Saturday Sep. 6, 1907
Left Hand canyon
Started with Nellie Rust, Lillian McCracken and Mrs. Henderson at 8:10 for mouth of Left hand Canyon with team and surrey from Fields and Lucas’ stable. Took Red Hill road and reached Left Hand at 10:15. Fountain conglomerate and sandstone there several hundred feet thick and well exposed north of creek just above where we reached Left Hand . Chiefly hard, coarse red sandstones with bands of coarser conglomerates in places very rich dark red with white patches as if from leaching out of iron oxides. S of creek dip N. 63˚ E = 30˚ near contact and 38˚ near top of Fountain. N of creek Fountain exposure is 150 paces horizontal extent E and W with dip 30 to 40 degrees easterly. Formation strongly arkose, with some traces of