The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-04-28
BULLETIN ON COAL
RECENTLY ISSUED
Analyses of Coal Samples From Various
Parts OF United States" Is Now Avail
able For Distribution.

charitable coal that may he procured
at some time In the future when min
ing IL carried on"
Although the aim ~ the geologist
In FlmplinR 10y the method specified
above IL to obtain coal that Is repre-
sentative of the output of the mine.
experience has shown that this aim u
seldom or never accomplished. and "
is said that almost Invariably the
sample obtained In the mine contains
a lower percentage uf impurities than
the coal which reaches the consumer.
the difference being largely due Co
60 elcssness In mining and handling.
utah Coal Reds sampled.
The coal beds In Utah which were
sampled and analysed by Gcologist
Ciaik were located In Carbon. Morgan
and summit counties. In Carbon
county samples were taken from Ken
lwotth tsiopeb mine of the indepen-
dent Coal and Coke company. the coal
bed at Aberdeen. the Royal Blue.
Millburn wagon drifD mine. Castle
Gate No. 1driftb mine Of Utah Fuel
company. Castle Gate No. I Of the
same company. from No. tslopel
mine of Cameron Coal company. one
and half miles northwest of Castle
Gate on the Denver and Rio Grande.
Panther tslopel mine of Panther
Coal company. drift prospect In Hard
scrabble Canyon. No. I tsiopc) mine
Of spring Canyon Coal company and
other mines Of the same company.
In Morgan county the Robinsnn
tdrifJ mine of iIeber Robinson. In
Toone Canyon. twelve miles northeast
OF Devils Slide station on the Union
Pacific. aud the abandoned tslopel
mine of w Lucas and n. G. Smith.
twelve and half miles northwest Of
DevirH slide were sampled. In sum
NIT county samples were taken from
two prospects nfty miles southeast Of
Carter. Wye. on the Union Pacific
railroad.
~ TO Coal Classification.
referring to the many attempts
that have been made to classify Goals.
the bulletin states. The separation
of Goals into various CLASSES such aH
bituminoua. mi-hituminous and lig-
mite. H. practiccd In the trade. but Ho
far no one has devised satisfactory
or systematic hahiH Tor such classic
cation. Many have attempted 10
classify coats on their chemical com.
position alone. and Tor the higher
grade Goals this plan seems to be fair
~ satisfactory. but u does not opply
20 the lower rank hituminouH. sub
bituminouH aud Ignite Goals or at
least NO one has yet proposed u
scheme OF separation which fits thcH.
Goals and corresponds with the phyHi-
cal differences that have been oh-
served by all who use them or are
concerned with their mining 90 cN-
plnltatio The geologists conclude
that " seems probable that both
chemical aud physical properties
must be- taken Into account In franz
ing a classification that will have any
practical value. and the bulletin gives
as the classes of coal generally Fec
ognixed In the United States.
n Anthracite Coal
. The characteristics 81 anthracite,
the first class given, are generally ~
= well known. II IN said, that thcN need
no detailed description. The coal N
hard aud has vitreous or metallic
! tuster. u II high la fixed carbon. the
p fuel ration tfiNcd carbon divided 10y
z the volatile matterl being not less
10 than ten. Mort of this Kind of coal
= comes from the anthracite fields IN
}. Eastern Pennsylvania. but small
y areas are known In some Of the wes'
" tern states. whore the coal has been
J. changed Ia anthracite by the heat oF
! pressure at intruded masses Of igne'
u Gus rocks. according Ia the BIOLOGISTS
Remi-anthracite coal II regarded IN
D. the trade as the lowest grade of an
y thTaclte Ia that II n distinctly harder
, than ordinary hituminous coal and
~ has some OF the Nitrous luster % th'
'' higher grade coal ltS fuel ratio i
4 supposed 10 range from six or sever
y 10 ten, but these limits, II Is said, arr
TX arbitrary aud a more thorough stud
af this kind ~ coal than has yet heei
given a. II aud the collection of NOR
analyses bearing on the question vii
NJ be necessary before the questions cai
ID. bs answered. There h only a small
H. amount OF semi-anthracite Ia IN
Ne United states II Is said This Goa
IN occurs In isolated basins along IN
"a eastern front of the great Appalach
H. Tan Trough. where the rocks haN
10 been subjected tn great pressures. %
a. In the West In the proximity ct is
Co neous rocks
,l' "smokcless" Coal Data.
ss Semi-hituminous coal general
id known o. the trade as 'smokeless
AR coat II Of great commercial impor
h lance. hut h not widely distribute,
IA It's fuel ratio ranges from three 20 II
IN or seven. and IL has the highest cal
l.. critic value aud Is the best coal of th
n country for the generation Of steam
n Much OF il can bee used for the manu-
nd facture of coke. but FOR this use u
re not best suited. Tor the reason tha
en- the amount of volatile matter
n scarcely sufficient to bind the pan
re ticles of carbon together into a firi
en- and Homogeneous coke, The center
ne OF production OF semi-bitumiaous coo
al are the Pooahontas and New rive
nd fields OF Virgihia ANA West Virgins
g. the Georges Creek field o. Marylan'
of the windber field of Pennsylvant
he and the west end ot the Arkansl
IL. field. In the vicinity OF Fort Smiu
a.. R,al ~ this rank has bpen found