This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
Visited farm of Wm. Savage Hamburg, Ia W. of Riverton (-near W. line of sec. 23 _T_ 68 RxLII The two specimens of teeth are Elephas - Smaller tooth shows 11 1/2 (or nearly 12) plates in 4 inches. 7 plates in 2 1/2 inches [[image - oblong molar]] material is heavy - + typical Aftonian 2 1/8 in [[image - side view of molar]] [[text superimposed over image]] 5 1/2 in [[length]] 3 1/2 in [[height denoted with line with arrows]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 157 Larger tooth 5 plates in 1 3/8 in This is larger, broken & heavy. Not in good shape for identification. Both were found loose in creek. In deep bed of creek there is a bed of gravel & what appears to be heavy dark silt with sand streaks - Above loess & silty stuff. This deep creek-gully needs investigation. Returned to Hamburg and took train for Langdon and then went by the funny little plug to Rockfort Put up at Hotel Southern [[strikethrough]] took [[/strikethrough]] There is much blue loess (thick) with iron tubes) shown along road to Sidney.