HOCKING VALLEY. 



693 



No. 9, Ore No. 5, Trimble township Wormley. 



No.lO, "No.4, " 



No. 11, " No. 5, Dugway, Trimble 



No. 12, "No.5, " " 



No. 13, " No. 14, " 



No. 14, " No. 10, Fulton ore, Dover 



No. 15, " No.5, Mad Fork Love. 



THE NELSONVILLE REGION. 



The Nelsonville region is more varied in its characteristics than any 

 other subdivision of the Great Vein territory. It embraces Ward and 

 York townships and the extension of the Great Vein to the west of Ward 

 and the south-east and west of York, whete the coal either thins out, or 

 is so deeply buried as to be unavailable for present uses. 



In the greater part of Ward township, the Great Vein coal has the 

 same characteristics as in Salt Lick and the western part of Trimble 

 township. It is every where above the drainage of the valleys, and only 

 when approaching Nelsonville becomes thinner and more bituminous. 

 Its slightly melting character about Nelsonville made the coal from that 

 point a favorite domestic fuel, as it ignites more readily and burns with 

 a rather larger flame. But those who have been accustomed to the dryer 

 coal of Straitsville and Shawnee regard the latter as equally valuable for 

 domestic uses. Whether the coal immediately about Nelsonville can be 

 Successfully used in the smelting furnace without coke, is not regarded 

 as fully settled. Its composition, as shown by chemical analysis, differs 



