SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT—HOCKING VALLEY. 835 
1. | Oy, 3. 4. 
Specificlorawityeecewecssccsicicas se 1 260 1.231 1.262 1.276 
Wiatenesemerecmotterens SUS caibeice 7.70 7.40 7.20 5,30 
AG Tipe tse aoe cicietsle oias ees ace 2.60 2.95 5.15 7.95 
Wolatilemmattermesrrccea see cee at 30 70 29.20 30.10 31.00 
Jabal, CHE NOM 65 66 coo see See seeeeee 59.00 60.45 57.55 59.75 
Mo tare sees he iteias seid 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 
PSulpurpeeer ere rts Sieh ba a 0.49 0.93 0.57 1.18 
Salphur remaining in coke ....-.--.- 0.082 OOS 0.26 0.082 
Per centage of sulphur in coke....- 0.133 0.023 0.41 0.128 
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Here was an unexpected revelation in the behavior of the sulphur in 
the coking of the coal. The old belief had been that about one-half of 
the sulphur passes off in coking, but here in all the samples except one 
nearly all the sulphur was driven off. In No. 2, 0.93 per cent. of sulphur 
was found in the coal, and of this only 0.015 per cent. remained in the 
coke, leaving the coke almost as pure as charcoal. It was at once con- 
cluded that a coal which would part with nearly ail its sulphur in the 
top of the furnace in the process of coking, would serve admirably for a 
furnace fuel. On further investigation it was found that the coal was 
sufficiently dry-burning to warrant its use in furnaces in the raw or un- 
coked state. Thus it was determined, by scientific methods, that the 
coal of the Great Nelsonville seam, at New Straitsville, which could be 
mined most cheaply, and with every advantage for perfect drainage and 
ventilation of mines, was a superior iron-making coal, and as the greater 
includes the less, was also well adapted to almost every other use. 
In 1869, few good exposures of the Nelsonville seam were found on 
Shawnee Run. The report states that “on the lands of J. Gordon and 
Henry Welch the coal is very heavy, but the mines are so fallen in at 
the openings that no measurements could be made.” These farms are 
now included in the village of Shawnee. The seam of coal ranges from 
eight to eleven feet, with partings generally similar to those at Straits- 
ville. Here the coal is very extensively mined fo: shipment by railroad, 
and four furnaces at Shawnee are using it with great success in the 
smelting of the ores of Iron Point, near by. 
At McCuneville the same seam of ceal is worked, both for shipment 
and for fuel for the salt works. Here the seam is less thick, and indeed 
it generally grows thinner to the northward, and less dry-burning. Be- 
tween McCuneville and the Bristol Tunnel there are several mines, and 
the coal is of excellent quality, and popular as a house and steam coal. 
In the hills west of Monday Creek, between it and Little Monday 
