28 OPERATIONS OF FUEL-TESTING PLANT IN 1905. 
SAMPLES COLLECTED AND EN ROUTE TO ST. LOUIS JANUARY 1, 1906. 
The following samples were en route and in the yards of the fuel-testing plant January 
1, 1906. The results of tests on these samples will appear in a later report: 
Arkansas No. /.—Slack coal for washing and coking tests furnished by Central Coal and Coke Com- 
pany, of Kansas City, Mo., from mine No. 3, Huntington, Ark. 
Arkansas No. 7. — Lump and slack coal for steaming, producer-gas, coking, and washing tests, fur- 
nished by Mammoth Vein Coal Company, of Midland, Ark., from Mammoth Vein mine, Midland, Ark. 
Arkansas No. 8. — No. 4 coal for steaming and washing tests furnished by Consolidated Anthracite 
Coal Company, of Spadre, Ark., from No. 1 mine, Spadre, Ark. 
Arkansas No. 9.— Slack coal for coking and washing tests furnished by Central Coal and Coke Com- 
pany, of Kansas City, Mo., from mine No. 26, Bonanza, Ark. 
Arkansas No. 10.— Lignite for producer-gas test furnished by Richmond Hibbard, of Camden, Ark., 
from mine L. O. U. No. 2, Lester Mill Company, Ark 
Illinois No. 20.— Slack for steaming, coking, and washing tests furnished by the Mount Olive and 
Staunton Coal Company, of St. Louis, Mo., from mine No. 1, Staunton, 111. 
Indiana No. 12.— Run of mine coal for steaming, coking, and washing tests furnished by Patoka 
River Coal and Coke Company, of Huntington, Ind., from Hartwell mine, llartwell, Ind. 
Massachusetts No. 1.— Peat for producer-gas test furnished by C. L. Norton, Massachusetts Institute 
of Technology, Boston, Mass., from bog near Halifax, Mass. 
Texas No. 3.— Lignite for producer-gas and briquetting tests furnished by J. J. Olsen & Son, of San 
Antonio, Tex., from Olsen mine, Olsen, Tex. 
Texas No. 4. —Lignite for steaming, producer-gas, and briquetting tests furnished by Consumers 
Lignite Company, of Dallas, Tex., from mine No. 3, Hoyt, Tex. 
