HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY
CHAPTER XXIV.
CARBONDALE
is a flourishing mining village, with a population numbering be- tween 250 and 300. The coal works were opened in 1867, and soon after a branch railroad was laid and completed before the end of the year. The coal vein is four feet in thickness. Mining in the neighborhood is in its infancy. These works are said to have been the first opened in Southeastern Ohio. They are operated by Mc- Clintock & Smith. There are two general stores, one owned by P. J. Beckler and the other by the mining company, who employ from 150 to 175 men. They have no church building, but have one school. The postoffice was established in 1880, and Mr. Charles Smith is still Postmaster.692