KFOX COUNTY. 



Drift in Owl Ceeek Valley. 



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AAA. Alluvium of river bottom. 



BB. Eidges of gravel rising above the alluvium. 



CCCCC. Drift gravel. 



D. Zion's church on a sand-hill with a core of Wav- 



erly rock. 



E. Channel of river in gravel. 



F. Terrace of ten feet. 



G. Terrace of thirty feet, the elevation from G to D 



being ninety five feet. 



Wells drilled for oil on the borders of this stream toward the Coshocton 

 line show that this deposit of coarse gravel extends at least eighty-two 

 feet below the bottom of the valley, and in one instance a log was struck 

 at a depth of one hundred feet. Hence there is here disclosed a broad 

 valley once filled with Drift to the depth of not less than two hundred 

 and seventeen feet, through which a channel has been plowed one hun- 

 dred and thirty-five feet, in depth, leaving a succession of terraces, 

 the stream now flowing nearly one hundred feet above the bottom of the 

 old gorge. Observations to be noted hereafter indicate even a much, 

 greater thickness of this deposit elsewhere. 



