SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT — HOCKING VALLEY. 



835 



Here was an unexpected revelation in the behavior of the sulphur in 

 the coking of the coal. The old belief had beau that about one-half of 

 the sulphur passes off in coking, but here in all the samples excf-pt one 

 nearly all the sulphur was driven off In No. 2, 93 per cent, of sulphur 

 was found in the coal, and of this only 015 per cent, remained in the 

 coke, leaving the coke almost as pure a^ charcoal. It was at ouce con- 

 cluded that a coal which would part with nearly all its sulphur in the 

 top of the furnace in the process of coking, would serve admirably f .r a 

 furnace fuel. On further investigation it was found that the coal was 

 sufficiently dry-burning to warrant its use in furnaces in the raw or un- 

 coked state. Thus it was determined, by scientific method?, that the 

 coal of the Great Nelsonville seam, at New Struitsville, which c .uld be 

 mined most cheaply, and with every advantage for perfect drainage and 

 ventilation of mines, was a superior iron-making coal, and as the greater 

 includes the less, was also well adapted to almost every other u-e. 



In 1869, few good exposures of the Nelson ville seam were found on 

 Shawne^ Eun. The report states that " on the hinds of .J. Gordon and 

 Henry Welch the coal is very heavy, but the mines are so falhn in at 

 the openings that no measurements could be mide" These farms aie 

 now included in the village of Shawnee. The seam of coal range:! from 

 eight to eleven feet, with p irtings generally similar to tho?e at St aits- 

 ville. Here the coal is very extensively mined fo shipment by railroad, 

 and four furnaces at Shawnee are using it with great success in the 

 smelting of the ores of Iron Point, near by. 



At McCuneville the same seam of coil is worked, both for shipment 

 and for fuel for the salt works. Here the seam is less thick, and ind; ed 

 it generally grows thinner to the northward, and leas dry burning. Be- 

 tween McCuneville and the Bristol Tunnel there are several mines, and 

 the coal is of excellent quality, and popular as a house and steam coal. 



In the hills west of Moaday Creek, between it and Little Monday 



