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August 20, Hankes Bay, Dumfries co. nts.
In the forenoon Clenlar walked a short distance along the south shore of Hankes Bay to see if any of these sandstones are like those seen of Tonewt River. He concluded that they are not the same.
Then he walked north of camp along the east shore for a half mile and saw my button li. he estimate the thickness to be between 10 and 15 feet.
This li goes to the further northeast point of the bay where it is dipping 2 N, 75 W.
" The intervening distance of 3/8 miles to the south of East River b^ lows and sandy shore north of a small exposure of impure then bedded and fractured sandstone of which the dip is very slight.
At the nine o'clock occurs light-gray quartzite in beds 2 to 12 inches thick dipping 2 N, 70 W. Within a few yards the beds are horizontal and then dip slightly in the opposite direction. The extent of the nine for near 5 miles.
The strata gently undulate with lar dips first one way and then the opposite so that one sees the same strata several times.
The total section seen is as follows:-
5 fully white quartzite
10 thin bedded impure and purty sandstone
6 sandy ss, much nippel
4 red ss. in layers 6 inches to 1 foot thick
3 greenish gray ss.
20 White quartzite
5 shale interbedded with thin bedded ss.
10 white quartzite, some bedded and nippel