| Show The Coal Find in Slate Canyon From a report of analysis of samples of coal rom the anthracite coal mine in Slate canon east of this city made by Mr Chns D Moore of the U N C office in this city the following notes are taken The sample under consideration presented present-ed a notable absence of water It presents characteristics quite unlike the coals of Utah mines and while it approaches a can ncl coal in its fracture suggests an anthracite anthra-cite It refuses to yield any matters inflam able tt low temperature or matter burning burn-ing with r luminous Uame Heated to a rednessof 550 or COO degrees it gives off from 2o to 25 per cent of gasses which when lighted burns with the pale bluish flame characteristic of the anthracite coal Viewed against whito paper in the day and away from the sunlight this flame is invisible exceptas the flame ot nearly absolute ab-solute alcohol visible Viewed against a black ground it resembles the flame of C 0 burning in the air to C 02 From this V5 fact the sample considered is quite distinct from Utah coals and is probably a coal which can be raised to an intense heat yielding no COKe It shows no disposition to form sings Prolonged heating to 600 degrees C which completely disintegrates Utah coals has no effect 01 destroying tHe solidity of the coal cinder but at a more intense heat in the neighborhood of 1000 C it forms a dust like ash of the purest type when the ignition is prolonged The indications from the ash and cinder form resembles the cannel coal of Bonne yule Mo but the fixedness of the carbon and the character of the flame suggests anthracite It gives results as follows Per Cent Water uu nunuuuu none bulphuru unnu u tiace Vo atile matter liO Fixed carbon 70 Aili nuU 10 Total nn 100 Probable total carbon available for heating heat-ing 1720 ot gross weight Anything like a final judgment to answer the question of values etc Would require much time and an abundance of material It is worthy of consideration that the smoke from bituminous coal forms an item of loss which would render coal like sample of great value These figures may be slightly changed by more extended study but they are substantially sub-stantially correct Mr Joseph A Harris one of the proprietors propri-etors of the above mentioned mine reports that the vein of coal has been followed into the mountain some sixty feet and they are only four or five feet below the surface The vein has increased from five feet in thickness to eighteen and how far down it goes is not Known Tho proprietors are confident that they have a good thing and i will work the claim as soon as practicable Its location is only about five miles from Provo Enquirer |
