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geological age between tlie bituminous and anthracitecoals.—D. T. A.]
38 Ince Hall Coal & Cannel Company, Wigan —Producer.
Blocks of Arley and Pemberton coal.
These seams, of coal are said to be as rich, perhaps, asany in the South Wales basin. They lie upwards of660 feet in depth, and are brought up by two steam-engines of 100-horse power each (high pressure). Thecolliery is a new one, and capable of producing 1000 tonsper day.
39 Cameron’s Coalbrook Steam CoALand Swanseaand Loughor Railway Company, 2 MoorgateStreet —Producers.
Specimen of steam coal (of a quality intermediatebetween bituminous coal and anthracite), from the minesnear Loughor, in the county of Glamorgan, SouthWales , which have been worked about eight years. It isexported from the ports of Swansea and Llanelly in theBristol Channel .
40 Haines, Richard, & Sons, Denbigh Hall, Tipton,Staffordshire —Proprietors.
Large specimen of the Staffordshire thick, or ten-yardcoal; height, 9 feet 6 inches; circumference, 21 feet 10inches; weight, 13 tons. Brought 70 yards undergroundto the bottom of the shaft, and raised from a depth of 165yards by the ordinary steam-engine, with no other appa-ratus than that regularly in use.
41 Barrow, R., Staveley Works, near Chesterfield,Derbyshire —Producer.
Coal from the mines of Staveley, county of Derby,raised from a shaft 459 feet deep. The block is estimatedto weigh 24 tons.;—(See Class 1, No. 255.)
42 Jones, Sells, & Co., 55 Bankside, Southwark —Agents.
Anthracite coal, from Llanelly, South Wales.—(SeeClass 1, No. 258.)
43 Davis, D., Hirwain, near Merthyr Tydvil, Wales —Proprietor.
The Blaengwawr steam coal, from Aberdare.
44 Neath Abbey Coal Company, Glamorganshire —Proprietors.
Brynddwey (or Bryndorway) coal. Obtained under amountain lying between the vales of Neath and Swansea ,and about three miles from the sea. The coal known bythe name of Graigola is from the same seam.
Anthracite coal—obtained from an eighteen-feet seamunder the mountains, on the western side of the vale ofNeath, and about twelve miles from the sea.
45 Price, T. P. & D., Tillery Colliery, near Newport ,Monmouthshire —Producers.
Steam coal, from Tillery, near Newport , Monmouth-shire, the produce of a newly-opened colliery (in theSouth Wales coal basin), upon the steam-coal vein, “theElled,” a 5-feet vein; the “big coal,” an 8-feet vein; andthe “jcoal,” an 8-feet 7-inch vein; all of superior quality.The coal is obtainable in masses of 50 tons Weight, andis adapted for steam purposes, and for exportation.
Analysis of Cwm Tillery Coal.
Coke .
Carbon.
I Silica . . • •
Alumina . . •Oxide of iron .Carb. of magnesiaCarb. of lime
Volatile matter
47 The Brymbo Company, Wrexham, Wales —
Producers.
Block of coal, from Brymbo, near Wrexham, N. Wales .
48 Fitzwilliam, Earl Charles William, Wentworth
House, near Rotherham —Producer.
Pillar, exhibiting a complete section of the Barnsley thick bed of coal, from the Elsicot colliery, and showingthe different portions applicable for steam-engines andmanufacturing purposes, and for domestic uses.
[The Barnsley coal is well illustrated in the Exhibition,as there will be found no less than three columns of it;two representing the whole thickness of what is calledthe thick bed, and the other from Silkstone, showing abeautiful variety of coal also found in the district. Thesituation of Barnsley , in the centre of the great coal-field of Yorkshire , and the abundance and quality ofits coal, render it important among the inland townsproducing mineral fuel. There are three principalvarieties, viz., hard-stone coal, soft or tender coal, andcannel. The iridiseent or peacock coal may almost beregarded as a fourth. The coal is worked long-wallmethod.— D. T. A.]
49 Abercarn Coal Company —Producers.
Block of steam coal.
50 Gilmour, A., & Co., Kilmarnock, Scotland —Proprietors.
Coal from Hurlford and Skerrington Colliery, nearKilmarnock, exported from the port of Troon , and usedprincipally for steam purposes. The colliery has beenworked for upwards of forty years. Thickness of seam,11 feet.
[The Kilmarnock coal-field, in Ayrshire, closely adjoins,and perhaps forms part of that worked a little to thesouth-west at Ayr . The coal is anthracitic for the mostpart, especially when near the trap dykes that intersectthe district; but there are in the neighbourhood manyseams of bituminous quality. As much as 150,000 tons ofcoal are exported annually from the Kilmarnock district.—D.T.A.] __
52 Cruttwell, Allies, & Co., Cwm Celyn and Blaina
Iron Works, Abergavenny —Producers.
Fossil tree from the coal measures.
[This fossil is one of those called by paleontologists“ Sigillaria, appearing like the trunk of a tree stampedwith a pattern in the regular rows in direction of itslength. It is probably the trunk of the same kind of treeas that of which roots are found in infinite abundance inthe fire clays beneath coal-bands. It was very commonduring the coal period. The stems exhibit no woodystructure internally, having been for the most parthollow or succulent, and easily crushed; but they hada central woody axis, and an outer coating of bark,which is often found turned into coal. Leaves wereprobably originally attached to the scars, and were con-nected through the bark with the central woody axis.]—D. T. A.]
53 Bagnall & Gesson, West Bromwich , near
Birmingham —Producers.
Column of South Staffordshire thick coal—showing thedifferent working seams as they exist in vertical section.