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the ash is granular and of a reddish gray. The coal gives little smoke - and is a satisfactory steaming coal. The vein comes to the surface about 30 ft higher than the upper tunnel in a ravine and has been traced inland for more than half a mile.
Leave Chiqnik lagoon about 6 P.M. for the Shumagins with a quiet sea & cloudy sky. The Tertiary beds of the west side of the Bay appear gently waved, nearly horizontal and abut against the mountain rocks apparently uncomformably.