No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 
Gpecilicveravitye eek voces. ove oecul ee a. 1.285 1.272 1.284 
Lie ————— es |) 
Wiatenmescwors sonorect. = COCOAG N00 bA00 CO8 6.20 6.65 5.00 
IAG HRN aerate te eyo et wi cies lai Siw cw eo 2.70 1.90 9.05 
Volatile combustible matter ..........--.- 31.30 30.95 32.80 
IPoxo0l CAYO hoo kd SERS 6 debe tos cede Soda 59.80 58.40 53.15 
Mo talswe scsi eo sci. Ser aelare Se eickuls 100.00 100.00 100.00 
SUUYOINTER  coabob s60s66 5 05gc00 c65650 06 40008e 0.97 0.41 0.94 
Sulphur remaining in coke........---.---- 0.682 Trace. Not 
determined. 
PSHM eee cra clata vane wie clea Ma oe Sot Lina tee cee ni wa Gray. Yellow. Gray. 
OOS oe EEE BEBERG Co GHEE BEG CS5 BOO beO GobooE Compact. Compact. Compact. 
If we exclude the top coal, which contains more ash than the rest, we 
have a coal of the very highest merit. No coal from the Hocking Valley 
has perhaps ever surpassed in popularity that from Mr. Brooks’s west- 
side mine. It is dry-burning, and I should not hesitate to predict for it 
success in blast-furnace use, although not as dry-burning as the coal from 
Straitsville, Shawnee, and Sunday Creek. 
In the Lick Run region the coal presents the same general structure 
of seam as further south. Here measurements showed the seam to be 
six feet two inches thick, with the usual partings. In this region the over- 
lying sandrock has sometimes been found to be troublesome. The coal 
has been largely mined, and is valuable fuel. I find in my note-book no 
record of any analysis of the coal from this neighborhood. 
From the shaft of the Columbus and Hocking Coal Company, at the 
mouth of Hamley’s Run, samples of the coal of the Nelsonville seam 
were sent by Mr. Ogden, the Superintendent, to Prof. Wormley, and 
analyzed, as follows: | 
No. 1, bottom bench. 
No. 2, middle bench. 
No. 3, top bench. 
No. 1. No. &. No. 3. 
WVATOR cs Cube el lp Th MP 4.80 4.70 4.80 
AGM IY 2 SURAT SSIES Mes NS et ene 6,30 4.50 8.90 
Volatile combustible matter..L....-..-.-.. 30.40 30.30 23.00 
EXGGECATDON Mice So Lee tesla ore Nos ee eee 58.50 60.50 58.30 
Moralsye ne see a ES nade ga 160.00 100.00 100.00 
Sulphur yell cad eee es eu we cece 1.15 0.71 4,20 
Sulphur of coal in coke ..--. 99000900 e09008 0.46 0.24 2.47 
Sulphur in per cent. of coke .........--.--- 0.71 0.37 3.67 
As 
AEN Oe TT Reddish. Yellow. Reddish. 
