554 



INDEX. 



Lafayette coal district, description of 365-3G6 



Lafayette trough, features of 126 



Lake terraces iu the Plains region 9 



Lakes formed in post- Arapahoe time, locations of. . - 32-33 



Lakes, A., acknowledgments to xxi 



cited 12 



fossil plants collected by 226, 467, 4G8, 486, 489 



Laosaurus, restoration of 536 



Laramie formation, characters of 28 29, 7J-77 



coal beds of 74 



local alteration of 74-75 



fossils of 77, 78-79 



outcrops near Golden, Colo 89 



line between Arapahoe and 146,212 



thickness of 147 



line between Denver and 146,245 



stratigraphic break between Arapahoe and 212 



coal beds of 317-465 



section of lower division of , 346 



water-bearing strata in 406-407, 423-425 



Laramie period, orographic movement at close of 29-31 



plants of 471-473 



Le Conte, J\ L., cited 156, 400 



Lesquereux, L., fossil plants determined by 50, 



222-223,466,468 



cited 157,467,469 



Leyden coalmine, description of 338-339 



Limestones, descriptions of 66, 69 



analysis of 67 



Livingston formation of Montana, description of 220-222 



fossils of 221-222 



Loess, character, divisions, and origin of 41-42, 



258-26G. 274-278 



economic value of 272-273 



water content of 273 



analyses of 263 



fossils of 264 



erosion of 266-269 



thickness of 275-276 



Louisi ille, Colo., cross-section at 125 



coal district at 364-365 



fault near 139 



Love hind coalmine, description of 335 



l.vns, i JolO., stone quarries at 396-397 



M. 



Macelognathus, figure of remains of 507 



Mammals, Jurassic, figures of remains of 508 



Manitou building stone, occurrence and character of. 



Margerie (do) and Heim, cited 



Marquis artesian well, Denver, description of 



< ' . , cited 23, 26, 31, 34, 39, 60, 77 



\ ertehrate remains identified by 226-233 



detailed account of vertebrate fossils by 



Marshall coal mines, description of 



Marshal] district, coal of 



Bection of coal measures in 346 



Marshall subsystem of faults, description of 120-133 



Marshall, Murphy, and Golden coalmines, product of 317 



Marvin,-, A. R., cited 12, 157,158,214,281,285,332 



Mastodon, restoration of 550 



McGeo, W. J., cited 274 



Mi ohippus, figures of remains of 524 



Mesozoic formations, structure of 7:t-i50 



394 



117 



440, 458 



lm:;, 250 



24 1 , 242 

 17.; 550 

 347 350 

 345 350 



Page. 



Mesozoic geology, description of 51-150 



Middle Park beds, plant remains of 215 



description of 214-216 



Milwaukee Brewery, Denver, description of artesian 



well at 434,453 



Mitchell coal district, description of 366 



Mite hell trough features of 126-127 



Montana formation, features of 28 



outcrops near Golden, Colo 87-89 



Montana group (Pierre+ Fox Hills), character of 68-72 



Monument Creek formation, character, age, relations, 

 and life of 38-39, 146, 149- 1 50, 252-254 



line between older formations and 146 



relation bet ween Den ver and 1 49- 150 



Morosaurus, description of 496-498 



Morrison, Colo., section at 52 



vertebrate fossils from near 526 



Morrison formation, age and characters of 22-23 



description of . 6U-G2 



Mountain topography, character of 2-5 



Mount Carbon district, coal of 329-331 



Mullen artesian well, description of 434,453 



Murphy coalmine, product of 317 



Murphy Creek, Denver and Laramie beds on 195-196 



N. 



Nanosaurus, description of 483-485 



Newberry, J. S., cited 60 



fossil plants examined by 223 



Newell, F. H., cited 404 



Newlin Gulch placers, description of 270-272 



New White Ash coal mine, description of 335-336 



Niobrara formation, description of 66-68, 107 



fuss i Is of 08, 78-79 



outcrops near (J olden, Colo 87 



North Boulder faults, description of 136-137 



North Table Mountain, vertical section ;it 157 



topography and rocks of 170, 287-288 



O. 



Oakes artesian well, description of 432,450 



Odontornithes, figures of remains of 540 



Ohio Creek formation, description of 219 



Old White Ash coal mine, description of 335 



Oracodon, figures of remains of 521 



Ornithoinimus, description of 518-520 



figures of remains of 518 



Omithopoda, iigures of remains of 534,536,544 



Ostrea bed in Laramie formation, character of 74 



Overthrust faults, description and figure of... 48,49 



Paleontology of the Denver Basin, detailed i 



of 466-550 



Paleozoic sediments 15-17 



Palmer, C.S., cited 297 



Palmer, Gen. W. J., early exploration U>v artesian 



wat-T by 401 



Peale, A. C, discovery of Wyoming fossils by 57 



cited 221 



Dakota plants collected by 467 



]'d\ Biography of ill' Denver Basin 1-10 



Pierre formation, description of 28, t;:i 71 1 



transition zone between Fox Hills and 71 



fossils of 78-79 



