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Lime. — A fair quality of quick lime is made from both the limestones 

 above Darned, and on Quarry creek the kilns are kept in constant 

 operation to supply the demand for this article in the adjacent region. 



Potters' Clay. — An excellent article of white clay, suitable for pottery 

 or fire brick, was found in the shaft near Marshall, about 80 to 85 feet 

 below the Livingston limestone, and about fifty feet above the coal in 

 the bottom of the shaft, which was probably the same coal found at 

 Mr. Mtjepht's. This bed of clay would probably be found outcropping 

 in the Wabash bluffs, not far below Mtjephy's place. 



Soil and Timber. — The soil is generally a chocolate-colored sandy loam, 

 where the surface is rolling, but darker colored on the flat prairies, and 

 more mucky, from the large per cent, of humus which it contains. 

 The prairies are generally of small size, and the county is well timbered 

 with the following varieties : white oak, red oak, black oak, pin oak, 

 water oak, shell bark and pignut hickory, beech, poplar, black and 

 white walnut, white and sugar maple, slippery and red elm, hackberry, 

 linden, quaking asp, wild cherry, honey locust, red birch, sassafras, 

 pecan, coffee nut, black gum, white and blue ash, dogwood, red-bud, 

 sycamore, cottonwood, buckeye, persimmon, willow, etc. The bottom 

 lands along the small streams, and the broken lands in the vicinity of 

 the Wabash bluffs sustain a very heavy growth of timber, and fine 

 groves are also found skirting all the smaller streams and dotting the 

 uplands in the prairie region. As an agricultural region this county 

 ranks among the best on the eastern borders of the State, producing 

 annually fine crops of corn, wheat, oats, grass, and all the fruits and 

 vegetables usually grown in this climate. Market facilities are abun- 

 dantly supplied by the Wabash river, and the St. Louis, Vandalia and 

 Indianapolis railroad, which passes through the central portion of the 

 county, furnishing an easy communication with St. Louis on the west, 

 or the cities of Terre Haute and Indianapolis on the east. 



Before closing my report on this county I desire to acknowledge my 

 obligations to John F. Lapfertt, Esq., of Martinsville, for valuable 

 information, and personal attention and assistance rendered me, while 

 prosecuting my examinations in this county. 



