g lA'iK GEOLOGIST. 159 



i ol from ■ 



d, 45 



Volatile malic- 40 



2 



2 



Sulphur 2 



100 

 ' Of the bituminou raJ qualities may be easily dis- 



ai elessly quar- 

 ried, !■ ible quau i liich, i o 



ce in 

 chauical pui | 

 oear the outcrop, - little 



. the appi 1' mineral 



lea their liability to contain sul- 

 phur, | durability in c unbustion, and but low heat- 

 prodi; pled, 1 'ken from the more 

 solid | , present a d _ree of lustre, hardness, 

 and purity, which entitle them to a place in the 

 rank of bituminous coals It is evident that our coals 

 ought to be j . im the characti r of these deeper-.-' 

 portions of th< 



veral points in the vicinity of Jack - 

 .\- Woodville and Barry, the work has been prosecuted 

 with _ mee. At the latter place, drifts 



ried in from the outcrop. I am informed by Mr. 

 Penny, one of the i irectors of the company, that they are now 

 taking out about live hundred I al per month, and that 



it sells readily at the follow 



/'/•< - Coal, per ton. 



Delivered on M C. R. R. Cars, $2 50 $J oo | 



M. S.R.B " I 9 50 



:; 00 I 



" . tine, 8 75 S 25 1-60 



