59.1-59.3 Ascending Fort Hays Escarpment. Codell Sandstone Member of Carlile Shale, exposed in ditches at 59.2, consists of soft argillaceous siltstone. Ex- tensively burrowed chalky limestone in ditch on left at 59.3 is basal part of Fort Hays Limestone Member of Niobrara Chalk. 60.1 Fort Hays Member exposed on both sides of road. 60.2 Codell-Fort Hays contact exposed in pasture on right. 60.3 Large septarian concretions in pasture on right are in upper part of Blue Hill Shale Member of Carlile Shale. 60.4 View across Sweetwater Canyon toward Fort Hays Escarpment at 11 o'clock. 60.7 Blue Hill, Codell, and Fort Hays exposed in pasture on right. View left to Fort Hays Escarpment. 61.0 Small hill in pasture on left is slump block capped by limestone of the Fort Hays. 61.2 Zone of grayish-orange to dark-yellowish-orange septarian concretions is in middle part of Blue Hill Shale Member. 61.4 Steep hill shortly west of road capped by limestone of the Fort Hays showing normal lithology at south end and on flanks of hill. Steeply south-dipping limestone at north end of hill apparently has been altered by ground-water action. Anomalous dip has resulted from slump-block tilt and/or frost action. 62.0 Crossing stream in Sweetwater Canyon. Bench on right underlain by Fairport Chalk Member of Carlile Shale and thinly veneered by loesslike silt. Fresh exposure of Fairport at left rear (7 o'clock). 62.3 View ahead across Saline River valley to bluffs on north side of valley. Good view of Fort Hays Escarpment at 10 o'clock. 62.5 Crossroad at Blue Hill School. 62.6 Weathered Fairport exposed in Sweetwater Canyon on right. 63.1 Weathered Fairport exposed in roadside ditch on right. 63.9 Middle part of Fairport exposed in roadside ditch on right. Inoceramus, Ostrea, Stramentum. 64.7 Middle part of Fairport exposed in small canyon on right. Inoceramus, Ostrea, reptile bones near road. 64.9 Cattle guard on left. Turn left (west) into pasture and follow lease road. Fort Hays Escarpment straight ahead. Blue Hill Shale Member of Carlile is approximately 215 feet thick in this bluff. 65.9 Cattle guard and gate. Pull onto faint trail on right just past cattle guard. STOP 3. Turn around and retrace lease road to county road. 66.9 Cattle guard, turn left (north) on county road. 67.3 Roadcut and stream bank on right exposing section from upper part of Jetmore to lower part of Fairport. Note ditch on hillside to left where Fencepost limestone was quarried. 67.4 Crossing Saline River. 68.5 Crossroad, proceed straight ahead. 69.0 Weathered Blue Hill Shale Member exposed in roadside ditch on right. 69.2-69.4 High-level terrace gravel exposed in roadcuts. Weathered Fairport exposed in ditch at north end of cuts. 34