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The Fox Hills.
July 22 Saturday. Camp II.
Got out at 5 and have breakfast at 6.
Started away from Alkali Camp at 8. Drove
3 miles on the way and arrived at
Copper Creek Camp at noon. Distance good
about 10 miles from here to 8.
All the hills in this region are of
Fox Hills formation which have been flaked
down and covered with a layer of
granite and quartz boulders of considerable
size. On the Fox Hills near down the
boulder layer come all the slopes. At
first I thought the boulders had been
deprised with the Fox Hills sandstone
but further observation and consideration
did not uphold this.
Today and also yesterday we saw two
lakes (St James) which appear to be sinks
Col Knight says that the St. James lake
is a good camping spot, but hides the area.