26 25 Soil 69.5 Road junction, turn left (west) and descend to lower level alluvial terraces of Saline River. 70.3 Road curves to north. 70.4 Sand and gravel of lower alluvial terrace exposed in roadbank on right. 24 70.8 Road junction. Turn left (west). For next half a mile route crosses the lowest terrace of the Smoky Hill River. A low spot on the streamward edge of this terrace has been inundated by flood waters only once (1928) in the memory of the elderly owner of this property. 23 22 71.6 Terrace alluvium consisting of sand and gravel exposed in pit on left. 21 20 19 71.7 Terrace alluvium exposed in low roadcut on right. Note terrace surface on left. 71.9 Terrace alluvium exposed in bluffs on both sides of road. 18 0 Feet 72.0-72.2 Loessial soil in roadcut on right. High-level terrace alluvium exposed in pits at 10 o'clock. 17 72.7 Terrace alluvium exposed in roadcut on left. 16 9 AB+D 73.2 Crossing Saline River. Oil wells in vicinity are in Bemis-Shutts oil field. 15 73.4 Terrace alluvium exposed in roadcut. 14 73.6 Norman Cemetery on right. 13 75.1 Crossroad, proceed straight ahead on Saline Valley Road. 12 11 10 75.3 High-level terrace alluvium exposed in low roadcut. 9 75.5 Middle part of Fairport exposed in ditch north of culvert. 8 75.6 Exposure of high-level terrace alluvium. 75.7 High-level terrace alluvium exposed in small pit and roadcut on right. 75.8 View of low alluvial terrace ahead and to right. C3359 Flood plain on far right. 7 76.2 Lease road on left leading to Bemis oil field. Turn left onto Bemis Ranch. 6 76.3 Cattle guard. 76.8 Blue Hill Shale Member of Carlile exposed in gullies on right. Exposure of Fort Hays Limestone Member straight ahead caps slump block. 5 4 3 77.2 Cattle guard. 77.5 Wooden bridge. 2 77.6 "Y" in road. Turn right on secondary oil field road. Oil is produced here from Arbuckle, Simpson, and Kansas City-Lansing rocks. Initial production was in 1935. Shutts pool production, a short distance to the east, began in 1926. 77.8 STOP 4. Watch for rattlers! Figure 10.- Graphic column of rocks exposed at Stop 3, SW SW sec. 28, T 1l S, R 16 W, Ellis County, Kansas. Section measured by Donald E. Hattin and assistants, 1959. 35 GREEN- HORNLS.