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adapted for steam raising purposes and is in much demand 

 by the railways for locomotive use. The following proxi- 

 mate analyses, from air-dried samples, give a general 

 idea of the quality of the coal: — 





Mois- 



Vol. 



Fixed 







Locality. 



ture. 



Comb. 



Car- 

 bon. 



Ash. 



Remarks. 



(i) Bellevue 













No. I seam. . . . 



0-2 



27-5 



56-8 



15-5 



Run of mine coal. 



(2) Coleman 













No. 4 seam .... 



0-6 



23-8 



59-5 



16-1 



do. do. 



(3) Michel 













No. 8 seam. . . . 



I -I 



23-8 



65-0 



lO-I 



Coal, screened and 

 picked at mine. 



(4) Hosmer 



1-3 



27-6 



63-7 



7-4 





No. 8 seam. . . . 











Coal, hand-picked at 

 testing plant. 



(5) Coal Creek 













No. 2 seam. . . . 



1-3 



26-0 



63-8 



8-9 



Coal, screened and 

 picked at mine. 



(6) Marten Creek 



2-10 57-71 



30-33 



9-86 Cannel coal, surface 











sample . 



Of the above analyses, Nos. i to 5 were made at McGill 

 University and have been condensed from the full analyses 

 published in the report on "Coals of Canada" by J. B. 

 Porter and R. J. Durley [9]. 



In the year 1910 a total of 3,137,138 tons (2,000 lbs.) 

 of coal was produced in the district, of which amount Alberta 

 contributed 1,608,205 tons, and British Columbia 1,528,933 

 tons, from which 121,578 tons of coke were made in the 

 former province and 241,579 in the latter [Refs. 5 and 6]. 

 In 191 1 the output was very much less, due to the fact that 

 for eight months nearly all the mines were idle on account 

 of a miners' strike. 



