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have come from the north, somewhere near Natural
Bridge-Pine, and north end of Magatgal Mts,
The following Pioneer formation is essentially
a quartzite series, and lies with a sharp contact on
the Scandm. It is at first a coarse quartzite, 30
f[illegible] thick. The next 140 f[illegible] has some shale
and the rest [illegible] fine grained quartzite. Very little ripples,
then the 700-800 feet of interlaced diabase.
Rare Pioneers above.
Barnes conglomerate is a quartzite with lots
of pebbles; none over 4 inches across.
Dripping Spring quartzites is a laminated and
corn bedded series
The points with the Apache Lodge des Min.
little that of Bridg Hill,
Of Dermian Springs we saw none. Sep, 27.
The lake is very low, about 50 feet below high
water. The dam across Salt River gorge is only 700
feet across at the top, but is 300 feet high. It holds
rock about 26 square miles of water. Across the
lake to the N.E., is a quartz series of E. dipping to
the S.E. The evening comes from the lodge E. is a
fine one. And the lake shore range for Arizona.
We are stopping at the Apache Lodge a
travest hotel but [illegible] for pretensions. Run by J.P.R.R.