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ravine tributary to it at the same place. It is here porous and some- 
what fossiliferous, in beds of about three inches. It has been wrought 
to a limited extent on the land of Mrs. Ann Ramsey for quicklime and 
common foundations. 
The Waterlime.—This limestone underlies the remainder of the county ; 
but affords but few known exposures. It is burned for quicklime at 
Streughn, by James Lilly, and was formerly also quarried at the same 
place by Samuel Kessler. The stone here is the same as that seen in 
Union township, where it is also quarried and calcined on an extensive 
scale by B. Bohnert & Co. It is of a light color, with a little tendency to 
a drab, porous and fossiliferous. It makes a beautiful white lime, the 
average weight of which is said by the owners to be sixty pounds per 
bushel. It burns easily and cheaply, and sells for twenty-five cents per 
bushel. At Streughn it rises to within four feet of the surface, and is 
overlain by hard-pan Drift. Glacier marks immediately below the Drift 
‘run north, 15° E., by pocket compass. The section at Streughn is as 
| follows: 
; SECTION IN THE WATERLIME AT STREUGHN. 
INOwsenilard=pamueesdsac: renee ae ele mrenasculecads cos cords nectiveesatees stnisencs srcthesestaaies 4 ft. 
‘« 2. “Gray stone,” i. e., spotted, drab, porous and compact; the 
porous parts of a lighter color and show no bituminous mat- 
ter, glistening and crystalline; not difficult to quarry; beds 
two to four inches........ SACHS ECESG Seo BARRO Sat ER OHES MERE CORE NAS ay 
“ 3. “Black stone,” i. e., bituminous; but the bituminous matter 
is evenly disseminated through the whole, so as to color it 
- uniformly; slightly porous; without visible fossils; harsh to 
the touch; heavier and in heavier beds than No. 2; seen... 
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Both these members make an excellent white lime. The stone has 
much the aspect of the Frsmont stone, in Sandusky county, but it is not 
so hard nor so close-grained. The fossils seen are principally a small 
shell resembling Leperditia alta. But there are also one or two species of 
brachiopods, commonly seen in this formation ; yet the lithological char- 
acters of No. 2 are not those common to the Waterlime. It is with some 
difficulty distinguished from the Niagara. This outcrop occurs in a very 
flat and monotonous tract of country, but the upward swell in the rock 
surface produces a slight elevation in the surface of the Drift. The ex- 
posure is not due to erosion, as that of a stream, but is in the open plains, 
and is owing to the unusual thinness of the Drift. 
The Waterlime is seen again in N. E. 4 section 14, Spencer, Allen 
county, where Mr. 8. Marshall owns aquarry. This is located in the bed 
