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at the point of contact at the same angle but a short distance back it is reduced to 10 degrees west 23 degrees N.W. & soon assumes the horizontal position E. & W. with a slight dip to the north. [[sketch 1 - horizontal lines indicating strata]] Whether a fault exists to the west was not determined at date of writing Sept 9"1879.

Elevation of [[Lentiary?]] hill west of Cretaceous uplift [[strikethrough]]8450[[/strikethrough]] 8500. 1P.M. Sept 9". [[sketch 2 - hills and valleys showing their inclines]] E & W section south of P.C. uplift. 1 1/2 miles. [[end page]]

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A fault on synclinal is shown by sketches 1 & 2 taken 1 3/4 miles west of [[Lentiary?]] Hills. The strata of the [[Lentiary?]] ridge dip 23 degrees N.W. of the strata on the hills west 1 mile dip 5 N.E. The hills west are composed of limestone capped with sand & [[give?]] a section [[succumbed?]] as in the [[?]] bluffs to the east. The [[fault?]] passes down the valley west of the ridge & appears to trend to the westward lower down. Cutting the high [[Lentiary?]] ridge from the long valley side.

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