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Boulders & pebbles are abundant in Kansan. The sand is cross-bedded & about 8 ft exposed is light colored, little oxidized-
The Nebraskan (?) boulders are very abundant.

Took two samples of Nebraskan(?) boulders.

From this side the Coleman pit looks a little lower than Bretcher pit.

Coarser ferruginous gravel appears lower down in a gutter (10 or 12 ft. below top of sand)

Last reading
top of high pit E. of Nacy's
=1430

At 1265 ft going down there is (E. of Nacy's in

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Dennison's) a spring coming out of sand layer - Kansan in banks above.
Sand in banks rises at least 10 ft. higher This seems to rest directly on a bluish shale.

The shale is 18 ft. higher than spring.

Top of shale reads 1275

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Sand & gravel
Shale
Spring
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Top of shale cliff N. of Nacy's home = 1250.
This is at old quarry.
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Above this, up slope, at 1270 there is a little pit open - ferruginous sand.  This is probably near top, as Kansan