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Tuesday Aug. 26, continued
and 10' long; still another several feet long and of which
I have two pieces. One supports the trunk of a tree fern, and
another was hollow with the cavity filled with crystals.
Looked hard for fossils and saw but one small piece
of a ferrosity of Devonian character. This was just above red core,
colors extend to [illegible] and East.
These strata stand on end ranging in dip from 40-75 deg. S
N.50E. (strike N,30W.). These are clearly the northern limb of an
anticline with the arch to the S and the syncline to the N; namely
Malvoy. See to sketch to left.
Beneath the above cphs. are about 75' of a brick-red muddy
ss with green stains (due to percolating waters) and goes 4 or more
feet the cyl. (see sample). Also goes off