OPERATIONS OF FUEL-TESTING PLANT IN 1905. 
ANALYSES. 
Test 127. 
Test 128. 
Test 131. 
Test 133. 
Test 135 
Test 136. 
Proximate. 
8.49 
31. 04 
45.25 
15.22 
7.93 
31.85 
46.18 
14.04 
9.54 
29.52 
43. 97 
16.97 
8.79 
30.70 
44.90 
15.61 
10.19 
33. 30 
47.27 
9.24 
10. 39 
29. 39 
Fixed carbon 
44. 64 
Ash 
15.58 
Sulphur 
100.00 
3.79 
100.00 
3.92 
100.00 
4.18 
100.00 
4.14 
100.00 
2.58 
100.00 
3.56 
Ultimatt . 
Carbon a. . . 
Hylrogena. 
Oxygen a... 
Nitrogen a. . 
Sulphur 
Ash 
65. 71 
66.76 
63. 55 
. . - 
65.00 
72.02 
65-23 
4. 39 
4.45 
4.24 
4.33 
4.82 
4.36 
:. 97 
8.11 
7.71 
7.87 
8.73 
7. 91 
1.16 
1.17 
1.12 
1.14 
1.27 
1.15 
4.14 
4.26 
4 62 
4.54 
2.87 
3.97 
16.63 
15.25 
18.76 
17.12 
10.29 
17.38 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 
a Figured from car sample. 
WASHING TEST. 
Tesl 1<><;. Illinois No. 12. 
Size as shipped, run of mine. Size as used, crushed to 2 inches. Jig used, Stewart modified. 
Raw coal pounds.. 18,000 
Washed coal do L5,9QG 
Refuse do ... , 2, 100 
ANALYSES 
. 
Test 106. 
Raw coal. 
Washed 
coal. 
Moisture 
8.20 
32.26 
46.59 
12.95 
3.48 
13.30 
Volatile matter 
Fixed carbon 
Ash 
8.91 
Sulphur 
2.48 
ILLINOIS NO. 13. 
Bituminous coal from Benton mine, Benton Coal Company, Benton, Franklin County, 
111., on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad. 
This sample was shipped as egg coal, which at this mine passes through a G-inch screeD 
and over a l^-inch screen. It was loaded under the supervision of Inspector J. W. Groi es, 
and used in making the following tests: Washing test No. 107, coking tests Nos. 2 and 3, 
steaming tests Xos. 132, 134, and 144, and steaming test on washed coal Xo. 145; also 
producer-gas test Xo. 41. 
A sample for chemical analysis was taken on each side of the mine. No. 1695 was cut 
from the main entry, 80 feet south from the shaft, and Xo. 1694 was cut in the main entry, 
100 feet north of the shaft. 
