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Title: Ohio archæological and historical quarterly
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society
Subjects: History Archaeology
Publisher: Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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n four feet in length, two feetwide and about fifteen inches in thickness. When first foundthe spar was perhaps a solid mass, but in time it became cracked,as shown in the cut. Fig. 8, with the exception of the centerwhich was removed intact. Heavy spar, varying in color fromlemon yellow to light blue is found in connection with work-shops and apparently is associated with the flint in many of thequarries. Its use by primitive man is not apparent, as no arti-facts made therefrom have been found in Ohio. Perhaps itsextreme weight attracted the attention of the primitive quarry-man. In all twenty-five different quarry sites were examined inthe vicinity of the cross-roads and no evidence was obtainedshowing that fire had been used as an agent in quarrying theflint. The examination was extended to the eastern end of theRidge in Muskingum County, where evidence of quarryingwas found upon the farm of Mr. James Boyer. Mr. Boyer,like many of his neighbors, is a progressive farmer and all were
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o i> fe 024) Flint Ridge. 125 anxious to assist our survey lU granting permission to examinequarry- sites on their respective farms, as well as by presentingspecimens of flint found in the region. On Mr. Boyers farm thequarrying is more extensive than anywhere in the vicinity. The.flint is a light gray in general color, very often mottled withsubdued gray and brown shading to dark brown. A quarry-site located in Mr. Boyers orchard was selectedand a space fourteen feet long and six feet wide was removedto the depth of six and one-half feet, where we found the origi-nal bed of flint. Of this, about one foot remained in the quarry,except at the south side, where the entire bed had been removed,apparently by the same method of quarrying as was employedat the cross-roads in Licking County. The general blocking outwas done at the quarry or along the hillside less than fifty feetaway. At no point on the spur of the hill where the orchardis located is there an outcrop of the flint. Apparen

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