156 
OPERATIONS OF FUKi.-TKSTTNO PLANT IN 1905. 
WASHING TEST. 
TVs! 133, Ohio No. <>. 
Size as shipped, run of mine Size as used, crushed to 2 inches, lig used, Stewart modified. 
Eta v. coal pounds . . 24, 000 
Washed coal do .... 20. 400 
Refuse do 3. 000 
ANALYSES. 
Moisture 
Volatile matter 
Fixed carbon . . 
Ash 
Sulphur 
Test 133. 
»» ■ ™ 
5.31 
6. Hi 
36. 72 
49. 45 
8. 52 
6. 38 
3. 33 
2. 94 
COKING TESTS. 
Tesl .">!>. Ohio No. 6. 
Size as shipped, run of mine. Size as used, 
finely crushed. Haw. Duration of test, 46 hours. 
Coal charged pounds 1.2,000 
Coke produced do 7,200 
Breeze produced do .'570 
Coke produced percent.. 60. oo 
Breeze produced do 3.08 
Total percentage yield 63 us 
Remarks. Light gray and silvery. Large, 
long, heavy pieces. Ash and sulphur high. 
Would make very good coke if these impurities 
could he removed hy washing. 
lYsf <;<;, Ohio No. <», washed. 
Size as shipped, run of mine. Size as used, 
finely crushed. Duration of test, 60 hours. 
Coal charged pounds.. 12,000 
Coke produced do 7, 106 
Breeze produced do 369 
Coke produced percent.. 59. 72 
Breeze produced do 3.08 
Total percentage yield 02.80 
Remarks. Light gray and silvery. Washing 
does not materially reduce ash and sulphur, and 
coke from washed coal not as good physically as 
l hat from raw charge. 
\\ \I.VSKS. 
Test :,'.>. 
Coal. 
Moisture 5. 26 
Volatile matter 37.30 
Fixed ca rhon 47. 53 
Ash 9. 85 
Sulphur 3. 49 
Coke. 
0.77 
1.20 
83. 71 
14.20 
2.96 
Tes1 00. 
Coal. 
5.53 
36.95 
50.96 
6. 56 
2.96 
Coke 
0.42 
1.20 
88. 35 
10.03 
2.51 
OHIO NO. 7. 
Bituminous coal from Forsythe mine, Forsythe Coal Company, Danford, Guernsey j 
County, Ohio, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
This sample was shipped as "lump coal," having been passed over a lj-inch bar screen ! 
It was loaded under the supervision of Inspector J. W. Groves and was used in making 
washing test No. 138, coking tests Nos. 89 and 94, steaming tests Nos. 268 and 209, anc i 
producer-gas test No. 87. 
Two mine samples were taken for chemical analysis. No 2090 was cut from the fac« ' 
of room 1 off the sixteenth east entry, 2,600 feet northwest of the bottom of the slope 
No. 2091 was taken in room 22 ofr the fourteenth east entry, 3,700 feel north from tin 
bottom of the slope. 
