HOCKING VALLEY COAL FIELD. 963 
This figure needs no explanation, as it agrees closely with those 
taken from the fields to the eastward. The coal has proved itself a 
satisfactory furnace fuel in all respects. 
The main body of coal of this seam, in Green township, is that 
which belongs to Peter Hayden. It occupies Sections 1 and 2 entirely, 
and parts of 3, 7 and 8. The coal is carried out on the Hocking river 
side, a mine locomotive running under the entire hill. This property 
has yielded a vast amount of coal, having a larger acreage worked out 
than any other in the field. ‘The section of the seam on the Sunday 
Creek side is shown in the accompanying diagram : 
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The seam has undergone a change, as will be seen in the interval 
now passed. The lower bench is reduced to 10 inches, and the whole 
seam has fallen to about 5 feet of coal. 
The coal of Ward township has already been referred to as in 
some respects the most valuable body of coal included in any single 
township of the Hocking Valley. There are eight mines now in 
operation in it, and their output covers much of the choicest coal that 
goes out of the field. The first to be reached in descending the valley 
are the three mines of Sand Run and the Carbon Hill Mine. One of 
the Sand Run Mines and the Carbon Hill Mines, both formerly known 
as the Somers Mines, now belong to the Columbus and Hocking Coal 
and Iron Company, being known respectively as Nos. 15 and 17. The 
two remaining Sand Run Mines belong respectively to Sackett and 
Smart and the Consolidated Coal Company. 
The Somers Mine, on Sand Run, shows the following structure of 
the coal. (Mine No. 15): 
