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stratified [[insertion]] ^ yellow [[/insertion]] & somewhat cross-bedded about 10-12 ft exposed. There are silty bands in it (narrow). There are white lime nodules in it - soft. Also fragments of shells. Alternating coarser lines of sand. Above the sand is a layer of coarse gravel & small boulders - more or less cemented, & unconformable. One part = [[image: pencil sketch of rock strata]] [[image captions]] stripped Fine sand Pebbles, etc. Pebbles & boulders Sand [[/image captions] There are small boulders with the pebbles, [[end page]] [[start page]] 137 occasionally pebbles appear in sandy part throughout the upper gravelly belt is irregular, but runs about 2 - 3 ft. Above it is a sandy brown (& at top black) loam, about 2 - 3 ft. This [[insertion]] ^ pit [[/insertion]] is part way up the slope, & probably 40 - 50 ft. above the valley. [[image: pencil sketch map showing location of RR depot and sand pit in town]] [[image captions]] Ill. Cent depot N Ravine Sandy, with loess like top West Benefit str Pit N. & S. Gladdin str. Matheson Yellow loess Court str. Court House Just about 45 degrees. This is a real angle [[/image captions]]
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Reviewed. Edited image markup to make consistent in both first and second page. -@siobhanleachman