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HANDY DITCH
Dry Creek Section.
Starts at top of Dakota, Cretous transition zone
just above,
16.0 20. Fine gr. to red thin beds.
bedding varing x-bed'd layers 3'
slightly argill albite & rarely saltehs
base'd clay shale.
13.7 20. Fine gr. hand measure in upper
part x-bed to unleg bed becoming
more argill downward, grades into
mud below. Bank grey to gray
with plant remains in lower 4'
20.0 visible & yes, argill, mucky beds a
few thin layers see in upper 4'
concretary zone 3'-4' -have loose layer
of this section is very sandy clayish
to argill too may be found at base
which is obscured.
DAK
GLEN 5.4 obscured, ponds, shell, gravel sand
8.6 siltsh, argill & alkly shale. Few
thin hand beds upper part, rest
clay ehty, with bone remains
of siltsh.