Brick was formerly made at Geneva, and at a point about 2 ½ miles east of that place. At Geneva the clay was taken from the bank of Allen creek, about 18 inches below the surface. It was a drift clay, with small pebbles. That used 2 ½ miles east of Geneva was of the same kind. In both places sand had to be mixed with the clay. About Geneva sand is abundant, taken from the gravel and sand knolls, and from the banks of the creek. (The Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, The Third Annual Report, For The Year 1874, N. H. Winchell, St. Paul Press Company, St. Paul, 1875, Page 164)