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obtains this ore near the "Winona furnace. I have found.ore just over the 

 corresponding limestone in Reading township, Perry county, east of 

 Rushville, and also over the corresponding Newtonville limestone. A 

 few samples of the ore of this horizon have been analyzed, and also of 

 ores lying a little higher on the series. They were generally obtained 

 by myself, but sometimes by my assistants. In Section 16, Madison 

 township, Perry county, we found an ore ranging from four to eight 

 inches in thickness, resting directly upon the limestone. This is ISio. 1 

 in the following table. Other thin ores are seen in the shales above. An 

 ore lying a little over the Maxville limestone in Reading township, on 

 the land of John P. Hodge, Section 26, was only from four to five inches 

 in thickness where seen, but it may be thicker elsQ.where. Its analysis 

 (No. 2 of the table) shows it to be rich in iron. In this neighborhood we 

 find much excellent ore. On the Vanatta farm (late N. Axline's), two and 

 one-half miles east of Rushville, I found an ore of excellent quality 

 forming a ledge across the road. It is reported to be one foot ten inches 

 thick. This is a superior ore, as shown in No. 3 of the table. In the 

 road, across a little valley, I noticed another ore, highly oxydized and 

 chalky, eight inches thick, which comes out in large blocks, and is prob- 

 ably lower than that last mentioned. It is about five feet above a layer 

 of bituminous shale, which furnished so many rare and beautiful coal 

 plants described and illustrated in the Palaeontology, Vol. II. This ore 

 is also of good quality, as shown in No. 4 of the table. No. 5 of the table 

 is still another ore from the same farm, but higher in the series. On the 

 land of Thomas Garrison, Section 36, Reading township, I found an 

 excellent ore, about five inches thick. This is No. 6 of the table. On 

 the lands of Simon King and Henry Bugh, Section 6, in the same town- 

 ship, is a persistent layer of ore from six to eight inches in thickness. 

 The ore is well oxydized, and appeared to be very promising. 



No. 1, Ore, Edward Dennison's land, Section 16, Madison township, Perry county. 



resting npon Newtonville limestone. 

 No. 2, ore, over the limestone, J. P. Hodge's farm, Section 26, Heading township, Perry 



county. 

 No. 3, ore, Vanatta or Axline farm, 2|^ miles east of Rushville, Reading township. 

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No. 6 " Thomas Garrison's farm, Section 35, Reading township. 



