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interval between the two coala ho'd^ unchanged from Nelsonville to the 

 southern side of Jackson county. Beyond this point, the seam has not 

 been certainly identified. It is probable that it becomes the Hatcher Coal, 

 which is found on the river at fifty feet above the Sheridan Seam. As 

 there is another coal due at that point, viz., Coal No. VI.', the Hatcher Coal 

 was identified in the section under this head, but subsequent examina- 

 tions render it probable that it is in reality No. Via. If this shall be 

 established, a change will be required in the naming of one or two other 

 elements of the scale, but chiefly in the Yellow Kidney Ore, which has 

 been doubtfully recognized as the southern extension of the Norris Lime- 

 stone. A litt e time spent in the field can settle these questions. 



Like the great seam below it, this coal is everywhere found in three 

 divisions. It is cubical and lustrous, and approaches a cementing coal 

 in character, being much richer in bituminous matter than No. VI. It is 

 nowhere made of as much account as from Hamden Furnace southward 

 for a few miles. At the furnace, it has been opened and analyzed with 

 reference to its employment as an iron-making coal. This analysis will 

 be found on a subsequent page. It was shown to be of fair quality, as 

 as the average of No. VI in this region, perhaps, but not good enough to 

 base an extensive iron manufacture upon. It was considered to be the 

 Nelsonville seam when it was opened. It is named the Hamden Furnace 

 coal in the general section. It is quite uniform in thickness, measuring 

 three or three and one-half feet in almost every section where it is found. 

 Both No. V and No. Via would be highly esteemed in many localities, if 

 found as good as these seams are at Nel-onville and vicinitj', but the 

 presence of the great seam here, within thirty feet of each, robs them of 

 all present recognition and interest. 



11. CojI No. V16 is identified in the section as the Norris coal. There 

 may be a question in regard to this identification, but there is none 

 whatever as to the fact that about fifty feet above No. VI, a very 

 persiitent seam occurs that sometimes has volume enough to warrant its 

 beino- worked. Oa the Whitmore farm, already referred to, n^ar Akron 

 Furnace, the three seams, Nos. VI, VIa,and VI6, are showninfulldevelop- 

 ment in the same hill. All the seams are opened here. On an adjoin- 

 ing farm, known as the L'sfever farm, now owned by W. W. Poston, Esq., 

 this last named seam is well opened, and shows a thickness of more than 

 five feet. The coal has very much the character of that last described, 

 and makes a very desirable household fuel. Experiments have been 

 made in coking it, which seem to piomise some success. The seam, how- 

 ever is capricious in its development. Its mark is seldom missed, but it 

 shrinks from five feet to as many inches, with very rapid alternations. 

 West of the Hocking River, and to the southward, it is always thin 



