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[[stamped]] 0412 [[/stamped]] July 25 Visited Canyon of Horse Camp reached 18 miles S of Alamogordo, 7 miles S of Valmont, then go east about 13 miles to Horse Camp. About 3 miles ENE of Horse Camp in arroyo just W of road and about 20 - 40' below Abo contact is ledge of limestone abounding in small brachiopods particularly cryptacanthia (or Glossothyropsis). This would be about the highest Pennsylvanian in this canyon although green Abo-type sandstone occurs about 50' below the fossil ledge. Just above the Cryptacanthia ledge occurs a layer abounding in Kozlowskia. Just about 1/2 mile west of the Horse Camp is a knob with a prominent ledge of [[margin]] Jy 25' [[/margin]] limestone containing abundant snails and some productids, the latter mostly crushed. Pictures 1-3 - Guadalupe 4 - Percha at Bear Mtn 5 - Indian Wells Canyon from City 6 - Indian Wells Reef 7 - Indian Wells Reef 8 - Indian Wells Devonian 9 - Indian Wells Devonian 10 - Cryptacanthia ledge 11 - Dev. Rhodes Pass. 12 - Salinas Peak, San Andres Mtns.