QUALITY OF COAL.

The coal seams were exposed by the removal of the covering of
clay and gravel and only surface coal could ‘be seen. At the time
of the last visit, slopes had been started but they were only down
3 or 4 feet so that the coal was still very dirty with clay introduced
by the surface waters.

The following assays of seams Nos. 1, 2, 5 and 6 were made by
Milton Hersey 'Co., Ltd., of Montreal :—

Vol. Comb. Fixed

MARK Moisture Matter Carbon Ash Coke Sulphur
No 0.61% - 7.83% 60.74% 30.82% 91.56% . 1.38%
INTO) ees, 1.29 10.24 68.98 19.49 88.47 0.59
INOR Siecks a3 0.66 8.10 \O.D8 34.71 91.24 0.33
INCE SORE As 0.81 ele 65:5¢. 25°85 91.22 1.20

‘These assays show, as was to be expected, very high in ash. It
is impossible to say exactly how much the ash will be reduced when
clean coal is reached at depth, but undoubtedly there will be a great
reduction.

The coal has a crystalline fracture, is very bright and hard.
without any pronounced jointage planes. It is not at ali crushed
or slickensided and ag a consequence it will be mined in strong hard
lumps and will make little slack.

It burns very well in a blacksmith forge, giving an intense
heat, so great is the heat in fact that if a steel implement is left a
few minutes too long in the fire the steel will be melted. The flame
is almost colourless and smokeless.

As to whether the coal should be called an anthracite or a
semi-anthracite there will be some doubt, as there is no universal
standard of composition and physical properties as yet adopted.
Under the most rigid classification of Pennsylvania it would be a
semi-anthracite, but under the British classification on the other
hand, it would be called anthracite.

Note—It will be remarked that Mr. McEvoy only saw surface
coals—so that this analysis gives a percentage of ash which, with
clean samples, will be changed to fixed carbon, to a great extent.

Professor Donald, Gfficial Analyst, of Montreal, gives an
analysis of 78.70% of fixed carbon.