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and of his foreman, I selected a representative sample of the stone, 
which was analyzed by Prof. Wormley, with the following result: 
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Ailwmoaiing), watiln tienee Ol SeseiwMonalCls) Ort Toya |Abnahcece ayodoade Hoare paHELEDO oooe 13.80 
Chavelovawnirs) GsE TMA bonoocosd clsouc WosbBeaah codeos RUSEenDOOHE O05 BSCE MBOOHOE CBC OBOE GaaoHeeD 41.20 
ef TMA SINE Senet ence cecoiscecciecsaciecssc sete neteeeees neeeee veeeeeees veces 15.36 
MNO Gell eeee MCT ERE CANE Aiea Mn iat sousecuysucalunlect Ad uwunt dente s Cebeceiceeeleatunidesedenetes 100.16 
In a business prospectus issued by the Messrs. Parker I find the follow- 
ing analysis of the cement limestone, made by Dr. KE. S. Wayne, of Cin- 
cinnati: . 
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ey DE GAVSETE) soisbd5 gooned odadqocd 55606000 0b4000 bHd000 coBodh 650980 DOOG6 GOOG. 11.15 
SU CR A RON tN rc MORI Anca ti waewe age eossceree ds asieeieeedemeeeniseesiseicnes 8.47 
PAM UIT rata men a aN sued Sa ce uall. Se feata Silos adivecelyawetvieseu else msdcias elusslt eels cs 4.85 
ATTA a ee ERR MMU: ORAM, Naha aLeabau Nd Co MEMMUSMSE SIL Nisa Aiea gue celclee eeee cele slelsce 3.10 
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PING alll MAN ecient see Ga sapnis aeULL DS! ee akg Wee tabe a dile densesien Mamaia latte oe 100.00 
This result is so entirely different from Dr. Wormley’s analysis that I 
am led to believe that, by some accident, Dr. Wayne was not furnished 
with a representative sample of the proper cement rock. There can be 
no doubt that, theoretically considered, the sample analyzed by Dr. 
Wormley is the better stone for a hydraulic cement. The Messrs. Par- 
ker make, on an average, eighty barrels of ground cement a day, each 
barrel containing two hundred and eighty pounds. The works have a 
capacity for one hundred barrels a day. Coal for burning the lime and 
for generating steam for grinding the cement is obtained from the lower 
Barnesville, or Bellair seam, opened in the vicinity of the works. The 
manufacture of cement was commenced by Mr. T. C. Parker in 1858, and 
continued until the beginning of the war, in 1861. It was resumed suc- 
cessfully in 1868. The cement has a high reputation, and was used with 
approval in the construction of the ee railroad bridge over the Ohio 
River at Bellair. 
The coal from both upper and lower Barnesville seams is used, and 
numerous mines are opened in the many valleys in the township. A 
shaft has recently been sunk near Barnesville, to reach the upper seam. 
This is for convenience chiefly, in order to save the expense and trouble 
of bringing the coal to town from the neighboring valleys. The lower 
seam furnishes a more resinous and cementing coal than the upper, but 
both coals are of fair quality. For the generation of steam, for house- 
hold use, for rolling mills, and, indeed for the great majority of uses, the 
coals are valuable, and the supply is practically inexhaustible. 
