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of Mr. Barnes's quarry Mr. A. P. Byall has made an opening in similar 

 beds, which must lie twenty feet at least above, and have the same 

 degree and direction of dip. 



S. W. J section 33. Mr. Jacob Feller burns lime from an exposure 

 along a little ravine ; beds, four to six inches ; dip, east. 



The Waterlime is also exposed in Eagle township as follows : 



N. E. J section 35. In Eagle Creek, land of J. C. Bickett; used for 

 walls and foundations. 



N. W. J section 24. In Eagle creek, land of J. D. Bishop. 



N. W. J section 28. Land of J. L. and Joseph D. Keller. 



S. W. | section 33. On George Rheinhardt's farm. 



S. W. i section 24. In Eagle Creek, land of Coonrod Line. 



Five miles from Findlay, along the Lima road, may be seen one of the 

 peculiar undulations in the surface caused directly by the underlying 

 rock, so common in the southern half of the county. They would often 

 not be noticed were the surface not otherwise monotonously fiat. This 

 rises perhaps twenty feet, and is a half mile over. The approach of the 

 Waterlime is only revealed by a few weathered fragments that may be 

 seen in traveling over the ridge, the country in either direction being 

 stoneless. 



In Liberty township the only known outcrops are in the bed of the 

 Blanchard. One is on S.E. J section 8, at Croninger's Mill, where that stone 

 is in thick beds of twelve to fifteen inches, and answers very well for 

 abutments for bridges. It is very rough and irregular, with a mixture 

 of loose and close-grained patches, the latter predominating. It is the 

 equivalent of No. 4 of the section at McCahan and Woodley's, in Findlay 

 township. The same bed, owing to irregularities of dip, is seen on Mr. C. 

 Byall's land, in the Blanchard, S. E. J section 10, where it is also quarried. 



In Blanchard township the Waterlime was seen in the S. E. J section 14, 

 in the bed of the Blanchard River, where it lies in even, fine-grained, 

 blue layers of about four inches ; useful for a building material. The 

 opportunities for obtaining the stone are so unfavorable that but little 

 working has been done. It is also said to occur in the same stream at - 

 other points further west, particularly on section 19, near the county line. 



In Ottawa Creek it appears S. W. J section 36, on land of S. Fogelsong. 



In Union township, south, of the Van Wert Ridge, the bed of the Ot- 

 tawa Creek very often discloses the Waterlime. At most of these places 

 the formation is wrought for stone for foundations ; and, occasionally, 

 small quantities of lime are made for the convenience of the neighbor- 

 hood about. The following points may be mentioned : S.W.J section 25, 

 by Mr. Amos Yeagley ; center of section 36, by Mr. William Hannah ; 



