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both of the same township. Mr. Hay has not opened his for use, but 

 Mr. Clawson has taken a few stone from his for ordinary foundations. 

 So far as seen, this stone is the same as that in the quarry of Mr. Kerr, 

 in section 30. 



The Waterlime in Allen county shows almost every where only the fea- 

 tures of the Tymochtee slate. The beds vary from an eighth of an inch to 

 eight inches, but are usually not over two inches in thickness. Their 

 color is either blue or a bluish drab, with black films of bituminous 

 matter between the bedding. These films are themselves so largely de- 

 veloped in some places, and the more calcareous beds are so thin, that 

 the aspect of the rock is that of a bituminous slate. By reference to the 

 Geology of Wyandot County a more complete account of this phase of the 

 "Waterlime may be seen in the description of the section taken from the 

 banks of the Tymochtee in Crawford township. 



In Richland township the following persons work the Waterlime, ex- 

 posed in the bed of Reilly Creek, near Bluffton, viz., Reese and Siddall, 

 for common stone and for lime-burning; Barney Huttinger and J. H. 

 Eaton. Mr. Eaton also burns lime. John Shoemaker has a working in 

 the same stone three miles north-west from Bluffton, in the bed of the 

 creek. 



In Auglaize township the Waterlime appears, and has been somewhat 

 used for general purposes and for lime, on the land of David Crall, section 

 17, taken from the bed of the stream. Beds here are about two inches 

 in thickness. 



In Bath township the quarry of Alexander Miller. S. W. \ section 29, 

 supplies an even-bed, flat stone, of a blue color, about three inches in 

 thickness, which is largely used at Lima and other places for flagging. 

 The beds, however, occasionally become six inches thick, when they are 

 valuable for walls, and command a good price for all uses. They are 

 easily cut and broken, by the usual means, into such sizes and shapes as 

 may be needed, the fracture being straight and running like the fracture 

 of glass under a diamond. The best stone is delivered at Lima for $1.50 

 per perch. The amount of exposure here is about three feet perpendic- 

 ular, the beds lying horizontal. 



On the S. W. \ section 28 Dague & Brothers have a quarry in the Wa- 

 terlime. Another occurs on the land of J. Fetter, N. W. J section 26. 

 That of J. Custer is on the S. W. £ section 24. It furnishes a rough, 

 dark-drab stone, in beds of three to six inches, with more or less inter- 

 stratification of thinner and more bituminous layers. One mile below 

 Custer's is Samuel McClure's quarry. Daniel Miller's quarry is on sec- 

 tion 8, in the bed of Sugar Creek, the stone supplied being a fair repre- 



