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ridge was noticed running north-west and south-east about half a mile 

 in sections 21 and 22, Union township, nearly parallel with the main 

 gravel ridge, separated from it about three miles, and on the Lake Erie 

 side. It is not known how far this might be traced. In section 24, Tully 

 township, the ridge on which the road from Van Wert is located runs 

 out, or sinks away. The road then crosses a narrow belt of clay land 

 and ascends, within a quarter of a mile, another ridge lying further 

 north, which determines the location of the road further west. In sec- 

 tion 14, Tully township, the Van Wert ridge runs along the inner side 

 of another ridge or bench in the general surface, its summit being ten 

 feet lower than that of the bench. They are separated a quarter to a 

 half mile. This bench consists of the common hard-pan clay of the 

 country, and shows no descent toward the south. Further south-east it 

 passes through Convoy, the Van Wert ridge running about a mile fur- 

 ther north-east, and through sections 17, 18, 22, and 23 in Pleasant town- 

 ship, beyond which place it has not been identified. This bench rises 

 about five or six feet above the level land to the north, in Pleasant town- 

 ship, about ten feet in Tully township, south of the Bear Swamp, and 

 thirty feet at New Haven, Indiana, to which place it may be followed, 

 the " ridge road " between Van Wert and Port Wayne passing several 

 times, between those two cities, from the Van Wert ridge to the bench, 

 and vice versa. The Van Wert ridge crosses the Maumee about three 

 miles below Port Wayne, where it is known as the Irish ridge, and for 

 about a mile a road runs on it. The country there, however, being 

 densely wooded, its location is unknown for several miles, although it 

 has been followed about six miles east from New Haven. 



Glacier marks were observed within the county at but one point. At 

 Streughn they occur on the Waterlime (?) running north 15° east. 



Wells and Springs. — Besides the foregoing observations on the phenom- 

 ena of wells and springs in Van Wert county, the following minutes 

 were taken. This list will afford a pretty reliable basis on which to 

 predicate the thickness of the Drift in the county, since the water-bear- 

 ing stratum, when not in the Van Wert Ridge, is generally that last 

 member of the Drift, consisting of gravel and stones, which well-drillers 

 often denominate hard-pan, especially if cemented along its upper sur- 

 face by lime, and which, when so cemented, is often mistaken for the 

 bedded rock itself. 



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