collier] RAMPART PROVINCE, DREW MINE. 39 
the writer's visit. The other seams were indicated only by broken 
coal or coal smut mixed with fire clay, although it is reported that at 
low stages of water several of these seams present measurable expo- 
sures at the water's edge. 
The bed that has been opened is believed by the writer to be the 
sixth one from the bottom of the coal series. Within the mine this 
bed was found to consist of two seams, aggregating 38 inches of clean 
coal, contained in about 19 feet of eoary material. The section was as 
follows: 
Section at Drew mine. 
Ft. in. 
Yellow, shaly sandstone 
Bone and black shale 1 8 
Coal 2 1 
Black shale and bone 4 
Coal 1 1 
Black shale or bone coal 2 
Coal 2 
Black shale 4 
Bony coal 4 
Analyses by Dr. E. T. Allen of samples from each of the two seams 
of clear coal are as follows: 
Analysis of coal (No. 137) from 13-inch seam, Brew mine. 
Per cent. 
Water 9. 58 
Volatile combustible matter 36. 87 
Fixed carbon 39. 83 
Ash 13. 72 
100. 00 
Sulphur 0. 33 
Fuel ratio 1. 08 
Analysis of coal (No. 138) from upper 25-inch seam, Drew mine. 
Per cent. 
Water 9.54 
Volatile combustible matter 40. 09 
Fixed carbon 37. 35 
Ash 13. 02 
100. 00 
Fuel ratio - 0. 93 
These analyses show a rather high percentage of ash, otherwise the 
coal compares well with that mined on the upper Yukon. The samples 
show some small specks of fossil resin, or amber. 
About 100 yards north of the main workings of the Drew mine 
prospect holes have been sunk on another coal seam, probably the 
fifth of the series here exposed. About 7 feet of crushed coal is 
exposed in the pit, which tapers at the bottom to 4 feet of coal, also 
crushed and yielding no solid pieces. Grains of fossil resin, or amber, 
