Salt Deposits of Northeastern Ohio—Bownocker. 3^3 
f Rock-salt and limestone 10 ft. 
Rock-salt 16 ft- 
Limestone 16 ft. 
Rock-salt 19 ft- 
^ ,. I Limestone 4 ft 
^. <; Rock-salt 59 ft. 
formation \ ^ . ^ oi *i- 
Limestone ^i it. 
I Rock-salt 37 ft. 
Limestone 4 ft. 
Rock-salt 37 ft. 
, Shales 16 ft. 
This log does not show the sandstone in the Monroe. 
This is believed, however, to be due to the imperfection of 
the record, and not to the absence of the formation. It is 
worthy of note that this well shows i68 feet of rock-salt. 
Five years ago the Cleveland Salt Company began 
work, the plant being located at the intersection of Second 
and Central avenues. The wells are about 1,950 feet deep, 
but no detailed record was kept of the strata above the 
Salina. The latter consists of beds of salt varying in thick- 
ness from 5 to y2 feet, alternating with limestone strata 
ranging in thickness from 5 to 22 feet. 
About 1889 a well in search of oil was begun at Wads- 
worth in the southeast corner of Medina county. Progress 
was slow, more than a year elapsing before a satisfactory 
depth (3,200 feet) was reached. Oil was not found and but 
little gas. However, at about 2,400 feet rock-salt was dis- 
covered. The stockholders were not ready to make use of 
this, and accordingly the well was abandoned. A year or 
two later a company was organized and the manufacture 
of salt begun. Brine is secured from four wells approxi- 
mating 2,700 feet in depth. Records of the strata were not 
kept, but the manager of the works reports that four beds 
of rock-salt were found, aggregating 140 feet in thickness. 
In the autumn of 1898 the Ohio Salt Company began 
making salt at Rittman in the northeast corner of Wayne 
county. The following records of wells Nos. i and 3 show 
the stratigraphical succession : 
NUMBER 1. 
Drift ; : 173 ft. 
Berea sandstone 20 ft. 
Bedford and Ohio shales 1842 ft. 
