Identifier: annualreportofun1711geol (find matches)
Title: Annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Subjects: Geological Survey (U.S.) Geology Water-supply Forest reserves Mines and mineral resources
Publisher: Washington : G.P.O.
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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thunsatisfactory results, on account of the excess of sulphur and ashcontained in the lignite. This confirms conclusions announced by thewriter after an examination of theUnga coal deposits more than thirtyyears ago. Specimens of the bright-colored and of the dull-colored lignites fromthe main seam were obtained, of which the following analyses havebeen made: Analyses of coal from JJnga Island, Alaska. Moisture Volatile matter not moisture Coke Ash Sulphur 1 1>P\\ IT, dull. Per cent.10. 58 66. 2115.267.950.56 The ash in the upper bed is drab: in the lower, yellowish. The cokefrom both is dull and noncoherent. Much of the coal has a larger pro-portion of sulphur than that above mentioned, as the pyrite is veryirregularly distributed. At one time a company was formed to work the beds at Unga, underthe title of the Alaska Coal Company. This was an earlier and a dif-ferent company from that formed under the same name with interests
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DALL.) ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. 311 in the mines at Kachemak Bay, Cook Inlet. According to the pros-pectus, the present company was organized September 21, 1871, underthe laws of the State of California, The capital stock was $5,000,000.The president was W. A. Aldrich; the vice-president, W. H. Taylor;the treasurer, W. H. Sears; and the secretary, James T. Hoyt. Theoffices of the company were at room 63, Merchants Exchange, Califor-nia street, San Francisco, Cal.1 There are several reports by perfectly reliable persons in San Fran-cisco on tests made with this coal, printed in the above prospectus,which can only be accounted for on the supposition that coal from someother locality in some way became mixed with the supposed Unga coalwhich was tested. In March, 1872, with a party, the writer dug out about 14 tons ofthis coal for use in stove and galley on the U. S. S. Humboldt. Coalwas needed badly, but the opinion was unanimous that this coal wasextremely objectionable from the very large amo

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