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Castle Rock Area.
[Denver-Arapahoe vld Colo State map]
Stroud Whisenhunt. 197-R
Since 1916
Johnson's clay mine.
About 15'30' flat lying clay (0 to 25') Ten
foot limit for work. Over burden 10', don't
go over 25'
Mine leased by Denver Sewer Pipe for years, Johnson
inherited it and now mines it and sells it)
most to Denver Sewer Pipe
Clay body cut by rock channels, ss vcgl
white. The white replaces
redcl. Horses
white ss + cg1
clean
10' of lenses of micz rock
Clay chiefly yellow, sandy, red burning.
Some gray and some red locally
Clay bed varies. In cut following section
Overburden- 10'ft fine gravel & sand.
<white arkosic cal ss bits here
9.5't Chiefly yellow (at plastic, lower34'�) ft solid yellow. Then red streak 0.6 to 1.0
Then top part harder mottled lite grayish yellow #3
persistent brick
1.7 Mottled gray and red clay [sampled]
1.5 Micz rock
0.8 Gray, (lo) Silty clay
1.0 Nice rock
2 plus Dark gray Silly clay, with plant frags.
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