374 The American Geologist. J""« i»05 
Corniferous C Limestone 268 ft. 
and Monroe J Sandstone (gray) 30 ft. 
formations j^ Limestone (shelly) 225 ft. 
Salina 
Rock-salt 66 ft. 
formation 
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Total depth 2624 ft. 
Work ceased when the first bed of salt was penetrated, 
but in well No. 3 the drtll was forced deeper. 
The lower part of this record follows : 
Base of Monroe formation at 2516 ft. 
Rock-salt 6 ft. 
Limestone 25 ft. 
Rock-salt 30 ft. 
Limestone ; 5 ft. 
Rock-salt 35 ft. 
White slate 30 ft. 
Limestone 7 ft. 
Total depth 2654 ft. 
The Colonial Salt Company, located at Kenmore be- 
tween Akron and Barberton, has drilled six or seven wells 
to a depth of about 2,900 feet. At Barberton a few miles 
farther south the Columbia Chemical Company also has 
drilled several deep wells for salt used in the manufacture 
of soda-ash. Below is the record of well No. i of this com- 
pany : 
Drift 90 ft. 
Slate, black, soft 45 ft. 
Sand, black, soft 15 ft. 
Cuyahoga and Sunbury (Berea) shales 310 ft. 
Berea grit 10 ft. 
Bedford and Ohio shales 1710 ft. 
Lime, brown, very hard 60 ft. 
_ ., j Lime, gray, very hard 80 ft. 
Corniferous \ ^. ... ica **. 
Lime, white 150 ft. 
and Monroe J ^ . „^ ,. 
,. \ Lime, gray 30 ft. 
formations „ j v, v ^ oa <>* 
I Sand, brown, very hard - 30 ft. 
Lime 244 ft. 
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