SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT HANGING EOCK DISTRICT. 939 



D. COAX.S. 



The analyses of two seams of coal from the district will conclude this 

 list. The first one is Coal No. Via, from lands of the Hamden Furnace 

 Company, Vinton county. The coal lies in three benches, as does Coal 

 No. VI. At the time of the analysis this seam, was supposed to be the 

 Nelsonville coal. It lies seventy-three feet above the Gray Limestone. 

 It wag afterwards shown, however, that the Nelsonville coal was present 

 in the section, though in rather small volume, at forty-three feet above 

 the limestone and the Hamden Furnace coal, as the present seam may 

 be designated, was proved beyond question to be No. Via. It will be re- 

 membered that for a large area here the last named coal is much more 

 important than the Nelsonville seam. 



1. Top bench. 

 3. Middle bench. 

 3. Bottom bench. 



Moisture 



Volatile matter 

 Fixed carbon. - 

 Ash 



Totals... 



Solphnr 



Specific gravity 



5.29 

 31.24 



48.03 

 15.44 



lOO. 



2.58 



1.47 



5.19 

 31.95 

 54.03 



8.83 



100. 



1.93 



1.44 



3. 



5.87 

 35.63 

 45.89 



2.61 



100. 



.94 



i.ai 



The second series of analyses is of the great seam (No. VI) in its best 

 development at Straitsville. The samples were furnished by Moss an d 

 Marshall, proprietors of Bessie Furnace. They were taken from the 

 mines of the Straitsville Mining Company — J. S. Doe and Co., lessees, 

 upon the coal of which the furnace was then runri^g. A diagram is 



