that charcoal is no longer employed in the vicinity, whereas at Mr. 

 Wilson's bank, on the other side of the hill, no part of the bed is fitted 

 for such use. An analysis of Mr. HoUoway's coal gives the following 

 result : 



