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side (which have a height of about five feet) in such a manner as to set 

 back the water of the creek. The surface rose three or four feet. On 

 excavating this bank for the purpose of releasing the water, nothing 

 was encountered but the ordinary alluvium. This account is given on 

 the authority of Judge Skinner, of Kalida. In Sugar Creek township 

 the Waterlime is quarried from the bed of Hog Creek, on section 17, land 

 of William Guffy and of Jacob Rhodes. Here it shows a dip north ; beds 

 two to four inches. On the same section, land of John W. Thomas and 

 E. C. Ford, on opposite sides of the creek, it is also worked to a limited 

 extent. On section 8 it is in beds of four inches on the land of Joseph 

 Sherick, and shows a veritable dip. On section 7 beds eighteen to 

 twenty-three inches thick are taken from the creek on the land of James 

 Rhodes. Jonathan Ford's quarry is adjoining. On the same section 

 heavy stone is also obtained by James Thomas and William Rhodes, on 

 opposite sides of the creek. William Evans also has a quarry on sec- 

 tion 6, in the same township. It is also quarried by J. E. Dicus on the 

 N. E. J section 1, Jackson township. On the N. E. £ section 8, Union 

 township, the Waterlime is shown on the land of John Eyer, in the bed 

 of Hog Creek. It is here burned for lime by James Foley. The stone is 

 very bituminous, and almost black, with a strong fetid odor under the 

 hammer. The beds are three to four inches. A gummy, shining 

 asphaltum is found in the rock here, in small deposits, filling cavities, 

 and lying between the beds. It is jetty black, fractures like sealing- 

 wax, and is slightly brittle. It is not known to be escaping from the 

 formation, but is met with in quarrying. 



The Auglaize, in like manner, lies frequently on the Waterlime. 

 Below its union with the Blanchard the rock can be seen in N. W. £ sec- 

 tion 7, Perry township, on land of Josiah R. Merritt. On the S. E. \ sec- 

 tion 21, in Perry township, it is worked for common foundation stone, in 

 the bed of the river, by John Myers ; also, on the N. W. \ section 27, by 

 Mrs. Samuel Myers. The beds are two to four inches in thickness at the 

 latter place, or adherent so as to come out in blocks of a foot or fourteen 

 inches, of a light drab color ; gentle dip south. J. Hetrick has a quarry, 

 S. E. \ section 15, Jackson township, in the bed of the stream. At the 

 ford of the Auglaize, S. W. J section 27, Jackson township, there is a fine 

 surface exposure of the Waterlime in beds of two to eight inches, some- 

 what quarried. At Fort Jennings the quarry of Louis Bcehmer furnishes 

 stone ten to sixteen inches in thickness, extensively used in the sur- 

 rounding country for many miles. It is taken from the bed of the river. 

 It appears also in the Auglaize, on the land of Amos Bcehmer, section 4, 

 Jennings township. 



