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of the Scioto than they are on the north of that river. Wells at Kenton, 

 on the south side of the river, pass through sixteen to twenty-four feet of 

 hard-pan clay, finding water in gravel and sand. At the same place, on 

 the north side of the Scioto, they are dug from thirty-five to sixty feet, 

 entirely in hard-pan, sometimes without finding a supply of water. 



Near Fort McArthur the remains of a mastodon have been obtained 

 from the surface of the Drift. They were considerably scattered from the 

 place of original deposit, and but part of the skeleton could be obtained. 



MATERIAL RESOURCES. 



Hardin county is poorly supplied with building stone, even for the 

 rougher kinds of walls and foundations. Considerable stone, of the best 

 quality, is brought from the Lower Corniferous quarries at Marblehead, 

 near Sandusky, and from those at Bellefontaine. Considerable is also 

 brought into the northern portion of the county from the blue Waterlime 

 quarries at Lima. The Waterlime quarries at Belle Center, in Logan 

 county, supply the Kenton market with quicklime, as well as furnishing 

 stone for a great many foundations. In the northern part of Marian 

 township bowlders have been gathered from the surface, and from chan- 

 nels worn in the Drift by streams, and used for foundations and walls. 

 There are favorable opportunities for the development of the Niagara in 

 the vicinity of Forest, and in the valley of the Blanchard, in Jackson 

 township, which certainly cannot remain long unimproved. The Niag- 

 ara limestone, owing to the thinness of the beds of the Waterlime, will 

 prove the more valuable formation, both for building stone and for quick- 

 lime. It can also be more cheaply burned than the Waterlime. The 

 latter, however, excels for flagging. 



Clay, sand, and gravel from the Drift deposits, in the absence of con- 

 venient stone, have been more frequently resorted to for building material 

 than in neighboring counties. Establishments for the manufacture of 

 brick are common throughout the county. A number of farmers some- 

 times combine for the purchase of the machinery necessary to manufac- 

 ture enough for themselves, and for sale, to make up for all outlays. 

 Brick are made at Kenton by Henry Loeffert, Henry Kreihnbeihul, Wil- 

 liam Richards, and by Conrad Kahler. Tiling is made at the same place 

 by Dean and Rarey and by Thomas Clemens and Son. The latter firm also 

 burn considerable red pottery. 



A commendable spirit of enterprise prevails in Hardin county in the 

 construction of gravel roads. A series of such are being built across the 

 county, chiefly radiating from Kenton, the county seat. 



New Roundhead village is a deposit of bog ore, which is disturbed by 

 the plow in the cultivation of the field ; land of Thompson Irving. 



