94 
OPERATIONS OF FUEL-TESTING PLANT IN 1905. 
ANALYSES. 
Coal. 
Moisture 
Volatile matter. 
Fixed carbon... 
Ash 
Sulphur. 
Test 55. 
9.64 
30.68 
50.22 
9.46 
100.00 
.53 
Gas by volume 
Carbon dioxide (C0 2 ) 
Carbon monoxide (CO) . . . 
Hydrogen (H 2 ) 
Methane (CH<) 
Nitrogen (N2) 
Test 55. 
7.4 
23.9 
15.7 
2.1 
50.9 
100.00 
COKING TESTS. 
Test 11, Illinois No. 19 A. 
Size as shipped, ,' inch, size as used, finely 
crushed. Raw. Duration of test, 48 hours. Coal 
charged, 10,000 pounds. 
Remarks.— No coke produced. 
Test 15, Illinois No. 11) A. 
Size as shipped, -J inch. Size as used, finely- 
crushed. Raw. Duration of test, 24 hours. Coal 
charged, 6,000 pounds. 
Remarks.— No coke produced. 
Test 19, Illinois No. 11) 15. 
Size as shipped, 3 inches. Size as used, finely 
crushed. Raw. Duration of test, 47 hours. Coal 
charged, 6,000 pounds. 
Remarks.— No coke produced from this coal. 
Three trials. 
INDIANA NO. 3. 
Bituminous coal from mine No. 3, J. Woolley Coal Company, near Boonville, Warrick 
County, hid., on the Southern Railway. 
This sample, which was shipped under the supervision of Inspector J. W. Groves, con- 
sisted of nut and slack coal mixed. It was used in making washing lest No. 115, coking 
test No. 14, steaming test No. 162, and producer-gas test No. 53. 
Two mine samples were sent to the laboratory for chemical analysis; they were* taken 
from the mine as follows: No. 1759 was taken from a point 1,500 feet northeast of the 
shaft; No. 1760 was taken from the face of a room 600 feet northwest of the shaft. 
CHEMICAL ANALYSES. 
Laboratory number. 
Air-drying loss 
Moisture 
Volatile matter. 
Fixed carbon... 
[Ash 
Sulphur 
Hydrogen 
Carbon 
Nitrogen 
Oxygen 
Calorific value determined: 
Calories 
British thermal units. 
Mine samples. 
1759 
7.60 
11.28 
38.04 
43.05 
7.63 
3.58 
6,551 
11,792 
1760 
7.00 
11.10 
37.04 
42.18 
9.68 
4.33 
Car 
sample 
1941 
8.50 
13.18 
31.92 
39. 27 
15.61 
4 79 
5.36 
54.52 
1.08 
18.62 
5, 572 
10,030 
