HOLMES COUNTY. 



659 



Of these, Nos. 1 and 2 contain so much phosphoric acid as to probahly 

 render them worthless. The others have only a very small amount of 

 sulphur or phosphorus, and have so large a percentage of iron as to 

 render them valuable ores. Those of Knox township especially give 

 promise of great excellence, and if, on exploration, the reported eight- 

 foot deposit is found to have half that thickness, it will prove the most 

 valuable mineral deposit in the county. 



Edward R. Taylor, a chemist of Cleveland, Ohio, furnishes the follow- 

 ing analysis of an iron ore from the surface near Johnville, Washington 

 township : 



Protocarbonate of iron H8.77 



Phosphoric acid 16 



Sulpiiui'ic acid 04 



Gangue 9.12 



Metallic iron 42.49 



The following is a table of the analyses of the coals of this county, 

 made by Professor Wormley : 



No. 

 No. 

 No. 

 No. 

 No. 

 No. 6. 

 No. 7. 

 No. 8. 

 No. 9. 

 No. 10. 

 No. 11. 



Sanders' Coal, No. 6, lowest bench. 



Sanders' Coal, No. 6, middle bench. 



Sanders' Coal, No. 6, lowest bench. 



Bennington Coal. 



Smith's Bank, No. 1, tipper bench. 



Smith's Bank, No. 1, lower bench. 



Taylor's Coal, No. 7. 



Mast's Bank, No. 3, bottom coal. 



Strawbridge Coal, No. 2. 



Gloscoe'8 Cannel, No. 3. 



Daggers' Mine, No. 3, lower bench. 



It will be noted that the average percentage of ash is here greater than 

 in most of the other productive coal regions of the State, and'that in a 

 few instances the amount of sulphur is large. It is probable that no 



