= 1s 
Sample Ns. 
8 Top and bottom (75 meters), Barro Branco Velho mine, Santa Catharina 
9 From pile in coal house, Barro Branco Velho mine, Santa Catharina. 
10 Barro Branco at Passa Dois under basalt, Santa Catharina. 
11 Barro Branco seam at Rocinha, Santa Catharina. 
12 Barro Branco seam at Rio Carvao, near Urussanga, Santa Catharina. 
13 Ponte Alta, Santa Catharina. 
1i Treviso coal, near Treviso, Santa Catharina. 
15 Upper bench, S. Jeronymo, Rio Grande do Sul. 
16 Lower bench, S. Jeronymo, Rio Grande do Sul. 
17 Upper and lower benches, S. Jeronymo, Rio Grande do Sul. 
18 Coal at Col. Macedo’s (Cedro), Parana. 
19 Coal from the fazenda of Messrs. Leonel Heliodoro da Luz and Fernando 
Gil Born, near Quebra Dentes. 
20 Coal from Imbausinho, collected by Dr. Cicero Campos, 
21 Coal from Salto Apparado, collected by Dr. Cicero Campos. 
TABLE N. 2 
ULTIMATE ANALYSES 
SAMPLE No a = 8 
é FI & 
, x a 
1 Bor Wi ee Ge eG 41.93 2.96 39 
2 oo % & le ee we woe es 46.34 3.33 40 
Bie 0 © oe ew © ew eo ee 54.78 3.43 52 
45, . e« 6 a ° 46.00 4.05 29 
160. rey en ee wo we 57,09 3.57 30 
AD Cg ee et eel Re a Sa 58.45 43d 44 
QP nia es ao) fae Seine vec gi mae ar es 50.60 3. 80 
ONS cel ete a oeiE e ee 60.00 3.78 95 
; a 
a cS) 
3,05 6,87 44,80 
5.49 TAL 37,36 
3.60 7.58 33,09 
12.99 9.27 27.40 
60 45.54 22,84 
5.40 10.24 20.79 
2.00 417.73 25,76 
4.95 7.48 23.14 
The results of these several analyses, showing the coal every- 
where to bevery high in both ash and sulphur, appeared to prove 
conclusively that the coal must be submitted to purification processes 
before there could be any hope for it to enter into general consumption 
for fuel except in the immediate region where itis produced. When 
the facts in the case were communicated to Dr. Lauro Miller, the 
Minister of Industry, he authorized that samples of the coal of com- 
