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The principal banks opened for gravel occur at St. Mary's and Wapa- 

 koneta, at both places in the Wabash Ridge. The St. John's Ridge is 

 also opened for gravel a short distance north-east of New Bremen and 

 at St. John's village. 



A deposit of mineral paint, or ochre, in the S. E. J section 34, Union 

 township, was met with on the land of John Neal. The soil about is red 

 as with iron peroxide, and indicates the proximity of a bed of bog ore. 

 The ochreous deposit also spreads over the land of William Giberson. 

 If this deposit of ochre, on examination, should prove to be extensive, it 

 might be made of considerable economical value in the manufacture of 

 a mineral paint. 



