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mucli less, and rock is quarried both ou the outer and inner borders of the 

 moraine. There are also wells south of the moraine, as noted above, 

 where the thickness of the drift reaches 400 feet. 



Farther east than the Lima oil and gas field a few well sections were 

 obtained that are worthy of note. In the valley of the River Styx, west of 

 Wadsworth, Ohio, and 2 to 3 miles south from the outer border of this 

 moraine, several flowing wells have been obtained from the drift. The 

 deepest one visited is at Samuel Leatherman's. It has a depth of 107 feet. 

 One at a schoolhouse is 62 feet in depth. One at Noah Baker's, 30 to 40 

 rods east of the schoolhouse and at about the same elevation, is only 42 

 feet in depth. The greater part of the material penetrated in these wells 

 is described to be a blue clay free from ^Debbles. It is perhaps a silt similar 

 to that exposed in the Cuyahoga bluffs, a description of which is given on 

 a later page. The water rises in no case more than 7 and in some cases 

 but 3 feet above the surface. 



At Seville, in the valley of Chippewa Creek, an attempt was made 

 some years ago to obtain an artesian well, but without success, though the 

 water rose nearly to the surface. J. N. High, a hardware merchant in 

 Seville, who supplied the drivepipe for the well, states that the total depth 

 of the well was 336 feet, and that it penetrated the rock only about 50 feet. 

 There is, therefore, aibout 300 feet of drift, and the altitude of the rock floor 

 of the valley is scarcely 700 feet, the altitude of Seville station being 986 

 feet above tide. 



At Sterling, 3 miles south of Seville, in the Chippewa Valley, and at 

 an altitude about 960 feet above tide, there are 100 or more flowing wells 

 which obtain water from the drift at depths ranging from 45 to 95 feet, the 

 majority being 70 feet or more in depth. Mr. Lee, of Sterling, gave from 

 memory the following section of the drift penetrated in a well at the gas 

 works : 



Section at gas works well at Sterling. 



FeO,. 



Soil of sandy nature 5 



Clay of bluish color, about 20 



Quicksand 6 



Clay of blue color ■ 20 



Sand 10 



Clay, about 30 



Sand and gravel 4 



Total depth 95 



