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W. sec. S. side Cut 3

[[image - sketch of cross section of soil strata]]
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[[top layer]]Brown loess 3 ft
[[middle layer]]Loess - yellow
[[bottom layer]]Drift 6 ft | 6ft | 6ft
[[base line of sketch:"a" at left end; (b) at right end of line, labeled "115 long"]]
[[strikethrough note at right of sketch with line to slope angle correction]] Slope too abrupt [[/strikethrough]]
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Buchanan gravel shows, following old surface, with two lines of boulders (small) 

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[[image - sketch of cross section of soil strata]]
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Part of cut 3
(see above)  loess
Buchanana  
11 paces 
Fossilif. 
Fossiliferous yellow loess } 2ft
To end of cut = 85 yds
oxidized
Rises 2 ft above base of cut 
cut is here 65 ft wide
115 paces (b) 2ft
Gray loess, mucky - with many iron tubes - fossils yellow, with iron tubes, clouding & bands & fossils
The (upper) yellow part, is divided in two by an oxidized belt 3-4 in wide -
Fossils appear above & below this.
On N. side at E. end the edge of blue muck is 12 ft [[underline]]above line [[/underline]]
Took only fossils from blue stuff on S. side.

Transcription Notes:
At bottom of page 1 I changed "inch two lines" to "with 2 lines"--thomasc