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Fort Worth, Texas,
Saturday March 25-1922
At 9.30 called on Mr. Dr. C. Bean
of the Empire Co., and was with him until
1.45. Called on him again at 3.15.
Talked over underground geology of the
Bend series, and as to the Cretaceous
overlaps.
and manure
The Bend Arch is most decided in the
San Saba outcrops and then plunges
and flattens out to the north. Or the south
outcrop the Bend has a thickness of about
600 feet of which about 400 is Limestone,
on a line to the north, Fort Worth the thick-
ess is about 1600 feet, the greater portion of
which is Rock Shale though in most wells
the limestone is present in the lower part of the
series. The limestone is not persistent to
the south seeming only like shale towards
the east. Or the north end then sandstones
are added showing land to the E or N.E.