1838.] Report on specimens of Coal. 853 



Composition — Volatile matter, 26.1 



Carbon, 10.5 



Earthy matter, principally 



silicious, 63.4 



100.0 



A further supply of this curious matter for a more rigid examination, 

 and information as to, manner in which it occurs, would be desirable. 



Specimen 9. — " Coal of Jamoo in the Paujdb : this was brought to 

 me from Umritsir, and if it proves good, the locality of it, as being close 

 to the Chendb, will be nearly as valuable, as if found on the Indus." — B. 

 The specimen of this coal is so minute, that I can hardly put confi- 

 dence in the trial made on it in my laboratory. It would appear to 

 be a real anthracite, having the metallic lustre, and marking paper 

 something like graphite ; texture fibrous ; smooth : burns with a trifling 

 flame. Specific gravity 1.650. 



Composition — Volatile matter, 8.8 



Carbon, 57.2 



Ferruginous earth, 34.0 



100.0 



This coal would be quite unfit for steam purposes, but if there be beds 

 of anthracite on the Chendb, this material may be turned to very good 

 account in the smelting of iron, now that the application of the hot 

 blast has been introduced. It seems that one part of the anthracite 

 coal of Wales produces four times the effect of the best coal 

 formerly used. 



Specimen 10. — (Forwarded 8th March.) 



" The locality of this deposit is between Tak and Kaneegorum, 

 northwest of Dera Ismael Khan in the country of the Masood 

 Waziris. It is found one and a half coss east of the small village of 

 Luagarkhyl under the Mulik Buda. The seam has been laid bare 

 by a water-course, and may be traced up hill, it is said, for 100 guj 

 (112 yards)-— dividing, as it ascends, into two parts, and having stones 

 impregnated with iron on both sides. The exposed part of the vein 

 is narrow." — B. 



This is the most promising of all the specimens :— in quality it 

 agrees with Nos. 1, 2 and 3, being a rich jet, or pitch coal. The 

 division of the fragments, is generally rhomboidal, and a thin coating 

 of crystalline veins, which pervade the crevices, conceals the splendour 



