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50.7 Turn right at sign advertising Wycoff Service Station. Courthouse on left abandoned recently when seat of county government was moved to Oakley.
51.4 "T" intersection at east edge of Russell Springs. Turn left (north). Smoky Hill Chalk Member and terrace alluvium (gravel, sand, and silt) exposed in roadcuts on right for next 0.3 mile.
51.9 Turn right at bend in county road.
52.0 Loess exposed in low roadcut. For next 2.6 miles route crosses loess-mantled upland surface of High Plains.
54.7 Bridge across intermittent stream. Smoky Hill Member, overlain by alluvium and loess, exposed in roadcuts and road ditches.
55.6 Bridge. Alluvium and loess exposed in roadcuts.
56.8 Loess exposed in roadcut.
56.9 Smoky Hill Member, overlain by alluvial sand and gravel, exposed in roadcut. Note badlands in Smoky Hill Member approximately a quarter of a mile south of road.
57.0 Bridge.
57.2 Smoky Hill Member exposed in bluffs south of road.
58.9 Smoky Hill Member exposed in small quarry on left and in roadside ditch on right.
59.2 Loess exposed in roadside ditch on right.
61.1 Smoky Hill Member exposed in draw on both sides of road at bridge.
61.5 County road intersection. Turn left (north). Crossing loess-veneered upland surface of High Plains for several miles.
64.5 Bend in road. Turn right (east).
67.3 Crossroad. Proceed straight ahead.
71.3 Junction county road and U.S. Highway 83. Turn right (south) on U.S. 83.
73.7 Loess poorly exposed in roadcut on left.
74.2 Bridge. Loess exposed in roadcut just south of bridge.
74.7 Loess poorly exposed in roadcut.
75.3 Crest of hill. Valley of Smoky Hill River visible in distance. Loess exposed in cut on left.
76.5 Side trail on left. Smoky Hill Member exposed in draw on both sides of highway.
Figure 15.- Graphic column of rocks exposed at Goblin Hollow (Stop 7). E½ sec. 27, T 13 S, R 35 W, Logan County, Kansas. Section measured by Donald E. Hattin and Gary F. Stewart.
(Smiles on Twin Butte Cr.)
42 Excellent Smoky Hill exposures.