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NEW SOUTH WALES COALS, 185 
Ultimate Analysis. 
Carbon ... ee oe ar -- 83°828 Driedat 100°C, 
Hydrogen ane =“ aa 
Oxygen one ie vs <a «. 8236 
Sulphur . wee te i “190 
itrogen .. 530 
h ‘ 1-779 
100-000 
Tt will be noticed that the — of ash i is much less than in 
the ordinary coal from this min 
CARDIFF Weve: LAKE “Meiedeiath 
A bright, firm, and compact looking anthracitic coal; when 
struck emits a clear ringing sound, very unlike the dull sound 
given out by soft and friable varieties of coal. 
Across the joints and planes of seman it breaks with 
a somewhat splintery and conchoidal fract 
ure. 
oes not soil the fingers ; no mother-of-coal or mineral charcoal 
observed. When ree, rect inti somewhat, and burns with 
but a small amount of fi 
A few scattered nacre of yrites were observed in the sample, 
but the total amount of sulphur present, as shown by the following 
statement of percentage dieiphet ti, is below the average :— 
Proximate rue a 
ture 
Hygrosco ~ — a Boe 
Vulatite cis -* ia Sac oles w. 43°354 
Sulphur... io wins ie a “348 
Fixed carbon ma ooh wis ... 49°486 
Ash ... oe aie aed ove we  4°944 
99-985 
— per cent., bright in lustre, and fairly well 
Ash.—Grey, loose ; contains traces of copper. 
Ultimate Analysis. 
Inclusive of Exclusive of 
moisture. 
on a 80°727 $2°251 
ydrogen 4°303 
Oxygen .... 6'816 6-945 
Nitrogen ... 1 1-028 
Sulphur ’ _ 0°34 
Ash a we ..  — -4°944 5-038 
Hygroscopic micintnre ... “1GOS  nnvnnvees 
100-000. 100°000 
Specific gravity, 1-286. sas ie 
* Report to the Department of Mines, A. Liversidge, 1876, p. ae 
