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(in valley is undescribed oyster oyster from Benton about 25 ft from gypsum) Niobrara l.s. ridge, about----------------------------------------------------------------- 40

((drawing in field book)) S of road found Dakota in place and reached Dakan ranch Dakan Ranch at 4 p.m., very tired and spent balance of day resting. Rained again.

Perry Park, Colo. Perry Park, Colorado, July 25, 1908 July 25, 1908 Up at 5 a.m. breakfast at 6 a.m. Another bright, hot morning. Dakan and I worked S from ranch, next to foothills. Formations badly broken, faulted and folded. At Bear Creek canyon Bear Creek Canyon, Colorado (Col. Hughes Country Pl.) measured a section as follows:

Granite---------- ft. Covered about---------------------------------------------------------------------------------15 Massive light gray s.s., very coarse---------------------------------------------------------29 Massive Red s.s.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 Thin bedded l.s., or fine grained calcareous s.s., with chert fossils about------------22 Pure white coarse s.s. with thin red bands to top of bluff.