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OPERATIONS OF FUEL-TESTING PLANT IN L90f 
TVst 7.'?, West Virginia No. 16 A. 
Size as shipped, over \ inch. Size as use.], finely 
crushed. Raw. Duration of test, 60 hours. 
( loa 1 cha rged pounds. . 14,000 
Coke produced do 9,700 
Breeze produced do 384 
Coke produced percent.. 69.29 
Breeze produced do — 2. 74 
Total percentage yield 72.03 
Remarks. Light gray and silvery; much de- 
posited carbon to which high yield is due. Fine 
hard, heavy coke 
IVsl 45, Wesl Virginia No. 1<> B. 
Size as shipped, slack. Size as used, finely 
crushed. Raw. Duration of test, 72 hours. 
( !oal Cha rged pounds. . 21 ,000 
Coke produced do.... 8,124 
Breeze produced do — 276 
Coke produced percent.. 67.70 
Breeze produced do — 2.30 
Total percentage yield 70.00 
Remarks.— Fine heavy coke. Silvery color. 
Breakage practically perfect; large pieces. G 1 
Eoundr3 coke if sulphur was reduced a little. 
High yield due to deposited carbon. 
Tesl »s. \\ r es1 Virginia N«>. L6 B, washed. 
Size as Shipped, slack. Size as used, finely 
crushed. Duration of test, 47 hours. 
COKING TESTS. 
Test 48, A\>st Virgil 
a No. 16 B. — Continued. 
Coal charged pounds. . 12,000 
Coke produced do 7,984 
Breeze produced do 289 
Coke produced percent.. 66.53 
Breeze produced do 2. 41 
Total percentage yield 68. 94 
Remarks.— Light gray and silvery. Light coke. 
Brittle. Ash and sulphur reduced by washing, 
but physical properties not so good as coke from 
raw charge. High yield due to deposited carbon. 
Test 4!>, \\>st Virginia No. 16 B, washed. 
Size as shipped, slack. Size as used, finely 
crushed. Duration of tests, 25 hours. 
Coal charged pounds. . 7,800 
Coke produced do 5,201 
Breeze produced do I7. r > 
Coke produced per cent. . 66. 76 
Breeze produced do 2.24 
Total percentage yield 09.00 
Remarks. Light gray and silvery . Lightcokc. 
Brittle. \s'i and sulphur reduced I y washing, 
bu1 physical properties not so good as coke from 
rawcharge. High yield due to deposited carhon. 
ANALYSES. 
Test 73. 
Test ::,. 
Test 48. 
Test 49. 
Coal. 
Coke. 
Coal. 
Coke. 
CoaL 
Coke. 
Coal. 
Coke. 
Moist lire 
2.93 
35.20 
0.54 
1.31 
5. 70 
32. 52 
0.40 
1 . 55 
5. 31 
32.83 
0. :<7 
1.18 
4. 59 
33.90 
0.38 
Volatile matter 
2.35 
l'i sed carbon 
55. 26 
89.07 
53. 14 
85. 61 
55 89 
89. 87 
55.71 
88. 91 
Ash 
6.61 
9.08 
8.34 
12.44 
5. 97 
8. 58 
5.80 
8. 36 
Sulphur 
0.92 
0.81 
1.20 
1 . 23 
0. 97 
0.91 
(). 95 
(1. 89 
WEST VIRGINIA NO. 17. 
Bituminous coal from a country bank 2\ miles above Bretz, Preston County, \V. Vaj 
on the Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad. This coal was furnished by the Elkins Coa 
Company, of Bretz, \V. Va. 
This sample, which consisted of run-of-mine coal, was loaded under the supervision of 
Inspector J. W. Groves and hauled to the Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad. It was 
iced in making washing tesl No. L32, coking test No. 60, steaming tests Nos. 225 and 226, 
and steaming tesl on washed coal No. 230. 
Two mine samples (Nos. 2056 and 2057) were taken from a prospect hole about one- 
fourth mile below the country bank from which the coal was shipped. 
