400 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 



sentation of the Tymochtee slate. It lies in thin, hlue layers, with 

 black, bituminous films separating the beds. The edges of the bedding 

 are sometimes horizontally streaked with bluish drab. The best stone 

 here is three inches thick. It brings $1 per perch for walls at the 

 quarry. Second grade stone for walling is sold at the quarry for 62£ 

 cents per perch ; third grade for walls (J inch to 1 inch), 37J cents per 

 perch. Three grades of stone for flagging are sold as follows : 



First grade, delivered in Lima, per 100 square feet $3 25 



Second grade, " " " " $2 25 to 2 50 



Third grade, " " " " 175 



At Lima, in Ottawa township, the quarries of Delzall and Overmeyer 

 and of Wadhams and Bowers are situated in the Ottawa, and are prin- 

 cipally occupied in lime-burning. At the former about four and a half 

 feet are seen in beds of one to two inches. Some of it is rough and 

 vesicular, but in beds not over six inches. Stone has also been taken 

 from the bed of the Ottawa, at Lima, on T. K. Jacobs's land. 



Near Gomer, in Sugar Creek township, the bed of the Ottawa is rocky. 

 It may be seen on the land of Isaac H. Clevenger (section 20), where it 

 lies in thin, horizontal beds ; also on the land of David Roberts, near the 

 county line, where the beds are three to four inches, and dip south. 

 Formerly stone was taken from the same creek at Allentown, section 29, 

 German township. 



In the township of Marion the Waterlime shows in the bed of the 

 river, N. E. £ section 28, and on David Robinson's land, S. E. £ section 

 21. Some has been taken out at the latter place in blocks six inches 

 thick. The abutments of the highway bridge over the Auglaize at this 

 place are of Waterlime blocks, twelve to sixteen inches thick, like the 

 stone obtained from Boehmer's quarry at Port Jennings, in Putnam 

 county. They are capped with sawn blocks of Lower Corniferous from 

 Charloe, in Paulding county, and angled with blue Niagara from Piqua, 

 in Miami county. The Waterlime has been slightly worked in the bed , 

 of the Auglaize at various points near Cramersville (section 3). Such 

 quarries are owned by W. V. Scott and John Welsh. Mr. Welsh also 

 burns some lime. John A. Seitz also runs a lime-kiln, S. E. \ section 35. 

 In Amanda township the chief exposures of the Waterlime are in the 

 Auglaize, near the county line. It occurs in blue layers on the land of 

 Samuel Stewart, N. E. \ section 9. On the N. E. J section 15 it lies in 

 thin, blue layers on the land of William Bice ; and on the S. E. \ of 

 the same section, between Mr. James Sunderland's and Mr. Samuel 



