Show A bed of natural cotea natural coke is the last addition to the wonders of fuel formation and we may soon expect to hear of natural candle grease thia discovery c natural coke comes from the far off land of alio wallaby australia the home of the dingae and the land of the gam trea this deposit of boko closely resembles BO at least it ia reported the manufactured article and the discovery haa been made at the balli pass mines in new south wales the coal measure at jhb particular point covers an area of acres and is eix feet in thickness the upper half of the seam it ia interesting te to note differs but little from the ordinary australian coals while the lower portion of the measure ia natural coke the junction of the coal and coke ia clearly defined and distinctly traceable all through the workings A peculiarity about thia natural coke is that it is slightly heavier than the ordinary manufactured article and contains a greater percentage of fixed carbon but a ewh smaller quantity of ash and a lower percentage of sulphur this natural coke it ia gratifying to learn burns without amoka and can bo mined for much less than the cost of manufactured coke diamond |