390 - GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
side (which have a height of about five feet) in such a manner as to set 
back the water of the creek. The surface rose three or four feet. On 
excavating this bank for the purpose of releasing the water, nothing 
was encountered but the ordinary alluvium. This account is given on 
_ the authority of Judge Skinner, of Kalida. In Sugar Creek township 
the Waterlime is quarried from the bed of Hog Creek, on section 17, land 
of William Guffy and of Jacob Rhodes. Here it shows a dip north; beds 
two to four inches. On the same section, land of John W. Thomas and 
K. C. Ford, on opposite sides of the creek, it is also worked to a limited 
extent. On section & it is in beds of four inches on the land of Joseph 
Sherick, and shows a veritable dip. On section 7 beds eighteen to 
twenty-three inches thick are taken irom the creek on the land of James 
Rhodes. Jonathan Ford’s quarry is adjoining. On the same section 
heavy stone is also obtained by James Thomas and William Rhodes, on 
opposite sides of the creek, William Evans also has a quarry on sec- 
tion 6, in the same township. It is also quarried by J. E. Dicus on the 
N. E. + section 1, Jackson township. On the N. E. 4 section 8, Union 
township, the Waterlime is shown on the land of John Eyer, in the bed 
of Hog Creek. Jt is here burned for lime by James Foley. The stone is 
very bituminous, and almost black, with a strong fetid odor under the 
hammer. The beds are three to four inches. A gummy, shining 
asphaltum is found in the rock here, in small deposits, filling cavities, 
and lying between the beds. It is jetty black, fractures like sealing- 
wax, and is slightly brittle. It is not known to be escaping from the 
formation, but is met with in quarrying. 
The Auglaize, in like manner, lies frequently on the Waterlime. | 
Below its union with the Blanchard the rock can be seen in N. W. } sec- 
tion 7, Perry township, on land of Josiah R. Merritt. On the S. E. + sec- 
tion 21, in Perry township, it is worked for common foundation stone, in 
the bed of the river, by John Myers; also, on the N. W. 4 section 27, by 
Mrs. Samuel Myers. The beds are two to four inches in thickness at the 
latter place, or adherent so as to come out in blocks of a foot or fourteen 
inches, of a light drab color; gentle dip south. J. Hetrick has a quarry, 
S. H. 4 section 15, Jackson township, in the bed of the stream. At the 
ford of the Auglaize, 8. W.4 section 27, Jackson township, there is a fine 
surface exposure of the Waterlime in beds of two to eight inches, some- 
what quarried. At Fort Jennings the quarry of Louis Boehmer furnishes 
stone ten to sixteen inches in thickness, extensively used in the sur- 
rounding country for many miles. It is taken from the bed of the river. 
It appears also in the Auglaize, on the land of Amos Behmer, section 4, 
Jennings township. | 
