HOCKING VALLEY. 



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The following tables of analyses of this coal from localities in this 

 neighborhood will suffice to show its chemical characteristics : 



Nos. 1 to 4, Brooks mine, Nelsonville. 



No. 1, average sample; No. 2, lower bench; No. 3, middle bench; No. 4, upper bench. 



Nos. 5 to 7, Hayden's mine, Haydenville. 



No. 5, lower bench ; No. 6, middle bench ; No. 7, upper bench. 



Nos. 8 to 13, from Section 24, Ward township, " Lost Eun" specimens taken at regular 

 intervals from the bottom to the top of the seam, Nos. 8 to 11 representing the lower 

 eight feet. 



Prof. Wormley has made ultimate analyses of a few of the coals of this 

 and other States. Of these I select for comparison the following : 



3. 



5. 



Carbon 



Hydrogen 



Nitrogen 



Sulphur r... 



Oxygen 



Ash 



Total 



Moisture 



Composed of hydrogen 

 " oxygen .. 



75.00 

 5.80 

 1.51 

 0.64 



15.96 

 1.09 



73.80 

 5.79 

 1.52 

 0.41 



16.58 

 1.90 



71.48 

 5.47 

 1.26 

 0.57 



16.07 

 5.15 



81.27 

 5.66 

 1.66 



0.98 

 7.08 

 3.35 



78.99 

 5.92 

 1.58 

 0.56 



11.50 

 1.45 



100. 



100. 



100. 



100. 



100. 



5.30 

 0.59 

 4.71 



6.65 

 0.74 

 5.91 



7.20 

 0.80 

 6.40 



0.90 

 0.10 

 0.80 



2.47 

 0.27 

 2.20 



