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OPERATIONS OF FUEL-TESTING FLA NT IN 1905 
WEST VIRGINIA NO. 81. 
Bituminous coal from Gas mine, Winifrede Coal Company, Winifrede, Kanawha County, 
\V. \ a., on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. 
This sample consisted of run-of-mlne coal, and was loaded under the supervision of 
Inspector J. W. Groves. The following tests were made: Washing test No. 136, coking 
tests Nos. 82 and 91, steaming tests Nos. 274, 275, and 29(i, and steaming test on washed 
coal No. 2(37. 
Two mine samples were taken from this mine for chemical analysis, as follows: No. 2H77 
from room 12 off the third left entry, 1,400 feet southeast of the drift mouth: No. 2378 from 
room 10 off the first left entry, 800 feet southeast of the drift mouth. 
CHEMICAL ANALYSES. 
Mine samples. 
Car 
sample, 
Laboratory number. 
Air-drying loss 
Moisture 
Volatile matter 
Fixed carbon 
(Ash 
[Sulphur 
Hydrogen 
('arl)on 
Nitrogen 
< >xygen 
Calorific value determined: 
Calorics 
British t hernial unit--. 
_>.i77 
•J. no 
3.57. 
36. 76 
56.05 
3. 62 
1.14 
7,874 
14,173 
2378 
2.30 
3. 71' 
35.95 
56.21 
4.12 
1.16 
2572 
2.10 
3.57 
36. 38 
55.20 
4.85 
1.32 
.-,.33 
77.411 
1.49 
9.52 
7,74'.) 
13,948 
STEAMING TESTS. 
lest ;; J, West Virginia N< 
i\ 
Size, as shipped, run of mine, size as used, over 
1 inch, 66.3 percent: \ inch to 1 inch. 15.7 percent; 
I inch to \ inch, 10.8 percent: under ', inch, 7.2 per 
cent. IUiration of test, 7.30 hours. Kind of 
.urate. locking. 
Test '.*:.-,, West Virginia No. 21. 
Size as shipped, run of nunc. Size as used, over 
l inch, ii pei cent, \ inch to l inch, 15.3 percent; 
\ inch to h inch, 11.5 percent; under \ inch, 29.2 per 
cent. Duration of test, 9.05 hours. Kind of 
grate, plain. 
Test id",. West Virginia No. t\, washed. 
Size as shipped, run of mine. Size as used, over 
I inch, 36.2 percent; \ inch to 1 inch, 26.6 per cent; 
| inch to \ inch, 17.7 percent; under j inch, 19.5 per 
cent. Duration of test, 10.02 hours. Kind of 
grate, plain. 
Test 296, West Virginia No. 21. 
Size as shipped, run of mine. Size as used, over 
1 inch, 40 per cent; \ inch to 1 inch, 20 per cent ; ] 
inch to \ inch, 14.7 percent; under \ inch, 25.3 per 
cent. Duration of test, 7.15 hours. Kind of 
grate, plain. 
