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The flow of money into the Waddingham's
Cafe has taken them away from Fossil, then
it is all gone they are of an return.
Aug 31 Thursday,
In the region about Opal the strata are horizontal
in low hills. They are made up of soft greenish
shale with occasional hard Waddingham material
probably SS. Farther on where the strata come
like various tilted and much SS prevails. From
Hansford Red SS dips at 20° appears and at
Kemmerton coal is mined, the dip there seem
s to indicate that the coal lies underneath the
Fossil hills. Towards Branyan the Opal hills
continue only in low hills with occasional
red tinge. The same greenish or light bluish beds
continue to Green River where in the "Toll Sots" they
underlie the top dark brown etams SS.
This morning before dawn time took a hasty
survey of the high hill to the east of Fossil. There were
the Waddingham quarries.