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Alpine, Monday April 5-1926
Started out at 8.15 A.M. for the ammite loc.
in the upper Sapbank 5 miles N.E. of Dolfcamp.
The [ammitite line] is 60' or below the second thicl limestone gone
or about 330 far beneath the tip of the upper
Sapbank, but at this place the upper 250 feet
are thiner out here present at Dolfcamp. The sec-
[illegible]
in only as follows.
Apparenty eroded away
at Dolfcamp
Upper thicl Li.
50 furl thicks
Dipth Li and
Shales
about 200'
Lower thicl Li 20'
Difth Li. and 130'
Shales. Have a
few fossils found
have not seen
[illegible]
Ammite gone 60 far
below the second Li.
This ammitite loc. is
at base Thicl m Sher.
Quadrangle marked 4752
pm Marathon
Then started for Sapbank. When out 23.4 miles
[illegible] the road one up a hill that has
tilted Tsonus helms. Here I saw the same eastward
trail that intersected from mile W. of Marathon
on the S.P.R.R. The Tsonus here strikes S.60E,
and dips 40°S.W. Oradizing the Tsonus is a
limestone series that has Lower Sapbank foris