. Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2 . orain county,are located in a series of ledges, which wereonce the shore cliiFs of Lake Erie. The ele-vated position of these is a very great advan-tage, since the light and uniform color is dueto the fact that this elevation produces a freedrainage, and the stones have bee
. Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2 . orain county,are located in a series of ledges, which wereonce the shore cliiFs of Lake Erie. The ele-vated position of these is a very great advan-tage, since the light and uniform color is dueto the fact that this elevation produces a freedrainage, and the stones have been traversedby atmospheric waters to such a degree thatall processes of oxidation which are possiblehave been nearly completed. An idea of the arrangement of the strata inquarries can be obtained from the followingsection, which is exhibited in the Holdermanquarry at Amherst: Drift material .... 1Worthless shell-rock . 6Soft rock, for grindstones onlyBuilding stone .... Bridge stone Grindstone Building stone or grindstoneBuilding stone .... 4Building stone or grindstone to 3 feet. 10 12 44 3 2 2 kt 10 u 7 12 The floor of the quarry, moreover, consistsof good stone, which has been drilled fortwelve feet, indicating a still greater thicknessof stone which could be extracted. The other quarries of the region exhibit a. J, N. Bradford< itel., Ohio State University. Central View in a picture in possession of Col. Frank C. Loveland, U. S. Pension Agent, New York.
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