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[[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.

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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.

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