HOCKING VALLEY COAL FIELD. 967 
1. Coal of Akron Furnace Mine (Lord). 
2. Caal of Longstreth’s Mine (Lord). 
1 2. 
WIG IS GUTOR eee ecto coe oleae ee eT eae nceGeeiioce coven soa secelebes 5.68 8.48 
NO aAtlercombustillemmilatteneeais scceeeeceeccnececacicee lnc nceisocciccletesisdscee 35.79 36.97 
PESTO GLMRCE ATs CIN a Tne Pac erc Tela eo Ree SNR OA Saas ais bisloasiewesGakeoees 54.13 52.42 
ING) Taps ALINE BY Rs Neh ee DRAGER isis ROGER ES aes oe Ee 4.40 2.13 
Motalsyentseeeoscene cs be NN EA al ROG i os ol a a a Ua 100.00 100.00 
Sulphur...... SROs RC OH CO EERE PPE RER Ena LSS Malt Mat in's doves Custiten sho svs 0.58 0.47 
For convenient comparison, the analysis Doe’s Coal will be here 
repeated : 
1. J. S. Doe & Co.’s Mine, average of two analyses, No. 9, C. & H. C. & I. Co. 
2. J. H. Somers’ Mine, No. 17, C. & H. C. & I. Co. Lord. 
3. Akron Furnace Mine, No. 21, C.& H.C. & I. Co. Lord. 
1 Pde 3 
Moisture....... leet Riceuloaine Shier cesitde sash Seek nave onedele deeb’ 6.84 5.26 5.68 
WOlATIO GoM OWE ONE WHEXRIELE ccoc0s00000 500000 050000 Ho000000e 35.66 36.12 35.79 
GIS CRICAT DOM Melis ck sesteeats shame acto aces thee cdoees pale 52.18 54.59 54.13 
I NGV a teneewe ee CREE ASCO Sa RS SOROS RE DARE EE eee 5.21 4.03 4,40 
TING ft ee een UR Phe ace AW, en US clia slats 100.00 100.00 100.00 
Suallipo lane ee ee ne ce MeN. NSN E  Laaea ea lets chit ctoe ie shila oi 0.91 0.64 | 0.58 
These analyses, made from a differential and thorough sampling of 
the seam, in mines 10 miles apart, show the Monday Creek district to 
be the heart of the Hocking Valley coal field, as has been already 
claimed for it. The seam here reaches its highest value, if both quality 
and quantity are taken into account. In percentage of sulphur, the 
Monday Creek coal stands decidedly in advance of the other coals of 
the State. It does not quite equal some other Ohio coals in fixed car- 
bon. Inash, J. 8. Doe’s coal runs higher than the rest, solely on 
account of the greater thickness of top coal in this mine. 
The mines of Akron Furnace belong in the valley of Snow Fork, 
rather than in the Monday Creek Valley, but the former district is in- 
cluded, in this review, in the Monday Creek field. 
The Snow Fork Valley, above Buchtel, contains two mines in the 
