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[[a line runs down the left side of this page]] [[underline]]Aug. 22, 1913 - Fri.[[/underline]] Left ˄[[Coon Rapids]] at 6 am for Deadham. Elevation of depot at Coon Rapids = 1115 First cut out is the sandy cut. The 2nd cut shows S. side [[image - of strata with annotations "7 ft with older yellow loess, oxidized band, Kansan drift. Very calcareous. 8-10 ft."]] The N. side is similar, but Kansan ^[[drift]] = 15 ft. [strikethrough]] or more [[/strikethrough]] Oxidized ferretto is [[thicker?]] on loess about five feet. The ferretto has small boulders and pebbles in upper line. Found no fossils here. At 3rd cut. RR = 1128 and top of E. section = 1148. On return 1120 and 1141, respectively. [[end page]] [[start page]] East section of cut 3. W. of Coon Rapids. S. side. The fossils were on the E. slope of a ravine. [[image - of strata with annotations: "brownish loess 2-3 ft.; fossils; Heavier yellow loess, very fossiliferous; [[unreadable strikethrough. An arching line is drawn from "Heavier loess" to a point on the right side of the image, labelled "70 paces"]]; 6ft.; slump Kansas drift"]] This cut begins 75 yds. E. of ^[[W. line of]] sec. 28, Union Twp & extends N. of West. It is double, a sort of sag dividing it into two parts. The loess is especially fossiliferous in the upper part,just under the brown layer, - about upper 1/3 of loess proper. [[end page]]