Appendix III.

Table Showing the Value and Properties of Various Kinds of Coal.

Designation
of Coal.		 Weight
per
cubic
foot
by
experi-
ment		 Cubic
feet
of
space
re-
quired
to stow
a ton		 Volatile
com-
bustible
matter
in 100
parts		 Fixed
carbon
in 100
parts		 Earthy
matter
in 100
parts		 Pounds
of
steam
to 1
of coal
from
212°		 Total
waste
in the
state
of
ashes
and
clinker
from
100
of coal		 Weight
of
clinker
alone
from
100
of coal		 Av.
weight
in lbs.
of un-
burnt
coke
left on
grate
after
each
experi-
ment		 Steam
from
212°
from
1 of
com-
bustible
matter
Beaver Meadow, slope No. 3 Pa. 54 .93 40 .78 2 .38 88 .94 7 .11 9 .21 11 .96 1 .01 112 .4 10 .462
Beaver Meadow, slope No. 5 Pa. 56 .19 39 .86 2 .66 91 .47 5 .15 9 .88 6 .74 0 .60 61 .2 10 .592
Forest improvement Pa. 53 .66 41 .75 3 .07 90 .75 4 .41 10 .06 6 .97 0 .81 40 .2 10 .807
Peach Mountain Pa. 53 .79 41 .64 2 .96 89 .02 6 .13 10 .11 6 .97 3 .03 26 .6 10 .871
Lehigh Pa. 55 .32 40 .50 5 .28 89 .15 5 .56 8 .93 7 .22 1 .08 36 .1 9 .626
Lackawanna Pa. 48 .89 45 .82 3 .91 87 .74 6 .35 9 .79 8 .93 1 .24 57 .2 10 .764
Lyken’s Valley Pa. 48 .56 46 .13 6 .88 83 .84 9 .25 9 .46 12 .24 4 .40 18 .0 10 .788
Beaver Meadow (Navy Yard) Pa. 55 .08 40 .65 ... ... 8 .10 9 .08 8 .10 1 .40 107 .1 9 .881
Natural coke of Virginia Va. 46 .64 48 .03 12 .44 75 .08 11 .83 8 .47 18 .46 5 .31 60 .9 10 .389
Coke of Midlothian coal Va. 32 .70 68 .50 ... ... 16 .55 8 .63 16 .54 10 .51 53 .2 10 .343
Coke of Neff’s (Cumberland) coal Md. 31 .57 70 .95 ... ... 13 .34 9 .00 13 .34 3 .55 43 .7 10 .381
Mixture ¹⁄₅ Cumb. and ⁴⁄₅ Beaver Meadow   54 .29 41 .26 ... ... 8 .88 8 .86 8 .88 4 .91 9 .5 9 .725
Mixture ¹⁄₅ Cumb. and ⁴⁄₅ Beaver Meadow   54 .51 41 .09 ... ... 8 .18 9 .18 8 .18 3 .09 16 .0 9 .997
New York and Maryland Mining Company’s Md. 53 .70 41 .71 12 .31 73 .50 12 .40 9 .78 12 .71 5 .43 10 .1 11 .208
Neff’s Cumberland Md. 54 .29 41 .26 12 .67 74 .53 10 .34 9 .44 10 .96 4 .53 6 .1 10 .604
Easby’s “coal in store” Md. 53 .47 41 .90 14 .98 76 .26 8 .08 10 .02 8 .38 1 .33 18 .2 10 .935
Atkinson & Templeman’s Md. 52 .92 42 .33 15 .53 76 .69 7 .33 10 .70 7 .96 2 .12 5 .1 11 .624
Easby & Smith’s Md. 51 .16 43 .78 15 .52 74 .29 9 .30 9 .96 9 .69 3 .04 5 .3 11 .034
Cumberland (Navy Yard) Md. 53 .29 42 .04 14 .87 70 .85 14 .98 ... 14 .53 2 .29 13 .5 ...
Dauphin & Susquehanna Pa. 50 .54 44 .32 13 .82 74 .24 11 .49 9 .34 16 .36 3 .50 23 .7 11 .171
Blossburg Pa. 53 .05 42 .22 14 .78 73 .11 10 .77 9 .72 11 .20 3 .40 13 .7 10 .956
Lycoming Creek Pa. 55 .38 40 .45 13 .84 71 .53 13 .96 8 .91 16 .92 3 .26 46 .2 10 .724
Quin’s Run Pa. 50 .34 44 .50 17 .97 72 .79 8 .41 10 .27 8 .94 1 .31 14 .7 11 .275
Karthaus Pa. 52 .54 42 .63 19 .53 73 .77 7 .00 9 .09 7 .89 3 .66 52 .5 9 .887
Cambria County Pa. 53 .46 41 .90 20 .52 69 .37 9 .15 9 .24 9 .75 3 .48 14 .8 10 .239
Barr’s Deep Run Va. 53 .17 42 .13 19 .78 67 .96 10 .47 9 .02 11 .07 4 .78 6 .4 10 .142
Crouch & Snead’s Va. 53 .59 41 .80 24 .38 59 .98 14 .28 8 .34 14 .34 5 .37 6 .0 9 .740
Midlothian (900 feet shaft) Va. 50 .52 44 .34 27 .28 61 .08 10 .47 8 .58 10 .70 6 .47 5 .9 9 .611
Creek Company’s coal Va. 46 .50 48 .17 32 .47 60 .30 8 .57 8 .42 8 .64 4 .41 10 .5 9 .211
Clover Hill Va. 45 .49 49 .25 32 .21 56 .83 10 .13 7 .67 10 .60 3 .86 11 .5 8 .588
Chesterfield Mining Company’s Va. 45 .55 49 .18 32 .63 58 .79 8 .63 9 .00 9 .07 4 .19 10 .5 9 .896
Midlothian (average) Va. 54 .04 41 .45 29 .86 53 .01 14 .74 8 .29 14 .83 8 .82 6 .4 9 .741
Tippecanoe Va. 45 .10 49 .67 34 .54 54 .62 9 .37 7 .75 9 .72 4 .03 11 .2 8 .583
Midlothian (new shaft) Va. 47 .90 46 .76 35 .77 56 .40 9 .44 8 .75 10 .26 4 .21 17 .1 9 .751
Midlothian (screened) Va. 45 .72 48 .99 34 .70 54 .06 9 .66 8 .94 10 .27 3 .33 14 .8 9 .970
Midlothian (Navy Yard) Va. 54 .47 41 .13 29 .12 56 .11 14 .14 ... ... 4 .42 43 .2 ...
Pictou (from New York) N. S. 53 .55 41 .83 27 .83 56 .98 13 .39 8 .41 13 .37 6 .13 5 .7 9 .710
Sidney N. S. 47 .44 47 .22 23 .81 67 .57 5 .49 7 .99 6 .01 2 .24 5 .9 8 .497
Pictou (Cunards) N. S. 49 .25 45 .48 25 .97 60 .74 12 .51 8 .48 12 .06 6 .19 3 .7 9 .648
Liverpool Eng. 47 .88 46 .78 39 .96 54 .90 4 .62 7 .48 5 .04 1 .86 11 .1 8 .255
Newcastle Eng. 50 .82 44 .08 35 .83 57 .00 5 .40 8 .66 5 .68 3 .14 10 .7 9 .178
Scotch Scotland 51 .09 43 .84 39 .19 48 .81 9 .34 6 .95 10 .10 5 .63 5 .7 7 .719
Pittsburg Pa. 46 .81 47 .85 36 .76 54 .93 7 .07 8 .20 8 .25 0 .94 9 .9 8 .942
Cannelton Ind. 47 .65 47 .01 33 .99 58 .44 4 .97 7 .34 5 .12 1 .64 6 .4 7 .734
Dry Pine Wood   21 .01 106 .02 ... ... 0 .30 4 .69 0 .30 ... ... 4 .707