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the intruded slabs are much altered on each
side of the dikes. The dike is much altered into
a hard flinty iron chlorite material that
looks like the basalt of the dikes. The core
of the volcano is diorite. This crystalline
diorite flow
has raised of 200 to 300 feet the sedimentaries.
In the afternoon went on to Mt. Helena
Island to see the agglomerate. The basalt
in pushing upward ground up the original sedi-
mentaries, breaking it into are signs and wrapped
it into the basalt, or making the agglomerate.
In places the pieces are small and much al-
tered in return the pieces are larger. Black shale
fragments largely and especially towards where the dike
comes to the surface. In the area of the Sheldon
bay limestone the basalt is largely tinged with
dirt. The Sheldon bay limestone occurs in the
largest masses easily 20-feet in length but none of
it has been once or less broken and rolled upon
itself. This is especially more seen where weathering