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0.195 × 30.6 = 5.967 cubic feet.

2nd. Assume a natural gas, the analysis of which in percentages by volume is oxygen = 0.40, carbon monoxide = 0.95, carbon dioxide = 0.34, olefiant gas (C{2}H{4}) = 0.66, ethane (C{2}H{6}) = 3.55, marsh gas (CH_{4}) = 72.15 and hydrogen = 21.95. All but the oxygen and the carbon dioxide are combustibles, and the heat per cubic foot will be,

From CO = 0.0095 × 347 = 3.30 C{2}H{4} = 0.0066 × 1675 = 11.05 C{2}H{6} = 0.0355 × 1862 = 66.10 CH_{4} = 0.7215 × 1050 = 757.58 H = 0.2195 × 349 = 76.61 ------ B. t. u. per cubic foot 914.64

The net air required for combustion of one cubic foot of the gas will be,

CO = 0.0095 × 2.39 = 0.02 C{2}H{4} = 0.0066 × 14.33 = 0.09 C{2}H{6} = 0.0355 × 16.74 = 0.59 CH_{4} = 0.7215 × 9.57 = 6.90 H = 0.2195 × 2.41 = 0.53 ---- Total net air per cubic foot 8.13

Proximate Analysis--The proximate analysis of a fuel gives its proportions by weight of fixed carbon, volatile combustible matter, moisture and ash. A method of making such an analysis which has been found to give eminently satisfactory results is described below.

From the coal sample obtained on the boiler trial, an average sample of approximately 40 grams is broken up and weighed. A good means of reducing such a sample is passing it through an ordinary coffee mill. This sample should be placed in a double-walled air bath, which should be kept at an approximately constant temperature of 105 degrees centigrade, the sample being weighed at intervals until a minimum is reached. The percentage of moisture can be calculated from the loss in such a drying.

For the determination of the remainder of the analysis, and the heating value of the fuel, a portion of this dried sample should be thoroughly pulverized, and if it is to be kept, should be placed in an air-tight receptacle. One gram of the pulverized sample should be weighed into a porcelain crucible equipped with a well fitting lid. This crucible should be supported on a platinum triangle and heated for seven minutes over the full flame of a Bunsen burner. At the end of such time the sample should be placed in a desiccator containing calcium chloride, and when cooled should be weighed. From the loss the percentage of volatile combustible matter may be readily calculated.

The same sample from which the volatile matter has been driven should be used in the determination of the percentage of ash. This percentage is obtained by burning the fixed carbon over a Bunsen burner or in a muffle furnace. The burning should be kept up until a constant weight is secured, and it may be assisted by stirring with a platinum rod. The weight of the residue determines the percentage of ash, and the percentage of fixed carbon is easily calculated from the loss during the determination of ash after the volatile matter has been driven off.

Proximate analyses may be made and reported on a moist or dry basis. The dry basis is that ordinarily accepted, and this is the basis adopted throughout this book. The method of converting from a moist to a dry basis is the same as described in the case of an ultimate analysis. A proximate analysis is easily made, gives information as to the general characteristics of a fuel and of its relative heating value.

Table 38 gives the proximate analysis and calorific value of a number of representative coals found in the United States.

TABLE 38

APPROXIMATE COMPOSITION AND CALORIFIC VALUE OF CERTAIN TYPICAL AMERICAN COALS

___________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | No. | State | County | Field, Bed | Mine | Size | | | | or Vein | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | __|_____|______________|______________|_____________|___________| | | | | | | ANTHRACITES | | __|_____|_______________________________________________|___________| | | | | | | 1 | Pa. | Carbon | Lehigh | Beaver Meadow | | 2 | Pa. | Dauphin | Schuylkill | | Buckwheat | 3 | Pa. | Lackawanna | Wyoming | Belleview | No. 2 Buck. | 4 | Pa. | Lackawanna | Wyoming | Johnson | Culm. | 5 | Pa. | Luzerne | Wyoming | Pittston | No. 2 Buck. | 6 | Pa. | Luzerne | Wyoming | Mammoth | Large | 7 | Pa. | Luzerne | Wyoming | Exeter | Rice | 8 | Pa. | Northumberland | Schuylkill | Treverton | | 9 | Pa. | Schuylkill | Schuylkill | Buck Mountain | | 10 | Pa. | Schuylkill | | York Farm | Buckwheat | 11 | Pa. | | | Victoria | Buckwheat | 12 | Pa. | Carbon | Lehigh | Lehigh & | Buck. & Pea | | | | | Wilkes C. Co. | | 13 | Pa. | Carbon | Lehigh | | Buckwheat | 14 | Pa. | Lackawanna | |Del. & Hud. Co.| No. 1 Buck. | __|_____|______________|______________|_____________|___________| | | | | | | SEMI-ANTHRACITES | | __|_____|_______________________________________________|___________| | | | | | | 15 | Pa. | Lycoming | Loyalsock | | | 16 | Pa. | Sullivan | | Lopez | | 17 | Pa. | Sullivan | Bernice | | | __|_____|______________|______________|_____________|___________| | | | | | | SEMI-BITUMINOUS | | __|_____|_______________________________________________|___________| | | | | | | 18 | Md. | Alleghany | Big Vein, | | | | | | George's Crk. | | | 19 | Md. | Alleghany | George's Creek | | | 20 | Md. | Alleghany | George's Creek | | | 21 | Md. | Alleghany | George's Creek | Ocean No. 7 | Mine run | 22 | Md. | Alleghany | Cumberland | | | 23 | Md. | Garrett | | Washington | Mine run | | | | | No. 3 | | 24 | Pa. | Bradford | | Long Valley | | 25 | Pa. | Tioga | | Antrim | | 26 | Pa. | Cambria | "B" or Miller | Soriman Shaft | | | | | | C. Co. | | 27 | Pa. | Cambria | "B" or Miller | Henrietta | | 28 | Pa. | Cambria | "B" or Miller | Penker | | 29 | Pa. | Cambria | "B" or Miller | Lancashire | | 30 | Pa. | Cambria | Lower | Penn. C. & C. | Mine run | | | | Kittanning | Co. No. 3 | | 31 | Pa. | Cambria | Upper | Valley | Mine run | | | | Kittanning | | | 32 | Pa. | Clearfield | Lower | Eureka | Mine run | | | | Kittanning | | | 33 | Pa. | Clearfield | | Ghem | Mine run | 34 | Pa. | Clearfield | | Osceola | | 35 | Pa. | Clearfield | Reynoldsville | | | 36 | Pa. | Clearfield | Atlantic- | | Mine run | | | | Clearfield | | | 37 | Pa. | Huntington | Barnet & Fulton| Carbon | Mine run | 38 | Pa. | Huntington | | Rock Hill | Mine run | 39 | Pa. | Somerset | Lower | Kimmelton | Mine run | | | | Kittanning | | | 40 | Pa. | Somerset | "C" Prime Vein | Jenner | Mine run | __|_____|______________|______________|_____________|____________|

____________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Proximate Analysis (Dry Coal) |B. t. u.| | No. |______________________________________| Per | | | | | | | Pound | Authority | | Moisture | Volatile | Fixed | Ash | Dry | | | | Matter | Carbon | | Coal | | __|________|________|______|_______|______|____________| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | __|________|________|______|_______|______|____________| | | | | | | | 1 | 1.50 | 2.41 | 90.30 | 7.29 | | Gale | 2 | 2.15 | 12.88 | 78.23 | 8.89 | 13137 | Whitham | 3 | 8.29 | 7.81 | 77.19 | 15.00 | 12341 | Sadtler | 4 | 13.90 | 11.16 | 65.96 | 22.88 | 10591 | B. & W. Co. | 5 | 3.66 | 4.40 | 78.96 | 16.64 | 12865 | B. & W. Co. | 6 | 4.00 | 3.44 | 90.59 | 5.97 | 13720 | Carpenter | 7 | 0.25 | 8.18 | 79.61 | 12.21 | 12400 | B. & W. Co. | 8 | 0.84 | 6.73 | 86.39 | 6.88 | | Isherwood | 9 | | 3.17 | 92.41 | 4.42 | 14220 | Carpenter | 10 | 0.81 | 5.51 | 75.90 | 18.59 | 11430 | | 11 | 4.30 | 0.55 | 86.73 | 12.72 | 12642 | B. & W. Co. | 12 | 1.57 | 6.27 | 66.53 | 27.20 | 12848 | B. & W. Co. | | | | | | | | 13 | | 5.00 | 81.00 | 14.00 | 11800 | Carpenter | 14 | 6.20 | | | 11.60 | 12100 | Denton | __|________|________|______|_______|______|____________| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | __|________|________|______|_______|______|____________| | | | | | | | 15 | 1.30 | 8.72 | 84.44 | 6.84 | | | 16 | 5.48 | 7.53 | 81.00 | 11.47 | 13547 | B. & W. Co. | 17 | 1.29 | 8.21 | 84.43 | 7.36 | | | __|________|________|______|_______|______|____________| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | __|________|________|______|_______|______|____________| | | | | | | | 18 | 3.50 | 21.33 | 72.47 | 6.20 | 14682 | B. & W. Co. | | | | | | | | 19 | 3.63 | 16.27 | 76.93 | 6.80 | 14695 | B. & W. Co. | 20 | 2.28 | 19.43 | 77.44 | 6.13 | 14793 | B. & W. Co. | 21 | 1.13 | | | | 14451 | B. & W. Co. | 22 | 1.50 | 17.26 | 76.65 | 6.09 | 14700 | | 23 | 2.33 | 14.38 | 74.93 | 10.49 | 14033 | U. S. Geo. S.| | | | | | | | 24 | 1.55 | 20.33 | 68.38 | 11.29 | 12965 | | 25 | 2.19 | 18.43 | 71.87 | 9.70 | 13500 | | 26 | 3.40 | 20.70 | 71.84 | 7.46 | 14484 | N. Y. Ed. Co.| | | | | | | | 27 | 1.23 | 18.37 | 75.28 | 6.45 | 14770 | So. Eng. Co. | 28 | 3.64 | 21.34 | 70.48 | 8.18 | 14401 | B. & W. Co. | 29 | 4.38 | 21.20 | 70.27 | 8.53 | 14453 | B. & W. Co. | 30 | 3.51 | 17.43 | 75.69 | 6.88 | 14279 | U. S. Geo. S.| | | | | | | | 31 | 3.40 | 14.89 | 75.03 | 10.08 | 14152 | B. & W. Co. | | | | | | | | 32 | 5.90 | 16.71 | 77.22 | 6.07 | 14843 | U. S. Geo. S.| | | | | | | | 33 | 3.43 | 17.53 | 69.67 | 12.80 | 13744 | B. & W. Co. | 34 | 1.24 | 25.43 | 68.56 | 6.01 | 13589 | B. & W. Co. | 35 | 2.91 | 21.55 | 69.03 | 9.42 | 14685 | B. & W. Co. | 36 | 1.55 | 23.36 | 71.15 | 5.94 | 13963 | Whitham | | | | | | | | 37 | 4.50 | 18.34 | 73.06 | 8.60 | 13770 | B. & W. Co. | 38 | 5.91 | 17.58 | 73.44 | 8.99 | 14105 | B. & W. Co. | 39 | 3.09 | 17.84 | 70.47 | 11.69 | 13424 | U. S. Geo. S.| | | | | | | | 40 | 9.37 | 16.47 | 75.76 | 7.77 | 14507 | P. R. R. | __|________|________|______|_______|______|_____________|

APPROXIMATE COMPOSITION AND CALORIFIC VALUE OF CERTAIN TYPICAL AMERICAN COALS--Continued

___________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | No. | State | County | Field, Bed | Mine | Size | | | | or Vein | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | __|_____|______________|______________|_____________|___________| | | | | | | 41 | W. Va.| Fayette | New River | Rush Run | Mine run | 42 | W. Va.| Fayette | New River | Loup Creek | | 43 | W. Va.| Fayette | New River | | Slack | 44 | W. Va.| Fayette | New River | | Mine run | 45 | W. Va.| Fayette | New River | Rush Run | Mine run | 46 | W. Va.| McDowell | Pocahontas | Zenith | Mine run | | | | No. 3 | | | 47 | W. Va.| McDowell | Tug River | Big Sandy | Mine run | 48 | W. Va.| Mercer | Pocahontas | Mora | Lump | 49 | W. Va.| Mineral | Elk Garden | | | 50 | W. Va.| McDowell | Pocahontas | Flat Top | Mine run | 51 | W. Va.| McDowell | Pocahontas | Flat Top | Slack | 52 | W. Va.| McDowell | Pocahontas | Flat Top | Lump | __|_____|______________|______________|_____________|___________| | | | | | | BITUMINOUS | | __|_____|_______________________________________________|___________| | | | | | | 53 | Ala. | Bibb | Cahaba | Hill Creek | Mine run | 54 | Ala. | Jefferson | Pratt | Pratt No. 13 | | 55 | Ala. | Jefferson | Pratt | Warner | Mine run | 56 | Ala. | Jefferson | | Coalburg | Mine run | 57 | Ala. | Walker | Horse Creek | Ivy C. & I. | Nut | | | | | Co. No. 8 | | 58 | Ala. | Walker | Jagger | Galloway C. | Mine run | | | | | Co. No. 5 | | 59 | Ark. | Franklin | Denning | Western No. 4 | Nut | 60 | Ark. | Sebastian | Jenny Lind | Mine No. 12 | Lump | 61 | Ark. | Sebastian | Huntington | Cherokee | Mine run | 62 | Col. | Boulder | South Platte | Lafayette | Mine run | 63 | Col. | Boulder | Laramie | Simson | Mine run | 64 | Col. | Fremont | Canon City | Chandler | Nut and | | | | | | Slack | 65 | Col. | Las Animas | Trinidad | Hastings | Nut | 66 | Col. | Las Animas | Trinidad | Moreley | Slack | 67 | Col. | Routt | Yampa | Oak Creek | | 68 | Ill. | Christian | Pana | Penwell Col. | Lump | 69 | Ill. | Franklin | No. 6 | Benton | Egg | 70 | Ill. | Franklin | Big Muddy | Zeigler | ¾ inch | 71 | Ill. | Jackson | Big Muddy | | | 72 | Ill. | La Salle | Streator | | | 73 | Ill. | La Salle | Streator | Marseilles | Mine run | 74 | Ill. | Macoupin | Nilwood | Mine No. 2 | Screenings | 75 | Ill. | Macoupin | Mt. Olive | Mine No. 2 | Mine run | 76 | Ill. | Madison | Belleville | Donk Bros. | Lump | 77 | Ill. | Madison | Glen Carbon | | Mine run | 78 | Ill. | Marion | | Odin | Lump | 79 | Ill. | Mercer | Gilchrist | | Screenings | 80 | Ill. | Montgomery | Pana or No. 5 | Coffeen | Mine run | 81 | Ill. | Peoria | No. 5 | Empire | | 82 | Ill. | Perry | Du Quoin | Number 1 | Screenings | __|_____|______________|______________|_____________|____________|

APPROXIMATE COMPOSITION AND CALORIFIC VALUE OF CERTAIN TYPICAL AMERICAN COALS--Continued

____________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Proximate Analysis (Dry Coal) |B. t. u.| | No. |______________________________________| Per | | | | | | | Pound | Authority | | Moisture | Volatile | Fixed | Ash | Dry | | | | Matter | Carbon | | Coal | | __|________|________|______|_______|______|____________| | | | | | | | 41 | 2.14 | 22.87 | 71.56 | 5.57 | 14959 | U. S. Geo. S.| 42 | 0.55 | 19.36 | 78.48 | 2.16 | 14975 | Hill | 43 | 6.66 | 20.94 | 73.16 | 5.90 | 14412 | B. & W. Co. | 44 | 2.16 | 17.82 | 75.66 | 6.52 | 14786 | B. & W. Co. | 45 | 0.94 | 22.16 | 75.85 | 1.99 | 15007 | B. & W. Co. | 46 | 4.85 | 17.14 | 76.54 | 6.32 | 14480 | U. S. Geo. S.| | | | | | | | 47 | 1.58 | 18.55 | 76.44 | 4.91 | 15170 | U. S. Geo. S.| 48 | 1.74 | 18.55 | 75.15 | 6.30 | 15015 | U. S. Geo. S.| 49 | 2.10 | 15.70 | 75.40 | 8.90 | 14195 | B. & W. Co. | 50 | 0.52 | 24.02 | 74.59 | 1.39 | 14490 | B. & W. Co. | 51 | 3.24 | 15.33 | 77.60 | 7.07 | 14653 | B. & W. Co. | 52 | 3.63 | 16.03 | 78.04 | 5.93 | 14956 | B. & W. Co. | __|________|________|______|_______|______|____________| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | __|________|________|______|_______|______|____________| | | | | | | | 53 | 6.19 | 28.58 | 55.60 | 15.82 | 12576 | B. & W. Co. | 54 | 4.29 | 25.78 | 67.68 | 6.54 | 14482 | B. & W. Co. | 55 | 2.51 | 27.80 | 61.50 | 10.70 | 13628 | U. S. Geo. S.| 56 | 0.94 | 31.34 | 65.65 | 3.01 | 14513 | B. & W. Co. | 57 | 2.56 | 31.82 | 53.89 | 14.29 | 12937 | U. S. Geo. S.| | | | | | | | 58 | 4.83 | 34.65 | 51.12 | 14.03 | 12976 | U. S. Geo. S.| | | | | | | | 59 | 2.22 | 12.83 | 75.35 | 11.82 | | U. S. Geo. S.| 60 | 1.07 | 17.04 | 74.45 | 8.51 | 14252 | U. S. Geo. S.| 61 | 0.97 | 19.87 | 70.30 | 9.83 | 14159 | U. S. Geo. S.| 62 | 19.48 | 38.80 | 49.00 | 12.20 | 11939 | B. & W. Co. | 63 | 19.78 | 44.69 | 48.62 | 6.69 | 12577 | U. S. Geo. S.| 64 | 9.37 | 38.10 | 51.75 | 10.15 | 11850 | B. & W. Co. | | | | | | | | 65 | 2.15 | 31.07 | 53.40 | 15.53 | 12547 | B. & W. Co. | 66 | 1.88 | 28.47 | 55.58 | 15.95 | 12703 | B. & W. Co. | 67 | 6.67 | 42.91 | 55.64 | 1.45 | | Hill | 68 | 8.05 | 43.67 | 49.97 | 6.36 | 10900 | Jones | 69 | 8.31 | 34.52 | 54.05 | 11.43 | 11727 | U. S. Geo. S.| 70 | 13.28 | 31.97 | 57.37 | 10.66 | 12857 | U. S. Geo. S.| 71 | 4.85 | 31.55 | 62.19 | 6.26 | 11466 | Breckenridge | 72 | 8.40 | 41.76 | 51.42 | 6.82 | 11727 | Breckenridge | 73 | 12.98 | 43.73 | 49.13 | 7.14 | 10899 | B. & W. Co. | 74 | 13.34 | 34.75 | 44.55 | 20.70 | 10781 | B. & W. Co. | 75 | 13.54 | 41.28 | 46.30 | 12.42 | 10807 | U. S. Geo. S.| 76 | 13.47 | 38.69 | 48.07 | 13.24 | 12427 | U. S. Geo. S.| 77 | 9.78 | 38.18 | 51.52 | 10.30 | 11672 | Bryan | 78 | 6.20 | 42.91 | 49.06 | 8.03 | 11880 | Breckenridge | 79 | 8.50 | 36.17 | 41.64 | 22.19 | 10497 | Breckenridge | 80 | 11.93 | 34.05 | 49.85 | 16.10 | 10303 | U. S. Geo. S.| 81 | 17.64 | 31.91 | 46.17 | 21.92 | 10705 | B. & W. Co. | 82 | 9.81 | 33.67 | 48.36 | 17.97 | 11229 | B. & W. Co. | __|________|________|______|_______|______|_____________|

APPROXIMATE COMPOSITION AND CALORIFIC VALUE OF CERTAIN TYPICAL AMERICAN COALS--Continued

___________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | No. | State | County | Field, Bed | Mine | Size | | | | or Vein | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_____|______________|______________|_____________|___________| | | | | | | 83 | Ill. | Perry | Du Quoin | Willis | Mine run | 84 | Ill. | Sangamon | | Pawnee | Slack | 85 | Ill. | St. Clair | Standard | Nigger Hollow | Mine run | 86 | Ill. | St. Clair | Standard | Maryville | Mine run | 87 | Ill. | Williamson | Big Muddy | Daws | Mine run | 88 | Ill. | Williamson | Carterville | Carterville | | | | | or No. 7 | | | 89 | Ill. | Williamson | Carterville | Burr | Nut, Pea | | | | or No. 7 | | and Slack | 90 | Ind. | Brazil | Brazil | Gartside | Block | 91 | Ind. | Clay | | Louise | Block | 92 | Ind. | Green | Island City | | Mine run | 93 | Ind. | Knox | Vein No. 5 | Tecumseh | Mine run | 94 | Ind. | Parke | Vein No. 6 | Parke Coal Co.| Lump | 95 | Ind. | Sullivan | Sullivan No. 6 | Mildred | Washed | 96 | Ind. | Vigo | Number 6 | Fontanet | Mine run | 97 | Ind. | Vigo | Number 7 | Red Bird | Mine run | 98 | Iowa | Appanoose | Mystic | Mine No. 3 | Lump | 99 | Iowa | Lucas | Lucas | Inland No. 1 | Mine run | 100 | Iowa | Marion | Big Vein | Liberty No. 5 | Mine run | 101 | Iowa | Polk | Third Seam | Altoona No. 4 | Lump | 102 | Iowa | Wapello | Wapello | | Lump | 103 | Kan. | Cherokee | Weir Pittsburgh| Southwestern | Lump | | | | | Dev. Co. | | 104 | Kan. | Cherokee | Cherokee | | Screenings | 105 | Kan. | Cherokee | Cherokee | | Lump | 106 | Kan. | Linn | Boicourt | | Lump | 107 | Ky. | Bell | Straight Creek | Str. Ck. C. & | Mine run | | | | | C. Co. | | 108 | Ky. | Hopkins | Bed No. 9 | Earlington | Lump | 109 | Ky. | Hopkins | Bed No. 9 | Barnsley | Mine run | 110 | Ky. | Hopkins | Vein No. 14 | Nebo |Pea and Slack| 111 | Ky. | Johnson | Vein No. 1 | Miller's Creek| Mine run | 112 | Ky. | Mulenburg | Bed No. 9 | Pierce |Pea and Slack| 113 | Ky. | Pulaski | | Greensburg | | 114 | Ky. | Webster | Bed No. 9 | |Pea and Slack| 115 | Ky. | Whitley | | Jellico |Nut and Slack| 116 | Mo. | Adair | | Danforth | Mine run | 117 | Mo. | Bates | Rich Hill | New Home | Mine run | 118 | Mo. | Clay | Lexington | Mo. City Coal | | | | | | Co. | | 119 | Mo. | Lafayette | Waverly | Buckthorn | | 120 | Mo. | Lafayette | Waverly | Higbee | | 121 | Mo. | Linn | Bevier | Marceline | | 122 | Mo. | Macon | Bevier | Northwest | | | | | | Coal Co. | | 123 | Mo. | Morgan | Morgan Co. | Morgan Co. | Mine run | | | | | Coal Co. | | 124 | Mo. | Putnam | Mendotta | Mendotta No. 8| | 125 | N.Mex.| McKinley | Gallup | Gibson |Pea and Slack| __|_____|______________|______________|_____________|____________|

_____________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Proximate Analysis (Dry Coal) |B. t. u.| | No. |______________________________________| Per | | | | | | | Pound | Authority | | Moisture | Volatile | Fixed | Ash | Dry | | | | Matter | Carbon | | Coal | | __|________|________|______|_______|______|____________| | | | | | | | 83 | 7.22 | 33.06 | 53.97 | 12.97 | 11352 | U. S. Geo. S.| 84 | 4.81 | 41.53 | 39.62 | 18.85 | 10220 | Jones | 85 | 14.39 | 32.90 | 44.84 | 22.26 | 11059 | B. & W. Co. | 86 | 15.71 | 38.10 | 41.10 | 20.80 | 10999 | B. & W. Co. | 87 | 8.17 | 34.33 | 52.50 | 13.17 | 12643 | U. S. Geo. S.| 88 | 4.66 | 35.65 | 56.86 | 7.49 | 12286 | Univ. of Ill.| | | | | | | | 89 | 11.91 | 33.70 | 55.90 | 10.40 | 12932 | B. & W. Co. | | | | | | | | 90 | 2.83 | 40.03 | 51.97 | 8.00 | 13375 | Stillman | 91 | 0.83 | 39.70 | 52.28 | 8.02 | 13248 | Jones | 92 | 6.17 | 35.42 | 53.55 | 11.03 | 11916 | Dearborn | 93 | 10.73 | 35.75 | 54.46 | 9.79 | 12911 | B. & W. Co. | 94 | 10.72 | 44.02 | 46.33 | 9.65 | 11767 | U. S. Geo. S.| 95 | 16.59 | 42.17 | 48.44 | 9.59 | 13377 | U. S. Geo. S.| 96 | 2.28 | 34.95 | 50.50 | 14.55 | 11920 | Dearborn | 97 | 11.62 | 41.17 | 46.76 | 12.07 | 12740 | U. S. Geo. S.| 98 | 13.48 | 39.40 | 43.09 | 17.51 | 11678 | U. S. Geo. S.| 99 | 16.01 | 37.82 | 46.24 | 15.94 | 11963 | U. S. Geo. S.| 100 | 14.88 | 41.53 | 39.63 | 18.84 | 11443 | U. S. Geo. S.| 101 | 12.44 | 41.27 | 40.86 | 17.87 | 11671 | U. S. Geo. S.| 102 | 8.69 | 36.23 | 43.68 | 20.09 | 11443 | U. S. Geo. S.| 103 | 4.31 | 33.88 | 53.67 | 12.45 | 13144 | U. S. Geo. S.| | | | | | | | 104 | 6.16 | 35.56 | 46.90 | 17.54 | 10175 | Jones | 105 | 1.81 | 34.77 | 52.77 | 12.46 | 12557 | Jones | 106 | 4.74 | 36.59 | 47.07 | 16.34 | 10392 | Jones | 107 | 2.89 | 36.67 | 57.24 | 6.09 | 14362 | U. S. Geo. S.| | | | | | | | 108 | 6.89 | 40.30 | 55.16 | 4.54 | 13381 | St. Col. Ky. | 109 | 7.92 | 40.53 | 48.70 | 10.77 | 13036 | U. S. Geo. S.| 110 | 8.02 | 31.91 | 54.02 | 14.07 | 12448 | B. & W. Co. | 111 | 5.12 | 38.46 | 58.63 | 2.91 | 13743 | U. S. Geo. S.| 112 | 9.22 | 33.94 | 52.18 | 13.88 | 12229 | B. & W. Co. | 113 | 2.80 | 26.54 | 63.58 | 9.88 | 14095 | N. Y. Ed. Co.| 114 | 7.30 | 31.08 | 60.72 | 8.20 | 13600 | B. & W. Co. | 115 | 3.82 | 31.82 | 58.78 | 9.40 | 13175 | B. & W. Co. | 116 | 9.00 | 30.55 | 46.26 | 23.19 | 9889 | B. & W. Co. | 117 | 7.28 | 37.62 | 43.83 | 18.55 | 12109 | U. S. Geo. S.| 118 | 12.45 | 39.39 | 48.47 | 12.14 | 12875 | Univ. of Mo. | | | | | | | | 119 | 8.58 | 41.78 | 45.99 | 12.23 | 12735 | Univ. of Mo. | 120 | 10.84 | 31.72 | 55.29 | 12.99 | 12500 | Univ. of Mo. | 121 | 9.45 | 36.72 | 52.20 | 11.08 | 13180 | Univ. of Mo. | 122 | 13.09 | 37.83 | 42.95 | 19.22 | 11500 | U. S. Geo. S.| | | | | | | | 123 | 12.24 | 45.69 | 47.98 | 6.33 | 14197 | U. S. Geo. S.| | | | | | | | 124 | 20.78 | 39.36 | 50.00 | 10.64 | 12602 | U. S. Geo. S.| 125 | 12.17 | 36.31 | 51.17 | 12.52 | 12126 | B. & W. Co. | __|________|________|______|_______|______|_____________|

APPROXIMATE COMPOSITION AND CALORIFIC VALUE OF CERTAIN TYPICAL AMERICAN COALS--Continued

___________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | No. | State | County | Field, Bed | Mine | Size | | | | or Vein | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_____|______________|______________|_____________|___________| | | | | | | 126 | Ohio | Athens | Hocking Valley | Sunday Creek | Slack | 127 | Ohio | Belmont | Pittsburgh | Neff Coal Co. | Mine run | | | | No. 8 | | | 128 | Ohio | Columbiana | Middle | Palestine | | | | | Kittanning | | | 129 | Ohio | Coshocton | Middle | Morgan Run | Mine run | | | | Kittanning | | | 130 | Ohio | Guernsey | Vein No. 7 | Little Kate | | 131 | Ohio | Hocking | Hocking Valley | | Lump | 132 | Ohio | Hocking | Hocking Valley | | | 133 | Ohio | Jackson | Brookville | Superior | Mine run | | | | | Coal Co. | | 134 | Ohio | Jackson | Lower | Superior | Mine run | | | | Kittanning | Coal Co. | | 135 | Ohio | Jackson | Quakertown | Wellston | | 136 | Ohio | Jefferson | Pittsburgh | Crow Hollow | ¾ inch | | | | or No. 8 | | | 137 | Ohio | Jefferson | Pittsburgh | Rush Run No. 1| ¾ inch | | | | or No. 8 | | | 138 | Ohio | Perry | Hocking | Congo | | 139 | Ohio | Stark | Massillon | | Slack | 140 | Ohio | Vinton | Brookville | Clarion | Nut and | | | | or No. 4 | | Slack | 141 | Okla. | Choctaw | McAlester | Edwards No. 1 | Mine run | 142 | Okla. | Choctaw | McAlester | Adamson | Slack | 143 | Okla. | Creek | | Henrietta | Lump and | | | | | | Slack | 144 | Pa. | Allegheny | Pittsburgh | | Slack | | | | 3rd Pool | | | 145 | Pa. | Allegheny | Monongahela | Turtle Creek | | 146 | Pa. | Allegheny | Pittsburgh | Bertha | ¾ inch | 147 | Pa. | Cambria | | Beach Creek | Slack | 148 | Pa. | Cambria | Miller | Lincoln | Mine run | 149 | Pa. | Clarion | Lower Freeport | | | 150 | Pa. | Fayette | Connellsville | | Slack | 151 | Pa. | Greene | Youghiogheny | | Lump | 152 | Pa. | Greene | Westmoreland | | Screenings | 153 | Pa. | Indiana | | Iselin | Mine run | 154 | Pa. | Jefferson | | Punxsutawney | Mine run | 155 | Pa. | Lawrence | Middle | | | | | | Kittanning | | | 156 | Pa. | Mercer | Taylor | | | 157 | Pa. | Washington | Pittsburgh | Ellsworth | | 158 | Pa. | Washington | Youghiogheny | Anderson | ¾ inch | 159 | Pa. | Westmoreland | Pittsburgh | Scott Haven | Lump | 160 | Tenn. | Campbell | Jellico | | | 161 | Tenn. | Claiborne | Mingo | | | 162 | Tenn. | Marion | | Etna | | 163 | Tenn. | Morgan | Brushy Mt. | | | 164 | Tenn. | Scott | Glen Mary No. 4| Glen Mary | | 165 | Tex. | Maverick | | Eagle Pass | | 166 | Tex. | Paolo Pinto | | Thurber | Mine run | 167 | Tex. | Paolo Pinto | | Strawn | Mine run | 168 | Va. | Henrico | | Gayton | | __|_____|______________|______________|_____________|____________|

____________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Proximate Analysis (Dry Coal) |B. t. u.| | No. |______________________________________| Per | | | | | | | Pound | Authority | | Moisture | Volatile | Fixed | Ash | Dry | | | | Matter | Carbon | | Coal | | __|________|________|______|_______|______|____________| | | | | | | | 126 | 12.16 | 34.64 | 53.10 | 12.26 | 12214 | | 127 | 5.31 | 38.78 | 52.22 | 9.00 | 12843 | U. S. Geo. S.| | | | | | | | 128 | 2.15 | 37.57 | 51.80 | 10.63 | 13370 | Lord & Haas | | | | | | | | 129 | | 41.76 | 45.24 | 13.00 | 13239 | B. & W. Co. | | | | | | | | 130 | 6.19 | 33.02 | 59.96 | 7.02 | 13634 | B. & W. Co. | 131 | 6.45 | 39.12 | 50.08 | 10.80 | 12700 | Lord & Haas | 132 | 2.60 | 40.80 | 47.60 | 11.60 | 12175 | Jones | 133 | 7.59 | 38.45 | 43.99 | 17.56 | 11704 | U. S. Geo. S.| | | | | | | | 134 | 8.99 | 41.43 | 50.06 | 8.51 | 13113 | U. S. Geo. S.| | | | | | | | 135 | 3.38 | 35.26 | 54.18 | 7.56 | 12506 | Hill | 136 | 4.04 | 40.08 | 52.27 | 9.65 | 13374 | U. S. Geo. S.| | | | | | | | 137 | 4.74 | 36.08 | 54.81 | 9.11 | 13532 | U. S. Geo. S.| | | | | | | | 138 | 6 41 | 38.33 | 46.71 | 14.96 | 12284 | B. & W. Co. | 139 | 6.67 | 40.02 | 46.46 | 13.52 | 11860 | B. & W. Co. | 140 | 2.47 | 42.38 | 50.39 | 6.23 | 13421 | U. S. Geo. S.| | | | | | | | 141 | 4.79 | 39.18 | 49.97 | 10.85 | 13005 | U. S. Geo. S.| 142 | 4.72 | 28.54 | 58.17 | 13.29 | 12105 | B. & W. Co. | 143 | 7.65 | 36.77 | 50.14 | 13.09 | 12834 | U. S. Geo. S.| | | | | | | | 144 | 1.77 | 32.06 | 57.11 | 10.83 | 13205 | Carpenter | | | | | | | | 145 | 1.75 | 36.85 | 53.94 | 9.21 | 13480 | Lord & Haas | 146 | 2.61 | 35.86 | 57.81 | 6.33 | 13997 | U. S. Geo. S.| 147 | 3.01 | 32.87 | 55.86 | 11.27 | 13755 | B. & W. Co. | 148 | 5.39 | 30.83 | 61.05 | 8.12 | 13600 | B. & W. Co. | 149 | 0.54 | 35.93 | 57.66 | 6.41 | 13547 | | 150 | 1.85 | 28.73 | 63.22 | 7.95 | 13775 | Whitham | 151 | 1.25 | 32.60 | 54.70 | 12.70 | 13100 | B. & W. Co. | 152 | 11.12 | 31.67 | 55.61 | 12.72 | 13100 | P. R. R. | 153 | 2.70 | 29.33 | 63.56 | 7.11 | 14220 | B. & W. Co. | 154 | 3.38 | 29.33 | 64.93 | 5.73 | 14781 | B. & W. Co. | 155 | 0.70 | 37.06 | 56.24 | 6.70 | 13840 | Lord & Haas | | | | | | | | 156 | 4.18 | 32.19 | 55.55 | 12.26 | 12820 | B. & W. Co. | 157 | 2.46 | 35.35 | 58.46 | 6.19 | 14013 | U. S. Geo. S.| 158 | 1.00 | 39.29 | 54.80 | 5.91 | 13729 | Jones | 159 | 4.06 | 32.91 | 59.78 | 7.31 | 13934 | B. & W. Co. | 160 | 1.80 | 37.76 | 62.12 | 1.12 | 13846 | U. S. Navy | 161 | 4.40 | 34.31 | 59.22 | 6.47 | | U. S. Geo. S.| 162 | 3.16 | 32.98 | 56.59 | 10.43 | | | 163 | 1.77 | 33.46 | 54.73 | 11.87 | 13824 | B. & W. Co. | 164 | 1.53 | 40.80 | 56.78 | 2.42 | 14625 |Ky. State Col.| 165 | 5.42 | 33.73 | 44.89 | 21.38 | 10945 | B. & W. Co. | 166 | 1.90 | 36.01 | 49.09 | 14.90 | 12760 | B. & W. Co. | 167 | 4.19 | 35.40 | 52.98 | 11.62 | 13202 | B. & W. Co. | 168 | 0.82 | 17.14 | 74.92 | 7.94 | 14363 | B. & W. Co. | __|________|________|______|_______|______|_____________|

APPROXIMATE COMPOSITION AND CALORIFIC VALUE OF CERTAIN TYPICAL AMERICAN COALS--Continued

___________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | No. | State | County | Field, Bed | Mine | Size | | | | or Vein | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_____|______________|______________|_____________|___________| | | | | | | 169 | Va. | Lee | Darby | Darby | 1½ inch | 170 | Va. | Lee | McConnel | Wilson | Mine run | 171 | Va. | Wise | Upper Banner | Coburn | 3½ inch | 172 | Va. | Rockingham | | Clover Hill | | 173 | Va. | Russel | Clinchfield | | | 174 | Va. | | Monongahela | Bernmont | | 175 | W. Va.| Harrison | Pittsburgh | Ocean | Mine run | 176 | W. Va.| Harrison | | Girard | Nut, Pea | | | | | | and Slack | 177 | W. Va.| Kanawha | Winifrede | Winifrede | | 178 | W. Va.| Kanawha | Keystone | Keystone | Mine run | 179 | W. Va.| Logan | Island Creek | |Nut and Slack| 180 | W. Va.| Marion | Fairmont | Kingmont | | 181 | W. Va.| Mingo | Thacker | Maritime | | 182 | W. Va.| Mingo | Glen Alum | Glen Alum | Mine run | 183 | W. Va.| Preston | Bakerstown | | | 184 | W. Va.| Putnam | Pittsburgh | Black Betsy | Bug dust | 185 | W. Va.| Randolph | Upper Freeport | Coalton | Lump and Nut| __|_____|______________|______________|_____________|___________| | | | | | | LIGNITES AND LIGNITIC COALS | | __|_____|_______________________________________________|___________| | | | | | | 186 | Col. | Boulder | | Rex | | 187 | Col. | El Paso | | Curtis | | 188 | Col. | El Paso | | Pike View | | 189 | Col. | Gunnison | South Platte | Mt. Carbon | | 190 | Col. | Las Animas | | Acme | | 191 | Col. | | Lehigh | | | 192 |N. Dak.| McLean | | Eckland | Mine run | 193 |N. Dak.| McLean | | Wilton | Lump | 194 |N. Dak.| McLean | | Casino | | 195 |N. Dak.| Stark | Lehigh | Lehigh | Mine run | 196 |N. Dak.| William | Williston | | Mine run | 197 |N. Dak.| William | Williston | | Mine run | 198 | Tex. | Bastrop | Bastrop | Glenham | | 199 | Tex. | Houston | Crockett | | | 200 | Tex. | Houston | | Houston C. & | | | | | | C. Co. | | 201 | Tex. | Milam | Rockdale | Worley | | 202 | Tex. | Robertson | Calvert | Coaling No. 1 | | 203 | Tex. | Wood | Hoyt | Consumer's | | | | | | Lig. Co. | | 204 | Tex. | Wood | Hoyt | | | 205 | Wash. | King | | Black Diamond | | 206 | Wyo. | Carbon | Hanna | | Mine run | 207 | Wyo. | Crook | Black Hills | Stilwell Coal | | | | | | Co. | | 208 | Wyo. | Sheridan | Sheridan | Monarch | | 209 | Wyo. | Sweetwater | Rock Spring | | Screenings | 210 | Wyo. | Uinta | Adaville | Lazeart | | __|_____|______________|______________|_____________|____________|

____________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Proximate Analysis (Dry Coal) |B. t. u.| | No. |______________________________________| Per | | | | | | | Pound | Authority | | Moisture | Volatile | Fixed | Ash | Dry | | | | Matter | Carbon | | Coal | | __|________|________|______|_______|______|____________| | | | | | | | 169 | 4.35 | 38.46 | 56.91 | 4.63 | 13939 | U. S. Geo. S.| 170 | 3.35 | 36.35 | 57.88 | 5.77 | 13931 | U. S. Geo. S.| 171 | 3.05 | 32.65 | 62.73 | 4.62 | 14470 | U. S. Geo. S.| 172 | | 31.77 | 57.98 | 10.25 | 13103 | | 173 | 2.00 | 35.72 | 56.12 | 8.16 | 14200 | | 174 | | 32.00 | 59.90 | 8.10 | 13424 | Carpenter | 175 | 2.47 | 39.35 | 52.78 | 7.87 | 14202 | U. S. Geo. S.| 176 | | 36.66 | 57.49 | 5.85 | 14548 | B. & W. Co. | | | | | | | | 177 | 1.05 | 32.74 | 64.38 | 2.88 | 14111 | Hill | 178 | 2.21 | 33.29 | 58.61 | 8.10 | 14202 | U. S. Geo. S.| 179 | 1.12 | 38.61 | 55.91 | 5.48 | 14273 | Hill | 180 | 1.90 | 35.31 | 57.34 | 7.35 | 14198 | U. S. Geo. S.| 181 | 0.68 | 31.89 | 63.48 | 4.63 | 14126 | Hill | 182 | 3.02 | 33.81 | 59.45 | 6.74 | 14414 | U. S. Geo. S.| 183 | 4.14 | 29.09 | 63.50 | 7.41 | 14546 | U. S. Geo. S.| 184 | 7.41 | 32.84 | 53.96 | 13.20 | 12568 | B. & W. Co. | 185 | 2.11 | 29.57 | 59.93 | 10.50 | 13854 | U. S. Geo. S.| __|________|________|______|_______|______|____________| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | __|________|________|______|_______|______|____________| | | | | | | | 186 | 16.05 | 42.12 | 47.97 | 9.91 | 10678 | B. & W. Co. | 187 | 23.25 | 42.11 | 49.38 | 8.51 | 11090 | B. & W. Co. | 188 | 23.77 | 48.70 | 41.47 | 9.83 | 10629 | B. & W. Co. | 189 | 20.38 | 46.38 | 47.50 | 6.12 | | | 190 | 16.74 | 47.90 | 44.60 | 7.50 | |Col. Sc. of M.| 191 | 18.30 | 45.29 | 44.67 | 10.04 | | | 192 | 29.65 | 45.56 | 47.05 | 7.39 | 10553 | Lord | 193 | 35.96 | 49.84 | 38.05 | 12.11 | 11036 | U. S. Geo. S.| 194 | 29.65 | 46.56 | 38.70 | 14.74 | | Lord | 195 | 35.84 | 43.84 | 39.59 | 16.57 | 10121 | U. S. Geo. S.| 196 | 41.76 | 39.37 | 48.09 | 12.54 | 10121 | B. & W. Co. | 197 | 42.74 | 40.83 | 47.79 | 11.38 | 10271 | B. & W. Co. | 198 | 32.77 | 42.76 | 36.88 | 20.36 | 8958 | B. & W. Co. | 199 | 23.27 | 40.95 | 38.37 | 20.68 | 10886 | U. S. Geo. S.| 200 | 31.48 | 46.93 | 34.40 | 18.87 | 10176 | B. & W. Co. | | | | | | | | 201 | 32.48 | 43.04 | 41.14 | 15.82 | 10021 | B. & W. Co. | 202 | 32.01 | 43.70 | 43.08 | 13.22 | 10753 | B. & W. Co. | 203 | 33.98 | 46.97 | 41.40 | 11.63 | 10600 | U. S. Geo. S.| | | | | | | | 204 | 30.25 | 43.27 | 41.46 | 15.27 | 10597 | | 205 | 3.71 | 48.72 | 46.56 | 4.72 | | Gale | 206 | 6.44 | 51.32 | 43.00 | 5.68 | 11607 | B. & W. Co. | 207 | 19.08 | 45.21 | 46.42 | 8.37 | 12641 | U. S. Geo. S.| | | | | | | | 208 | 21.18 | 51.87 | 40.43 | 7.70 | 12316 | U. S. Geo. S.| 209 | 7.70 | 38.57 | 56.99 | 4.44 | 12534 | B. & W. Co. | 210 | 19.15 | 45.50 | 48.11 | 6.39 | 9868 | U. S. Geo. S.| __|________|________|______|_______|______|_____________|

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