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On N. side of the ridge which ends in Sioux Q ledges there is a large spring, - quite a stream running from it. 4 or 5 rods up the hollow SW. of house numerous springs come out from under Kansan (typical, bluish, rusty in places, pebbly , with some boulders. There is sand in the creek bed. A fine exposure on S. side, which is on N. side of ridge ending in Soo Q. ledges, shows [[image - pencil sketch of geologic layers - the top 6 feet, an 8-12 inch layer below, resting on a 7 foot thick layer out of which water flows at the bottom]] [[image captions]] 6 ft. exposure. Sand & gravel boulder oxidized Typical bluish, jointed pebbly, somewhat calcareous Kansan Silt band - grayish & rusty 8-12 in Oxidized line Slumped 7 ft. sand, cross-bedded, somewhat coarse show in places, but mostly slumped. Water [[arrow]] In bed of creek is dark bench which may be Nebraskan. [[/image caption]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 11 Numerous springs appear above this from same slope. This is another spring a few rods S. are really not in main ridge. [[image - pencil sketch of a map of ridges with sedimentary layers labeled]] [[image captions]] S [[arrow pointing to top of page]] N Soo Q Soo Q Seapy Ridge (Kansan) Spring Kansan Fine exposure & spring Seapy Kansan House [[written upside down]] [[/image captions]] The Sioux Q. was evidently cut by valleys before drift came in. The Sioux Q ledges are about 25 ft above [[insertion]] big [[/insertion]] spring.
Transcription Notes:
rods - an old measurement of distance
Soo Q- author's abbreviation for Sioux Quartzite