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of Mr. Barnes’s quarry Mr. A. P. Byall has made an opening in similar 
beds, which must lie twenty feet at least above, and have the same 
degree and direction of dip. 
S. W.4 section 33. Mr. Jacob Feller burns lime from an exposure 
along a little ravine; beds, four to six inches; dip, east. 
The Waterlime is also exposed in Hagle township as follows : 
N. H. 4 section 35. In Hagle Creek, land of J. C. Bickett; used for 
walls and foundations. 
N. W. } section 24. In Eagle creek, land of J. D. Bishop. 
N. W. i section 28. Land of J. L. and Joseph D. Keller. 
S. W.4 section 33. On George Rheinhardt’s farm. 
S. W.+ section 24. In Eagle Creek, land of Coonrod Line. 
Five miles from Findlay, along the Lima road, may be seen one of the 
peculiar undulations in the surface caused directly by the underlying 
rock, so common in the southern half of the county. They would often 
not be noticed were the surfice not otherwise monotonously flat. This 
rises perhaps twenty feet, and is a half mile over. The approach of the 
Waterlime is only revealed by a few weathered fragments that may be 
seen in traveling over the ridge, the country in either direction being 
stoneless.  — 
In Liberty township the only known outcrops are in the bed of the 
Blanchard. OneisonS EH. 4section 8,at Croninger’s Mill, where that stone 
is in thick beds of twelve to fifteen inches, and answers-very well for 
abutments for bridges. It is very rough and irregular, with a mixture 
of loose and close-grained patches, the latter predominating. It is the 
equivalent of No. 4 of the section at McCahan and Woodley’s, in Findlay 
township. The same bed, owing to irregularities of dip, is seen on Mr. C. 
Byall’s land, in the Blanchard, S. E. + section 10, where it is also quarried. 
In Blanchard township the Waterlime was seen in the S. I. 4 section 14, 
in the bed of the Blanchard River, where it lies in even, fine-grained, 
blue layers of about four inches; useful for a building material. The 
opportunities for obtaining the stone are so unfavorable that but little 
working has been done. It is also said to occur in the same stream at 
other points further west, particularly on section 19, near the county line. 
In Ottawa Creek it appears 8. W. 4 section 36, on land of 8. Fogelsong. 
In Union township, south of the Van Wert Ridge, the bed of the Ot- 
tawa Creek very often discloses the Waterlime. At most of these places 
the formation is wrought for stone for foundations; and, eeasionally, 
small quantities of lime are made for the convenience of the neighbor- 
hood about. The following points may be mentioned: S. W. 4 section 25, 
by Mr. Amos Yeagley; center of section 36, by Mr. William Hannah; 
