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Tuesday July 14-91
Left Minneapolis train for
Bemidji, Minn. 6.30 P.M.
Arrived in Bemidji 4 A.M.
Wednesday July 15-91
Spent the day in four quarries about
one mile to the South East of [illegible]
in the upper member of the Salina
formation. The country is almost flat
in this region and therefore the quarries
are below the general surface of the
surrounding land. The beds seen
cannot exceed ten feet. The upper,
most layers are very phaly, somewhat
sandy, rapidly decomposing when exposed
and of a light yellow color with
greenish spots. Fossils rather common
but not well preserved, owing to the