THE LOWER COAL MEASURES. 171 
These figures represent, it must be borne in mind, hand-specimens, 
and not car-loads. There is no seam of as high average quality as this 
analysis would indicate in the State, but it is interesting to learn that — 
some portions of the coal that we are now considering, approach so near 
to perfection as bituminous coal. The percentage of fixed carbon 
reported was derived from a somewhat different mode of analysis em- 
ployed by the present Survey. 
The Church Hill mines are among the oldest and most extensive 
of the field. Perhaps no better body of Block coal has been found than 
is included in this property. When sampled by the methods previously 
described, the following results of analysis are obtained : 
Church Hill Slope, Liberty township ..............ccssccescsccscscesesces Lord. 
Moisture............ Br ocaO nO De ODE ODE DEO OD A DOCCCURE I CCOC OCC RECE EER C ECE COLE e DUEL Cee rrerrerr ce 5.91 
svalatileycombustible miatterss.s-./..sclacsieleresvssecsvooscseavesccoeouecsuee. veseaceves eo 
iC CECAN WONG eeracicccenecec oc rececscon sececs ale disatcstisseseiscvedseseesevdecosdessccesse cesses 56.70 
vet eccosonasocbeee a Geel I Note RUG Fe one nn OT 3.38 
100.00 
Sul pHUne we ene ikin cdl Oo Ned ee ae ae ae 0.76 
These figures show a very excellent coal, but not, like the last, too 
bright and good for common use. 
A sample of the streak of cannel that sometimes occurs in the 
middle of the seam gives the following results. (Zord.) It will be 
seen that the percentage of ash is low for a cannel, and that the 
amount of sulphur is small: 
MOIS LUT maercesenscecien celletice so tecsesecedeGesessesctecccensidesdsedsdeesconenacesceaaeceuseseses 2.42 
Wolatilesmatterincscncccccccotonccsiiscrsset rocacsstsivcece, soos ccsesernsesccocsenuswoscetes secs mt 49.29 
EMEK COMCATIOO Mucmmnccm ares icec ok costes pciecsecsccscss <eabesineenseadebsnasecoseessaessseessivessessss 38,00 
eae Sater PLP Me coe, ca hstiassiiep devseaeney 10.29 
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