200 KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
not so regular in form, it being much longer than broad. To the west we can 
see nothing but similar mountains. Being limited for time, we visited but the 
two mountains. 
The following is a section made from the ‘‘ North Peak,” on the east slope: 
37. On the summit of the mountain soil is found five or six feet in thickness, and in this 
were growing a dozen or more species of Western flora.. .... 2.2... ..2-2- cence cece eee +6 196 
36. Under the soil is a cap of white gypsum rock which is found in both of the moun- 
tains visited, and probably accounts for the erosion having taken place asithas.. 10 186 
5 MBlue clays:'- 28. cae con oe end a a4 bop ee await na nn eoiee meme ean sy pice t= alain a eres 2 184 
34. Red clays, with layers of gypsum and Sandstone ..........02 scenes cece eee eee teen teens 10 174 
33. Clay and SyPSUM...........00 cece cee cece cece cece cen nes ceenen nepenstecesccces sees cess cane 2 172 
92) Clayish; red :Rangetone)ls<- ccc acnecoc cn aewsiene be ciasmiciseestse s ceieeidms aieseisinh ena aie ete 10 162 
Si ‘Rediclay, containing stripes OF DIUG\.<.).. cores coe cee ccws oe cunvieciac’evisile ve n'pe cu nah elarinG 6 156 
30.4 Shaly sandstones: et sacscueta cau ceiees tai cousehe celta cSt ab a eeeehkves eae rekadsaedsnare 2 154 
OO Red clayigsnee ac cs duccetec ec wee see ne ocics (sake bones wis cls ample Wace an piste tia a ete seis eoeteia tears 5 149 
28) Shaly sandstones: fo..2t le ceassace watorea ccs stoi eae oh dota tin nn nweiaenln Ce aniad cateatn aero Seams 2 147 
271. Red clay, containing PYPSUR? 6 vc <a cekan~ a cicchbhoe\scesies sie cues isivn vu = ee ewiauineetipeselstienicsier 30 117 
26: ‘Gypsnm TOCK..scccns vccsisaonhantat votre ce bane Moe Ddate nen uth alan cikeh nine MA enemies eis Paieee 1 116 
os: Radiclay, containing SYPsUM 2. sc. ac .se. case eone.c cee sus cues saceicecs Daren bnaienee ces ae etn mee 
24. Gypsum in thin layer. 
O35: HOG: CLAY ooo. ccsk a cosy nate os bina cabieiua.s diictainc® m Sipisthcaiteie ew alti ela ah pue nik aitast ins te itn eee ieee 5 81 
22. Gypsum like No. 24. 
Dice ROGADIAY’ , nubon a aces eek he cate cictg ete Ae 5 op eet § Sabie ae wale samaeh st gees | ee 
OO Bie mays t5s sa neh eekce nanan sean cUn<cm pone eee bes huwe wiaeaet skye un wan erie ls 
19. Red clay containing gypsum 
18. Thin layer of gypsum. 
UTS RO CLAY’. siicciccicnwe cw cn aac Oooe Sone ae es Sic anna eat NEE) CEN O aes wdad va naanes banaue cee eee 4 66 
os Gypsum like No. 18. 
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Peet clady fre ie teeves ore 4 62 
. Blueclay striped with red.. cat) VaeOUE 
ROCIO LEG. cecil bole lee tro oll x clcté-oid uid nie'eirw mica iiamiiach eins eo ex ana wota\e'e gin cee ec 6 54 
. Thin layer of gypsum. 
11) 4Bine clay. blandinia With OG: coe scccna samme Sees ianebe)pene dle nbbinWakab aaswsiyemnlvaedtas om 4 50 
10. Gypsum layer, like No. 12. 
DO, Moria ele icccw ta docs kewl awh aces aus yo mh! aia'e Sum 2 eleanor Re nn Races woe ne were 10 40 
8. Gypsum like No. 12. 
ett ROCCE cece creed ee the See hs wan awe Ree al peca le bic ia a alhat atest nie ao aK alnn hats eel eee 5 3 
6. Gypsum like No, 12. 
Be ROC Cla Gites «nee ee b a cURe vane sane noe tiad clue cup eewe sap Meelian dilelcaan se sannins ain i aciiae ater 5 630 
4. Gypsum like No, 12. 
Bo RGN Glens... Wise ac naculenanithn sue ce RE EU RUS eans Kanal Wasmiks's cakes tele iar was tale mh neem tam 4 26 
D.. Blue alegi i. ik cawawesuneiacne ea paekeanet cece sbi neeniceiaa tak duwia4h Uh bin daar fo'ee 0 eacione mama 2 2% 
1, Red clay and covered slope of the plain. ..... 0... cc. cece cece caves ccnces secs scccer cues +40 0 
Comparing this section with sections made by Professor Prosser in the ‘‘ Cre- 
taceous-Comanche Series of Kansas,’’* from the Medicine Lodge regions, I con- 
clude that the formation is very similar to that found about Medicine Lodge, 
Kan. 
KANSAS MINES AND MINERALS. 
BY G. P. GRIMSLEY, WASHBURN COLLEGE, TOPEKA. 
A lecture delivered before the Academy, at Topeka, December 28, 1900. 
Industry and painstaking patience have changed the grass-covered, open 
prairies of Kansas into a land of waving wheat and corn, which yield their annual 
harvests of golden grain. Fertile soil, rain and bright sunshine have in this 
area solved the problem of the ancient alchemists and have converted earth into 
gold. Here the cow, steer, hog and ‘‘helpful hen’’ have found a congenial home, 
and have added their quota to the wealth of the state, helping to usher in the 
reign of prosperity for Kansas. This surface wealth is clearly seen, and attracts 
the attention of the stranger within our gates as well as the home-loving native. 
The agricultural story is told over and over again, always with added interest ; 
but the wealth below the reach of the light of day, gathered by the steel fingers 
of the pick and drill—the hidden treasures —is too much overlooked, even by our 
own citizens; so it is no wonder that this storehouse below the soil is almost an 
unknown factor to the people outside our borders. 
* Univ. Geol. Surv. of Kansas, vol. II. 
