Show HOW TO MAKE BAD COAL GOOD washing and cloaking tests test s have proved more than F satisfactory ceala which are in the raw aa aate te utterly for steaming ete steam aming log purpose can be made into fairly good steaming coal coat b by washing and coals quite unsuited od to coking can be made available for such use by the same siccia operation the fact facto in relation to these coals brought out by teats tests carried on at the fuel testing plant of the united states geological survey at forrest park st louis are announced in ina bulletin just issued by the survey the teat tests of washing and coking coals coal annd rind of the behavior of the re smiting coke tn in cupola practice reported in tha the bulletin were made during the fiscal years of 1503 and 1906 and were carried on fo connection with in of the steam and gae gas producing qualities of the tho game same coils and of the possibility of improving proving Irn such coal by preliminary testa tests of many of the coata as received from the mines showed them to be too high in ash in sulphur or in fn phosphorous to make satisfactory satin factory metallurgical coal coat without prior treatment and some coal coals possessed better coking qualities than other it waa was found that the washing process so reduced the per of ah and sulphur as to make available for the production of cobe coke a coal which would otherwise bove no value for this purpose the reduction of the I 1 Ue by washing wa thing of coune course increases the percent percents got of carbon and volatile matter over the amounts present in the raw COAL john C swaner the widely known salt lake fore is preparing to publish an illustrated magazine to be call ailed tho flower garen tho the initial number num berwill will probably appear bout about the first of april april A publication of thia this character ought to and probably will have a wide circulation utah the newa with s mr suma aa |