Part I. Report of progress in 1869, by J. S. Newberry, chief geologist. Part II. Report of progress in the second district, by E. B. Andrews, assist. geologist. Part III. Report on geology of Montgomery County, by Edward Orton, assist. geologist.

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The following valuable statistics were kindly furnished by Col. Wm.
M. 3Bolles, of Portsmouth:
Amount of charcoal pig-iron made by 38 furnaces during the year 1869,
about..-_ O -_.. -- O. ---- -- O-_O._. — _-._-~ _. O OO. O _ __....r.. 90,000 tons.
Amount of iron made with bituminous coal.-,.,.................. 16,000 "
Total.- —..- -- —. -.- - -. ~- -. —. —..~,~..~.~. -.~~, 106,000 "
Amount of native ore used, about --—.. --.,,, 260,000'
Missouri and Lake Superior ores...................................... 15,000
Total -... —.....-..-.........-.........,-.... a.... - -- 275,000
Amount of limestone used, about -—.- -_ —_-.. -..... —-...... —- 15,000 "
Number of bushels bituminous coal used in smelting ores for pig-iron ------ 1,400,000
There are extensive rolling mills in the Second Geological District, at
Portsm-outh, Ironton, Pomeroy, Marietta, Columbus, Zanesville and
Newark, but no statistics relative to them have been received.
It is hoped that the work on the Second District will, during the
coming season, extend to the great iron belt extending from the Hocking
to the Ohio, when not only the stratigraphical position of the various
ores, limestones and coals will be obtained and carefully mapped, but,also all the ores will be carefully analyzed and studied, with reference to
their "' cold short" and " red short" and other properties, and the possibilities of combination in various mixtures with each other and with
foreign ores, to secure desired results.' At the same time all accessible
bituminous coals of probable value will be analyzed to determine their
fitness for iron making.
There is a furnace at Zanesville in suiccessful operation, using a mixture of foreign ores and native ores chiefly from PJery county. No statistics from it have been received.
A large blast furnace is being erected at Columbus to use the stone
coal from the Hocking Valley, and foreign ores chiefly with a small
admixture of Ohio ores.
POI2DUCTION OF COAL IN THIE SECOND G-EOLOGICAL DISTIRICT.
No fall statistics could be obtained of the quantity of coal mined in
the Second Geological District. The total annual production at Pomeroy
and Syracuse, in Meigs county, is estimated' at 9,000,000 bushels. Hon.
V'. B. Horton, of Pomeroy, gives the total producLtion in tthe aimmediate
neighborhood of Pomeroy (including the West'Virginia side of the Ohio
river) at between 11,000,000 and 12,000,000 bushels. In Athens county,
coal is largely mined at Nelsonville. The leading producers of coal at
Nelsonville are Messrs. Win. B. Brooks, L. D. Poston, Ashford Poston,
T. Longstreth, James Herrold, Mr. Arnold and the Hocking Valley Coal
Company, and the Columbus and Hocking Valley Mining Company. The