Samples - Maps

• Proposal Area by County
• Hocking Valley Coal Field
• Geological Survey (U.S.)
• Local Government Records
• Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron Company Collection, MSS 155

Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron Company Collection, MSS 155

Ventilating Furnace Detail of: Plan of the Land and Workings of T. Longstreth's Coal Mines, 1873 Nelsonville, Athens Co., 54" x 102", ink and color on chartex, scale 1 inch = 2 feet. Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron Company Collection, MSS 155.

This shows a very early application of new technology designed to solve the problem of the movement of air in the enlarging, industrializing mines. The handsome drawing shows a care for artistry lacking in the later depictions of the mines and their artifacts.

Detail of: Hanna Plat, 1899-1904 In fraction VI, Range 15, Ward Twp, Hocking Co. 48" x 33", ink and color on chartex, edges bound in pink silk, scale 1 inch = 100 feet. Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron Company Collection, MSS 155.

The Hanna map shows one of the most substantial resources of the great vein, a rival of other substantial coal resources. The presentation will combine surface pictures and corporate records to expand the image.
Snapshot of: Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron Company Coal Mine No. 22, 1906-1920
Sections 31-2-3, Coal Township, Perry Co., including town of New Straitsville
Based on earlier map. 38" x 88", ink and color on chartex, scale 1 inch = 200 feet.
Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron Company Collection, MSS 155.
larger image of snapshot, 109k | detail, 72k

Ventilating Furnace Detail of: Plan of the Land and Workings of T. Longstreth's Coal Mines, 1873 Nelsonville, Athens Co., 54" x 102", ink and color on chartex, scale 1 inch = 2 feet. Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron Company Collection, MSS 155.

These very interesting maps of the annual area mines allow us to profile the map as a place to work and a place to profit. It will be compared to the yearly mine inspector's report.


Detail of: Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron Company Coal Mines Nos. 29 East Hill and West Hill
Murray City, Athens and Hocking Counties, Ohio, ca.1903
Blue line on paper, scale 1 inch = 200 feet.
Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron Company Collection, MSS 155.
larger image, 65k | closer detail left, 291k | closer detail right, 248k

Again, the exploitation can be contrasted with works, exports, profits, and deaths.