HOLMES COUNTY. 559 
Of these, Nos. 1 and 2 contain so much phosphoric acid as to probably 
render them worthless. The others have only a very small amount of 
-sulphur’or phosphorus, and have so large a percentage of iron as to 
render them valuable ores. Those of Knox township especially give 
promise of great excellence, and if, on exploration, the reported eight- 
foot deposit is found to have half that thickness, it will prove the most 
valuable mineral deposit in the county. 
Edward R. Taylor, a chemist of Cleveland, Ohio, furnishes the follow- 
ing analysis of an iron ore from the surface near Johnville, Washington 
township : 
RCHOCALDOMATeY OLA TOM taps wea seie aby re LIN ce. evalar ued a aati luis Chitra Ue oy 88.77 
IPINCGMACINKG BEN. cada cooqds 666006 D6d00D AVegHO Gagude LGobo0 UDaoer ches saae 16 
SMU OMNBIALS, MONG. choad doebSd 6445 6aG066 Gaddo0 doened SebneA IS ROSHEECOoOS Bete 04 
CMBU® 24 ooo h00 sac0ns nop gob 590500 699908 cong Od5S00 065600 cOdda5 65 OD56K6 9.12 
Metall chironmesssessseee US DESER: Cah APACE Laren totes UE AAU et CORO 42.49 
The following is a table of the analyses of the coals of this county, 
made by Professor Wormley : 
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Number. le D, i By AN 5, 6. 
Specific graviby-..| 1.395 | 1.369 | 1.328 1.345 | 1.395 | 1.312 | 1.269 | 1.282 | 1.394 | 1.292 | 1.428 
Moisture -- 2... = PO) DUO! V7) Zs 4bxOr Grek} 773K ZION IL Xe SSO BH) 
(ATS Revere cuatro 9.65} 4.20} 8.05} 10.66) 15.40) 12.00) 3.40) 7.00) 16.35) 5.65) 17.10 
Volat. com. mat’r| 43.75) 39.00) 42.95) 29.30} 45.70} 40.15) 34.90) 32.20) 3735) 40.50) 22.40 
Fixed carbon....| 43.85) 41.70] 4 .25) 57.80] 34.10) 44.00) 54.40) 56.60) 44.65) 49.95) 56.30 
Motal <0L6.. 190. |100. |100. |100. |100. (100. (100. |100. 100. ipo. {100. 
SHUN OMNES hase 6.19) 2.26) 4.85) 4.42) 1.62) 91.83] 2.19) 3.34) 1.70). 1.55). 0.54 
Gas per lb. in feet|.... .| 3.40|.... .| 2.87] 2.67) 2.32! 3.20] 3.32] 2.31] 2.95] 2.94 
No. 1. Sanders’ Coal, No. 6, lowest bench. 
No. 2. Sanders’ Coal, No. 6, middle bench. 
No. 3. Sanders’ Coal, No. 6, lowest bench. 
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No. Bennington Coal. 
No. Smith’s Bank, No. 1, upper bench. 
No. Smith’s Bank, No. 1, lower bench. ° 
Mast’s Bank, No. 3, bottom coai. 
. Strawbridge Coal, No. 2. 
No. 10. Gloscoe’s Cannel, No."8. 
No. 11. Daggers’ Mine, No. 3, lower bench. 
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6. 
No. 7. Taylor’s Coal, No. 7. 
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It will be noted that the average percentage of ash is here greater than 
in most of the other productive coal regions of the State, and that in a 
few instances the amount of sulphur is large. It is probable that no 
