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deep down in the strata, so that one cannot observe 
from it the outcrops at higher altitudes in the 
mountains, while Richthofen, travelling by road, 
actually crossed several high ridges, and therefore 
was able to observe the topmost outcrops. 
Just before reaching Yang-ts’uen, the station 
for P’ing-ting Chou, one comes to the end of the 
limestone, and encounters once more the famous 
Shansi formation, with its extensive beds of coal 
and iron. 
My friend, Professor E. T. Nystrém, formerly of 
the Shansi Imperial University, has dealt very fully 
and ably in his book, The Coal and Mineral Resources 
of Shansi Province, China, with the coal of this 
district, besides that of nearly all the other known 
sources in the province. I might just mention 
that the coal is of a very good quality, and that 
iron ore is very abundant and easily worked, 
though at present little is being done to develop 
any industries connected with these valuable 
mineral resources. 
Professor Nystrém in his book gives amongst 
others the following analysis of the anthracite coal 
of this district :-— 
Moisture . F . 0°46 per cent. 
Volatile Hydrocarbons 6°12 5 
Fixed Carbon . . 85°80 5 
Ash . i : ‘ 7°62 33 
Sulphur. - . 0°89 . 
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