858 ae GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
obtains this ore near the Winona furnace. Ihave found ore just over the © 
corresponding limestone in Reading township, Perry county, east of 
Rushville, and also over the corresponding Newtonville limestone. A 
few samples of the ore of this horizon have been analyzed, and also of 
ores lying a little higher on the series. They were generally obtained 
by myself, but sometimes by my assistants. In Section 16, Madison 
township, Perry county, we found an ore ranging from four to eight 
inches in thickness, resting directly upon the limestone. This is No. 1 
in the following table. Other thin ores are seen in the shales above. An 
ore lying a little over the Maxville limestone in Reading township, on 
the land of John P. Hodge, Section 26, was only from four to five inches 
in thickness where seen, but it may be thicker elsewhere. Its analysis 
(No. 2 of the table) shows it to be rich iniron. In this neighborhood we 
find much excellent ore. Onthe Vanatta farm (late N. Axline’s), two and 
one-half miles east of Rushville, I found an ore of excellent quality 
forming a ledge across the road. It is reported to be one foot ten inches 
thick. This is a superior ore, as shown in No.8 of the table. In the 
road, across a little valley, I noticed another ore, highly oxydized and 
chalky, eight inches thick, which comes out in large blocks, and is prob- 
ably lower than that last mentioned. It is about five feet above a layer 
of bituminous shale, which furnished so many rare and beautiful coal 
plants described and illustrated in the Paleontology, Vol. I]. This ore 
is also of good quality, as shown in No. 4 of the table. No. 5 of the table 
is still another ore from the same farm, but higher in the series. On the 
land of Thomas Garrison, Section 35, Reading township, [ found an 
excellent ore, about five inches thick. This is No. 6 of the table. On 
the lands of Simon King and Henry Bugh, Section 6, in the same town- 
ship, is a persistent layer of ore frcm six to eight inches in thickness. 
The ore is well oxydized, and appeared to be very promising. 
No. 1, Ore, Edward Dennison’s land, Section 16, Madison township, Perry county, 
resting upon Newtonville limestone. 
No. 2, ore, over the limestone, J. P. Hodge’s farm, Section 26, Reading township, Perry 
county. 
No. 3, ore, Vanatta or Axline farm, 24 miles east of Rushville, Reading township. 
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No.6 ‘’ Thomas Garrison’s farm, Section 35, Reading township. 
