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In afternoon went out to North Riverside. At Stony point - just at bend of Big Sioux river readings were as follows: River level - 1200 Road -- 1220 Top of shale in bluff 1300 Loess - (top of) - 1335. The loess rests directly on the shale here, except that there is a heavy layer (probably Loveland, but yellow) about 1 ft. thick, grading into loess Great clouds of dust rise from ban of Missouri in distance. Top of highest point above (& E. of) cliff = 1425 [[line]] In Talbots: creek bottom = 1285 Top of Cretaceous shale = 1395 Top of loess hill NW. of Talbot's home = 1495 Top of next ridge - 1515 [[end page]] [[start page]] 61 Top of sand in Talbot's pit 1415 At top of exposure there are large boulders, - granite, Soo. Q. etc. The bank is here slumped more or less but above the sand - up 4 or 5 ft., I could see pebbles [[insertion]] & boulders [[/insertion]], with calcareous joint clay. This is clearly Kansan. The sand in the pit is sharp, ferruginous. The lower limit could not be under cut, but the sand can be from at least 20 or 25 ft. down. Base is slumped. Miss Ruth Richetts Melhurst Farm Box 143 Sioux City, Ia. There are other pits to S. Mr. Hardy has a pit near N. [[Ravine?]] (N. of [[Norlsting?]] Road)