MINING CONDITIONS UNDEK CITY OF SCKANTON, FA.
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Compressive strength of anthracite coal—Continued.
NORTHERN COAL FIELD—Continued.
| Height of sample.	Kidney.			Olyphant Hillman.			Diamond.			Rock.			Big Baltimore.			New County.			Clark Ross—Arch.			Dunmore Red Ash.			Dunmore No. 2.			Dunmore No. 3.			Grand average.		
	First crack.	Max. load.	1 No. of tests.	First crack.	Max. load. ^	1 No. of tests.	I First crack.	Max. load.	1 No. of tests.	First crack.	Max. load.	1 No. of tests. Í	First crack.	Max. load.	1 No. of tests.	First crack.	Max. load.	No. of tests.	First crack.	Max. load.	No. of tests. 1	First crack.	Max. load.	No. of tests. 1	First crack.	Max. load.	No. of tests. 1	First crack.	Max. load.	No. of tests.	First crack.	Max. load.	No. of tests. 1
1							2,331	3,260	2	2,319	4,266	2							2,854	6,107	2												
2							1,45-i	3,011	2	1,811	3,221	2							2,545	4,251	2												
4							1,530	2,578	2	1,346	1,630	2							2,382	3,941	2												
1																1,869	4,882	3															
2																1,662	2'784	2	•														
4																l'279	2,832	3															
1													3,685	6,381	3				4,113	6,274					3,821	4,821							
2													3,900	5'426	3				1,575	3'001													
4													1,657	l’819	2				'865	1,720	3	1,650	2,195										
!										500	3,200	1							1,500	3,500	1												
2										250	1,125	1							1 ^ 375	3'250	1												
4										970	1,625	1							1,875	3^215	1												
				Fou	r-foot																												
1				6,881	6,426	3	2,500	5,000	1	2,875	5,500	1							2,750	5,462	1												
2				2,336	4,102	3	1,500	3,500	1	1,820	4,125	1							2,250	3,960	1												
4				1,930	2,343	3	2,500	3,200	1	3,000	3,941	1							2,250	3;045	1												
1													5,000	7,000	1	2,000 4,000		1															
2													875	2,250	1	1,7351,947		1															
4													520	645	1	1,537 2,120		1															
1																3,500 6,875		1	2,000	5,700			4,500						i 1				
2																3.1254.000																	
4																4'315	4,625	1	1,705	2,000	1	1,500	2’ 000										
1										2,675	4,575	1				2,000	8,970	1	2,137	4,890	1												
2										1,132	4,165	1				1,800	1,800	1	2,000	3,500													
41										930	1,160	1							1,795	4,125	1						..						
Collieries.
D. & H., Scranton ..
Leggetts Creek.
Dickson,
Cayuga.
Von Storch.........
D.,L.& W., Scranton
Bellevue
Holden,