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ridge was noticed running north-west and south-east about half a mile 
in sections 21 and 22, Union township, nearly parallel with the main 
gravel ridge, separated from it about three miles, and on the Lake Hrie 
side. It is not known how far this might be traced. In section 24, Tully 
township, the ridge on which the road from Van Wert is located runs 
out, or sinks away. The road then crosses a narrow belt of clay land 
and ascends, within a quarter of a mile, another ridge lying further 
north, which determines the location of the road further west. In sec- 
tion 14, Tully township, the. Van Wert ridge runs along the inner side 
of another ridge or bench in the general surface, its summit being ten 
feet lower than that of the bench. They are separated a quarter to a 
half mile. This bench consists of the common hard-pan clay of the 
country, and shows no descent toward the south. Further south-east it 
passes through Convoy, the Van Wert ridge running about a mile fur- 
ther north-east, and through sections 17, 18, 22, and 23 in Pleasant town- 
ship, beyond which place it has not been identified. This bench rises 
about five or six feet above the level land to the north, in Pleasant town- 
ship, about ten feet in Tully township, south of the Bear Swamp, and 
thirty feet at New Haven, Indiana, to which place it may be followed, 
the “ridge road” between Van Wert and Fort Wayne passing several 
times, between those two cities, from the Van Wert ridge to the bench, 
and vice versa. The Van Wert ridge crosses the Maumee about three 
miles below Fort Wayne, where it is known as the Irish ridge, and for 
about a mile a road runs on it. The country there, however, being 
densely wooded, its location is unknown for several miles, although it 
has been followed about six miles east from New Haven. 
Glacier marks were observed within the county at but one point. At 
Streughn they occur on the Waterlime (?) running north 15° east. | 
Wells and Springs.—Besides the foregoing observations on the phenom- 
ena of wells and springs in Van Wert county, the following minutes 
were taken. This list will afford a pretty reliable basis on which to 
predicate the thickness of the Drift in the county, since the water-bear- 
ing stratum, when not in the Van Wert Ridge, is generally that last 
member of the Drift, consisting of gravel and stones, which well-drillerg 
often denominate hard-pan, especially if cemented along its upper sur- 
face by lime, and which, when so cemented, is often mistaken for the 
bedded rock itself. 
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