Retrace lease road to Saline Valley Road. Junction of lease road and Saline Valley Road. Turn right (east) on latter. Proceed to crossroad at mileage 75.1 Crossroad. Turn left (north) across Saline River. Crossing Saline River flood plain (flooded in 1929, 1957). Ascending to level of high alluvial terrace. Loessial soil exposed in roadside ditch on right. Note pediment surface to right and left. Base of King Hill. STOP 5. Reboard bus at top of hill and retrace route to lease road at Bemis Ranch (mileage 76.2). Crossroad just south of bridge across Saline River. Turn right on Saline Valley Road. Lease road leading to Bemis oil field. Proceed straight ahead on Saline Valley Road through cut in loess on both sides of road and cross Saline River. View of modern flood plain of Saline River on both sides of road (flooded extensively in 1929 and 1957). Entrance to U-Bar (Bemis) Ranch (1883). Blue Hill shale overlain by high-level terrace alluvium in roadcuts. Pits in terrace alluvium on both sides of road. Crossing Saline River. View south to bluff exposing upper part of Blue Hill, Codell, and Fort Hays. Crossing Saline River. Crossing low terrace of Saline River. High-level terrace alluvium on left, south of hilltop. View ahead to low terrace. Descend from low terrace to flood plain. Cross Saline River. Terrace alluvium overlain by loess in cut on left just west of bridge. Crossing flood plain of Saline River. Crossing Saline River. Terrace alluvium in roadcut. Crossing low terrace of Saline River for next 0.6 mile. Junction of Saline Valley Road and U.S. Highway 183. Turn left (south) on U.S. 183. To north, where U.S. 183 ascends north bluff of Saline Valley, upper part of Blue Hill, Codell, and Fort Hays are exposed in deep roadcut. Figure 12.- Graphic column of rocks exposed at King Hill (Stop 5), NE sec. 3, T 11 S, R 17 W, Ellis County, Kansas. Sec- tion measured by Donald E. Hattin and assistants, 1959, 1961. 37