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cracks running over it in all directions. Fences crossing the fracture 

 are broken; those that run in a north-and-south direction have 

 their boards bent into arches or crushed, and the ends shoved past 

 each other, while those that cross in a northwest-and-southeast 

 direction have been pulled apart, and wire fences have been broken 

 by tension. Fences that cross the fracture at right angles have 

 been broken and displaced 8 or 9 feet. 



The photograph (Fig. 6) shows a line fence crossing the fault 



Fig. 5. — Showing a fence that was broken and offset eight feet where it crossed 

 the fracture. 



a mile southeast of Woodside. This fence was broken and dis- 

 placed over 8 feet, but had been repaired before the photograph w^as 

 taken. The man at the right in the picture is holding an 8-foot 

 transit rod, and he is standing in line with the continuation of the 

 fence on the far side of the fracture. The crack crosses the fence 

 just back of where he is standing. 



A striking evidence of displacement is shown in the earth dam 

 that divides the Crystal Springs Lake. This dam is about 500 feet 



