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COAST LIKE LOS ANGELES TO SAN FRANCISCO. 103 



Ventura to Point 

 structure in srener 



lie railroad runs from 

 nearly 75 nailer. Its 



over (overturned) to the south. It consists principally of Topatopa 

 (Eocene) and Sespe (Oligocene) rocks, flanked along the lower hills by 



beds of the Mon 



(M 



The prominent sharp ridge on the right, north of Somis (see sheet 



Somis 



110) m which light-colored and reddish formations are exposed^ 



is the west end of Oak Ridge. It is composed largely 

 of Monterey shale, which in places has been turned 



Elevation 254 feet. brick-red through the oxidation of its former oil con- 

 Los Angeles 55 miles. ,^_, t-i-i-i. nx • iy-\iT->-i 



tent. The hills between Somis and Oak Ridge con- 



sist largely of the Fernando formation. 



In Pleasant Valley in the neighborhood of Somis and Camarillo 

 (ca-ma-rccryo) there are 17,800 acres of beans now growing. Large 



quantities of honey, wahiuts, and dried fruit are also 

 Camarillo. ^ p^duced here. On the Icff (east) a few miles from 

 Elevation 140 feet. CamariUo is the bold northwest end of the Santa 

 Los Angeles 58 miles, j^^^^j^^ Range. At its basc cau be seen a quarry of a 



gray igneous roc 



Moorpark has a counterpart in 

 to stream action and partly to 



hills 



from a broad east-west anticline which hes south of the mam Oak 

 Ridge arch. The west end of this anticlme disappears (plunges) 

 under the alluvium of the Hueneme (way'nay-may) Plain. Its 

 flanks are covered by the soft Fernando beds, wliich extend north- 

 ward across Santa Clara Valley. 



Under the Hueneme Plam is one of the best-developed artesian 

 basins in southern Cahfornia. The wells range in depth from about 

 50 to 200 feet and yield a good flow of excellent water that is utdized 

 for irrigatmg beans and sugar beets, which are produced m enormous 



quantities. ^ ■, .' j ■ 



Oxnard is surrounded for miles by fields of beans and beetsand is 



one of the greatest sugar and bean centers m the 



Oxnard. world. In the large factory seen to the left of the 



Elevation 45 feet. 



tons 



Population 2,^5. ^ ^ ^^^^^ ^j^^ily and 1,500 carloads of sugar are 



Los Angeles 67 miles. 



aim 



inking 



comparison with movements that are knoMii 



California 



Hueneme 



The plain is doubtless the 

 Clara River, which is crossed at mileposfe 404, near 



Montalvo. 



