Field Notebook: Texas 1924, 1925
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Dallas, March 28-1926 The auto of the Bureau of Economic Geology Univ. of Texas, with Dr. Lindsdale as chauffeur, was ready to start at 7.30 for Austin. We have 200 miles to go and the day is dark and cold. From after starting it rained enough to make the roads slippery, and are four three cars in the ditches of the road. From Dallas we go Smith to Orridlothian, Grandview, Itasca, West to Draco. We have had lunch at 12.15 and by 1 P.M. we are off again for Temple and at 3.15 we are at the extensive road metal quarries of the Santa Fe R.R. about 1/2 miles N.W. of Baylor College (in first) at Belton. We came here to see the audited layer at the base of the quarry. It is white nap, but a orange-coated cragging grain of a audited like lepty ochreolite. I had no hammer and two cars near us earned make no good collection. I have enough to show the nature of the point. A close associated layer rather shaly had many schistoids. The Caprina-like shells came from a zone about 10 feet higher. Fully aware of this quarry has once a bed of these audistics. At 5 P.M. we are off for Geaferton, Roundrock, and Austin where I arrived at 8 P.M.