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LIME KILNS, AND BRICK KILNS |
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see burlet, fred (43)
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John Jones's Lime-Kiln
Bellepoint, Concord Twp, Delaware County, Ohio
The water in Mill Creek, at Bellepoint, is on No. 3 of the
foregoing section, taken near the county line, and has excavated
a channel in it to the depth of fifteen feet, with a
heavy-bedded, firm stone of the same kind in the creek.
Above these heavy layers is a thickness of twelve feet of
cherty beds, varying from four to nine inches, but usually
from four to six. John Jones's lime-kiln is escavated in
these beds. (43) |
Margaret Evans's
Quarry and Kilns
Scioto Twp, Delaware County, Ohio
A quarter of a mile below Millville, on the east side of the
river, are the quarry and kilns of Mrs. Margaret Evans.
The hard, bluish layers of No. 3 of the section at Colvin's
lime-kilns are here wrought for lime-burning, though the
bedding here is less heavy than at Colvin's, being generally
about three inches. In the river bank, some distance
below the quarry, but just west of it, the Waterlime is
exposed, and was formally burned for lime. It is distinguished
as "the white stone," from the whiteness of the
quicklime made from it, that from the Lower Coniferous being a
little dark or ashen. (43) |
Daniel Kelly's Quarry
Concord Twp, Delaware County, Ohio
Daniel Kelly's quarry is on the east side of the
Scioto, a mile and three-quarters below Bellepoint. (43) |
William Warren's
Quarry
Scioto Twp, Delaware County, Ohio
The so-called "fire-stone" of William Warren's
quarry, half a mile west of Millville, is the same as that
burned for quicklime by Mrs. Margaret Evans, but is overlain
at Warren's quarry by two fee of Delhi beds. It is
exposed also half a mile further north, on land of C.F. Burner
and Thomas Jones. (43) |
Rev. C.H. Perkins
Quarry
The stone placed in the piers of the highway bridge over
the Scioto, at the mouth of Bogg's Creek (possible Boke's
Creek?) were taken from the quarry of Rev. C.H. Perkins.
It is in heavy beds, soft and vesicular, becoming firm after
exposure to the air, and belongs to the lowest member of the
Lower Coniferous, No. 3 of the section near the south county
line. The quarry is located on a run tributary to
Prairrie Run, on the east side of the Scioto, one mile above
Millville. (43) |
Richard Colvin's
Quarry and Lime Kilns
Scioto Twp, Delaware County, Ohio
The stone church, located on the east side of the Scioto River
approximately one mile north of Millville is made of the
layers of No. 3 of the section of Colvin's lime-kilns. (43) |
Samuel Perry's
Lime-Kiln
Samuel Perry's lime-kiln is situated about two miles above
Millville, and a mile east of the Scioto. It is one of
that series known as the Delhi kilns. His quarry affords
an exposure of ten feet in the Delhi stone. The stone is
not strictly white, nor even buff, on fracture, but in
contrast with the blue beds of the Delaware stone it has been
denominated white. It is a light gray, with brownish
mottlings, caused by bituminous matter, weathering buff.
The strike of these beds can be traced by topography north
from Perry's quarry, and the are exposed so as to induce more
or less lime-burning on the land of William Lawrence, William
P. Jones, V. Dildine, John Powell, and P. Jones, and have a
gentle dip generally to the east or south-east. The
quarry of Phillip Jones is so situated as to include about six
feet of the bluish stone seen at Colvin's lime-kilns lying
below the Delhi beds. (43) |
Presley Said's
Quarries
At a point two miles west of the Scioto, ascending Mill
Creek, the Lower Coniferous disappears entirely, the Waterlime
appearing at the surface. The general surface features
do not indicate the change, he whole being eroded by creeks,
and made rolling or undulating. The Drift is faded, the
rock shattered, and deeply penetrated by infiltration of
dirt. The boundary line between the Lower Coniferous and
the Waterlime passes through Presley Said's farm, where there
are little quarries in both. (43) |
Benjamin Bean's Quarry
Scioto Twp, Delaware County, Ohio
South from Ostrander one mile, on the south side of Mill
Creek, in a little ravine from the south, is Benjamin Bean's
quarry. It is in the fossiliferous member of the Lower
Coniferous which underlies the Delhi beds. It embraces
many corals and some brachiopods. It is probably the
equivalent of No. 4 of the section of Colvin's lime-kilns,
already given. Hence the formation shows a dip back to
the west, leaving but a narrow belt of Waterlime.
Passing down Mill Creek from the bridge near Bean's quarry a
quarter of a mile, no rock is visible in the banks, which are
of drift and about fifteen feet high. Fragments,
however, lie about, which belong to the Delhi beds and to the
bluish stone directly below them. About twenty rods
still further down, the Waterlime appears in the bed of the
creek. (43) |
The Scioto Lime and
Stone Company
The plant of the Scioto Lime and Stone Company is located
near Delaware, Ohio, and is connected with the Big Four
Railroad by a siding. This plant is one of recent
construction, having been built entirely new since the Report
of 1888 on the Lime Industry. This plant was begin in
1899 by James Reaney, Jr. and Francis Starr, by the opening of
a quarry and the construction of three kilns. In 1901
two more kilns were added, and in 1902 Mr. Reaney purchased
Mr. Starr's interest and Mr. H.E. Kendrick became treasurer
and manager of that company and still remains in that
capacity. In 1903 three more kilns were added, making it
today an eight-kiln plant. As the plans will show, the
kilns in use at this plant are of oblong section, with four
furnaces to a kiln, with rather short stacks. The fuel economy
shown by these kilns is about the average for coal and natural
draft. The kiln capacity, as shown by the daily record,
is rather above the average. This is the only plant manufacturing
high-calcium lime, which is illustrated in detail. In
1905 this plant was equipped with the American Hydrating
Company's machinery, which gives them a a capacity of six to
eight tons per hour of hydrated lime. In 1906 steel
storage bins with steel covers and steel encased conveyors
were installed. The bins have a capacity of about one hundred
and fifty tons, while the total storage capacity of hydrated
lime is about twenty-five cars. As in indicated on the
plan, the coal for the kilns comes in on one side and is
delivered from a rack on a level with the firing floor, while
the finished product is delivered on the opposite side to
tracks at a convenient loading level. This plant has its
cooperage storage, and cooperage shop, adjacent to the main
plant. The management contemplates the installation of a
crusher to take care of materials too small for the
kiln. The product manufactured is as high or higher in
calcium oxide as any produced in the state. In
consequence it is hot and quick slaking. (44) |
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