Facts relating io certain parts of the state of Ohio. vi 
if made but yesterday. The masses in which they were 
found, are to appearance extensive in '-oth instances; and 
are soft when first taken out of the earth, but become hard as 
stone, on exposure to the air. At what period of time these 
depositions of leaves were made, and from what revolution 
in nature, I must leave to geologists to determine. 
°¢ Mines, minerals, fossils, quarries of stone, and particular- 
ly flint, slate, soapstone, marble, limestone, marl, gypsum, 
sulphur, iron, copper, lead, silver, plumbago, salt, nitre, and 
the ochres of various kind ?” 
No mines bave as yet been opened in this cou ty, but 
it affords plenty of iron ore, of the richest kind. It is usually 
of that sort dengminated red. or brown ore, and is found in 
lumps or nodules of various sizes, from that of the smallest 
shot up to pieces weighing 80 or 100 pounds. ‘The earth 
appears to be full of it in many places; and in others it is 
deposited in heds of considerable extent; but as no one has 
as yet erected any works, it is not Known how abundant the 
ore may be; but | have no doubt of its being in sufficient 
qnantity to supply any furnaces that may be built. Some of 
it has been melted down in a common blacksmith’s furnace, 
and worked into excellent iron. Ores of any other metals 
have not been discovered, in such circumstances as to make 
them an object of attention. Some small lumps of native 
bismuth were found in the bed of a run in this neighbour- 
hood, a few years since, but the vein from which they were 
washed has not been discovered, although repeatedly search- 
ed for. Isent some of it to Dr. Barton at Philadelphia, who 
pronounced it to be of the purest kind. I have in my pos- 
session, a small ingot of metal which was obtained from ore 
foand in the. S. E. part of this county, which appears to me 
to be tin and zinc combined. I have not been able as yet to 
learn, whether it exists in quantities sufficient to make it an 
object of attention. Flint stone has not been found in this 
county. Limestone is plenty. Sulphate of lime has been 
found in several places, but not in sufficient quantities to be 
used as an article of manure. The greatest collection that 
! have heard of, was found in digging a well, between Duck 
creek and Little Muskingum creek, within the limits of 
Marietta Township. ‘Tbe stratum was about ten inches or a 
foot in thickness, and about twelve feet below the surface. 
How extensive it may be isnot known; as the workmen soon 
after came to water, and the well was stoned up without fur- 
