260 KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



GEOLOGY. 



The geology is similar to that of Atchison and Leavenworth counties. The 

 bedrock, limestone, or shale, is of the coal measure .period, and the cap of 

 Icess and the lower gravels and boulders are of the ice age. It was intended 

 to have given all the river counties as full treatment as that given to Leaven- 

 worth county, but lack of means made this impossible, and Doniphan county 

 is onljj^ mentioned to show that a good intention has not been carried out, and 

 to suggest that, if a state survey were set on foot, this fruitful corner of Kan- 

 sas would have the attention that its position as a river county demands. 



In view of the fact that the elevations above sea level of Kansas City, 

 Leavenworth, apd Atchison, are usually given as those of the railways that 

 skirt the river, the following table showing elevations inland for comparison, 

 will be of interest: 



ELEVATIONS ABOVE SEA LEVEL. 



Riverside elevations: 



White Cloud 848 ft. 



Atchison 795 ft. 



Leavenworth 766 ft. 



Kansas City, Kan 750 ft. 



Kansas City, Mo 750 ft. 



Argentine 750 ft. 



Armstrong 757 ft. 



Bonner Springs 786 ft. 



Linwood 791 ft. 



Inland elevations: 



Severance 904 ft. 



Troy 1,097 ft. 



Effingham 1,137 ft. 



Pleasant Ridge 1,082 ft. 



Leavenworth waterworks 1,120 ft. 



Piper 976 ft. 



Bethel ". 1,017 ft. 



