HOCKING VALLEY CUAL FIELD. 943 
The coal carries considerable sulphur, and lacks the strength of the 
great seam, but there is no reason why it should not take fair rank 
as a steam coal. By many who have used it as house fuel, it is 
highly valued, and by some it is preferred even to the great seam. 
The Jacksonville mine is a well-equipped slope, prepared to send 
out 15 or 20 cars per day. At the present time, however, it is lying 
idle, all of the mining at this point being done in the shaft mine of 
the lower coal. 
Among the numerous country banks in the Bayley’s Run coal in the 
township, the Jackson bank of Mud Fork has as good a reputation 
as any. An analysis of its coal is given below: 
Bayley’s Run Coal, Johnson Bank (Lord). 
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The only fault to be found with the composition of this coal is its 
high percentage of sulphur. In the strength to endure handling, it is 
also deficient, but it compares favorably with the great seam in all other 
respects. 
Coal Mines of Dover Township—Sunday Creek Drainage. 
No coal of the Hocking Valley seam is worked in this portion of 
the township, but it has been found in several drill-holes witha thick- 
ness of 6 to 8 feet, ata depth of 75-125 feet. Its quality cannot, 
of course, be properly estimated until the seam is fully opened, but a 
favorable outcome is to be expected. This whole portion of the town- 
ship is credited upon the map with the great seam, but the qualifications 
already made apply with full force to this territory. ‘‘Wants” will be 
found upon development, that, when duly represented, will destroy the 
uniformity of delineation, which is now employed, but the territory has 
a right, from the very meager and imperfect investigation thus far 
made, to a favorable prepossession. It is “Great Vein” territory. 
The drill-holes now known to have reached the coal are as follows: 
