Miscellaneous Notices, g-c. 155 
The fragments of such rocks are found in the vicinity of 
Newark, Ohio, and from thence onward to Lake Erie, scat- 
tered through the dijuvial and alluvial earth, from the sur- 
face to the depth of thirty-six or forty feet—The fragments 
are of all sizes from an ounce to several to 
. 9 isa granite with red felspar, thei tock is partly de- 
composed: it is from the hills in Knox a near owl 
creek, a large branch of the Muskingum 
No. 10 is a fine leaved mica slate, from the ‘bed of Licking 
creek in Newark. Whet stones, whose appearance is like 
this specimen, are sold for sythes in this town, and brought 
from the waters of the Monongahela, within the primitive 
range on the Alleghany mountains ; it is called the “crumb 
cree 
No. A piece of water lime, found near Newark—it is 
also found in great abundance, and of an excellent quality, in 
the:neighborhood of Coshoctou, near the line of the canal. 
No. 15. A piece of water lime, from Louisville, Ky. 
No. 17. Sandstone from the narrows of Licking creek, be- 
low Newark. 
No. 18. Sandstone.—Feebly agglutinated puddingstone, 
from the same locality. 
No. hite, silico-micaceous sandstone, of a rich and 
beautiful appearance, found in place or beds, on the highest 
hills'in Licking county, about one thousand and fifty feet 
above tide water, and four hundred and sixty six feet above 
the waters in Lake Erie; Newark being two hundred and 
sixty six feet above Lake ‘Erie, leaving two hundred feet “for 
the heig the hills. 
No. 20. Caleareous iron ore, Licking county. This ore 
with a certain proportion - the argillaceous, is used in the 
furnaces in the Licking va 
No. 21, Arenaceous ania composed chiefly of quartz 
and felspar, from Cedar Narrows, Duck ,» Was aie 
covered withia a bed of ieciclatstia: A considerable distance 
es in the bed of the creek, stone coal and limestone are 
ou 
nd. 
22. Fine sandstone, of the quality used for hearths or beds, 
at the iron furnaces on Bush creek, Scioto county, near the 
Ohio river; it stands the fire remarkably well, 
