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Jerome, Arizona, Tuesday April 7-1925
left up late, and rested all morning at the
hotel writing of the previous days work.
From the roof of Hotel Jerome one gets a confused view of
the country to the east and northeast. In the distance the high
in the lower half (north) & lower third (east).
rims conspicuous red cliffs on the Lubar, above the edge
of the Plateau stones the high snow crowned San Francisco
volcanoes are farther to the west the lower Bill Williams
Rt. Below the rim and much nearer Jerome, both on
the east and west side of the Verde River are the Tertiary
"lake beds", rather large depressions having gypsum.
Back of Jerome, to the west, Black Hills is
capped with Paleogene limestones (Clw. and Min.), terraced
which in the "Tapeats sometime". It rests on the Archeozoic
schists and dolerite. Just east of Jerome are the Paleogene
limestones dropped 1300 feet, or the Black Hills are raised
that amount.
See the 12 postals and pictures purchased of the Highgrade
Art Studio of the scenery about Jerome.