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[[insertion]] [[underlined]] Cut 186 [[/underlined]] [[/insertion]]
On W. face of same ridge drift appears at base [[insertion]] (= 185 a) [[/insertion]]
[[line indicating insertion]] [[circled]] On S. side SW of 4-81-37 [[/circled]] [[/insertion]] Next ridge, slope facing E., a short distance W. Shows drift well up, a gray streak & a cap of yellow loess, much less than before.
[[insertion]] This is only another. It is yellow. A gray streak below. [[/insertion]]
A gray loess well exposed well down on slope, about 3 ft exposed on N. side. Rest overgrown.
This cut runs 7-8ft.

Fossils are scattered through lower part of yellow, - not many.
nodules are mostly rounded & rather large, but many smaller ones appear near top of ridge (the yellow loess & nodules & shells)

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[[underlined]] Cut 187 [[/underlined]] - shows yellow loess
[[underlined]] Cut 188 [[/underlined]] - Shows drift & much yellow loess.
Loose sand appears in low ground near NE. cov. 7-81-37. 
[[underlined]] Cut 189 [[/underlined]] - a drift ridge
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[[underlined]] Cut 190 [[/underlined]] Drift; ferretto (clayey); gray loess; yellow loess well down.
 Loess higher to N. 
Hills along E. side of secs : 12 & 13 show much loess (yellow)
[[underlined]] Cut 191 [[/underlined]] - Drift
[[underlined]] Cut 192 [[/underlined]] - Drift high up, & yellow loess. 
A small cut shows drift (low).
[[insertion]] [[underlined]] Cut 193 [[/underlined]] [[/insertion]]
[[underlined]] N. line of NW NE.23-81-38.[[/underlined]] 
1/3 of way up on N. side
Slope facing East.
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Reddish, crumbly. Not loess (?)
1 ft of yellow joint clay crumbles
[[underlined]] Yellow loess (?) NO!) [[/underlined]]
Gray joint clay with iron tubes.
4-6 ft
Red muck
The gray is [[low?]]. See sample.
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[[insertion]] Cut 193 (a) Faces W. shows gray & reddish muck. [[/insertion]]