Part I. Report of progress in 1869, by J. S. Newberry, chief geologist. Part II. Report of progress in the second district, by E. B. Andrews, assist. geologist. Part III. Report on geology of Montgomery County, by Edward Orton, assist. geologist.

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building purposes, and yet, upon more careful examination, there will
doubtless be found portions of the formation of excellent quality.
A careful examination of the quarries in the Waverly group in Pike
county has not yet been made. Stone from the town of Waverly and
vicinity is extensively used for building purposes in all the cities and
towns on the Ohio Canal, at Chillicothe, Columbus, &c. A fine grained
stone from Pike county, of a very rich, dark yellow drab, has recently
been introduced into Columbus. The block of stores of Peter Hayden,
Esq., on Broad Street, has its front of this stone. For large buildings,
and especially for churches, this stone is admirably fitted to gratify the
tastes of those who prefer rich dark hues in eclesiastical architecture. A
stone from the Waverly group, quarried at Newark, of a lighter yellow and
much courser in texture, is also prized for building purposes. The new
Roman Catholic Cathedral at Columbus is being built of it.
Quarries are opened in the Waverly rocks in the Hocking valley. The
stratigraphical position of some of these quarries will be given hereafter.
The upper Waverly sandstones on the Ohio river section contain less
interstratified shales than the lower portion. The whole rock is generally
softer and of a more yellow color, due to the presence of iron. At many
points, the iron ore, a hematite, forms a coating on the sandstone two
or three inches think. We have here the dawn of the coming iron ore
period of the lower coal measures. The ore was nowhere seen of suitable thickness for practical use.
Direction of Vertical Joints.-In the bed of Stony run, four miles below Portsmouth, vertical planes appear with unusual distinctness, dividing the horizontal strata into rhomboidal blocks. Directions of joints,
N., 30 deg. E., and S., 82 deg. E.
In the Waverly, in the bed of Pond creek, one mile from the Ohio
Canal, vertical joints are very distinct, cutting the horizontal strata into
triangular, trapezoidal and rhomboidal blocks. Directions, N.,38 deg. W.,
N., 6 deg. W., N., 50 deg. E., N., 52 deg. E. and N., 70 deg. W.
In the Waverly just below the " 16 feet " or " Waverly black slate," on
Rocky Fork of Camp creek, Camp Creek township, Pike county, the
direction of joints is N. 32 deg. E. and N. 68 deg. W.
In the "Waverly black slate " at Patterson's quarry, below Rockville,
the directionisN. 50 deg. W. In the "Logan sandstone," (upper Waverly)
at Scott's Creek Falls, Hocking county, the direction of joints is N. 82
deg. E. Also, in the same, below the bridge, in the bed of Hocking
river, N. 86 deg. E.
Vertical joints in the upper Waverly, top of Springville hill, Ky., opposite Portsmouth, N. 81 deg. E.
The vertical joints in the fire clay at Taylor's quarry, three miles above
Portsmouth, N. 50 deg. E. This clay rests upon the top of the Waverly.
The hills along the Ohio river, in the Waverly formation, are very