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Some of the upper sand & gravel is very ferruginous.
Kansan shows all along bluffs S.
Sand & gravel (mostly very ferruginous) also show in several places - rather low down (evidently under Kansan.
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In the pit in sec. 13.[[overwritten]] 8 [[/overwritten]] up [[insertion]] A.K. Guthridge [[/insertion]] 
to 1035 a very regularly stratified sand runs
The stripping above shows 15 ft of typical bluish, red streaked Kansan with a few pebbles & some lime.
At 1010 there is a sharply set of gray silty layers with nodules. (see sample)
This crumbles about like ashes.  In places fine jointed, at least 6 ft. exposed.

All along S. where road runs low thin whitish layer is exposed & at lowest point at least 18 ft. exposed, [[underline]] with fine sand [[/underline]] under it at very foot of

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bank here on lowest river bottom
Reading at Base = 1000
Some of the upper part is here sandy.
In SE. NE 1/4 of same section another pit - sand & gravel. (sand & stone)
Belongs to A. H. Fisher
Finer sand than in Guthridge.
The Fisher pit is higher than Guthridge pit.
Under gravel there is a hard layer.
Another pit in SE 1/4 same sec. This is Walling pit.
The coarse mixed bouldery gravel runs up to 1100.
The pit has 20[[overwritten]] 5 [[/overwritten]] ft exposed
The upper part has streaks of the gray silt mixed with pebbles - limey.
The ferruginous (very) sand begins 4 to 5 below top
The material is well cross-bedded & there are here & there streaks of MNO[[subscript]]2[[/subscript]]