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  W. 
  H. 
  TtoenJwfel 
  — 
  Granite 
  Bowlders 
  in 
  (f 
  ) 
  

  

  The 
  locality 
  is 
  in 
  Eminence 
  Township, 
  Woodson 
  County, 
  

   about 
  eight 
  miles 
  almost 
  due 
  south 
  of 
  Yates 
  Center 
  and 
  one 
  

   mile 
  west 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  mile 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Missouri 
  Pacific 
  Kail- 
  

   way 
  station, 
  Hose, 
  the 
  locality 
  being 
  on 
  the 
  very 
  headwaters 
  of 
  

   a 
  small 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Verdigris 
  River, 
  into 
  which 
  it 
  empties 
  

   about 
  twelve 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  southwest. 
  The 
  bowlders 
  lie 
  on 
  

   the 
  northern 
  edge 
  of 
  a 
  low 
  hill 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  determined 
  

   by 
  a 
  small 
  anticlinal 
  structure, 
  A 
  little 
  valley 
  extends 
  almost 
  

   entirely 
  around 
  the 
  hill 
  and 
  beyond 
  this 
  valley 
  other 
  hills, 
  

   immediately 
  or 
  ultimately, 
  rise 
  to 
  higher 
  elevations. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  occurrence 
  is 
  of 
  interest 
  uot 
  only 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  

   rocks 
  themselves, 
  their 
  stratigraphic 
  position 
  and 
  the 
  geological 
  

   history 
  they 
  reveal 
  ; 
  but 
  because 
  their 
  presence 
  may 
  help 
  to 
  

   explain 
  the 
  finding 
  of 
  granite 
  in 
  deep 
  wells, 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  

   the 
  lithology 
  of 
  the 
  bowlders, 
  of 
  their 
  manner 
  of 
  occurrence 
  

   and 
  of 
  their 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  strata 
  with 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  associ- 
  

   ated 
  is 
  warranted. 
  The 
  facts 
  will 
  be 
  given 
  in 
  considerable 
  

   detail 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  uniqueness 
  and 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  subject. 
  

  

  The 
  distribution, 
  characteristics 
  and 
  lithology 
  of 
  the 
  bowl- 
  

   ders 
  will 
  first 
  be 
  given. 
  This 
  will 
  be 
  followed 
  by 
  an 
  examina- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  every 
  possible 
  way 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  bowlders 
  might 
  have 
  

   attained 
  the 
  positions 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  found. 
  Then 
  will 
  be 
  

   considered 
  their 
  stratigraphic 
  position 
  and 
  a 
  conclusion 
  will 
  be 
  

   sought 
  which 
  satisfies 
  the 
  available 
  data. 
  Lastly, 
  various 
  

   deductions 
  will 
  be 
  developed 
  from 
  the 
  conclusions 
  which 
  have 
  

   been 
  reached. 
  

  

  For 
  assistance 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  bowlders, 
  the 
  writer 
  

   is 
  extremely 
  grateful 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  students, 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  M. 
  Stryker 
  

   of 
  Fredonia, 
  Kansas, 
  and 
  also 
  to 
  Messrs. 
  C. 
  Y. 
  LaDow 
  and 
  

   Maurice 
  Stryker 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  since 
  it 
  was 
  largely 
  through 
  

   the 
  aid 
  of 
  these 
  three 
  men 
  that 
  the 
  territory 
  within 
  a 
  radius 
  of 
  

   from 
  ten 
  to 
  fifty 
  miles 
  of 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  bowl- 
  

   ders 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  be 
  examined. 
  

  

  Areal 
  Distribution 
  and 
  Size 
  of 
  the 
  Boivlders. 
  

  

  The 
  bowlders 
  are 
  distributed 
  over 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  about 
  one 
  

   hundred 
  and 
  twenty 
  acres 
  which 
  are 
  so 
  placed 
  that 
  eighty 
  

   acres 
  in 
  a 
  tract 
  eighty 
  rods 
  wide 
  lie 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   north-south 
  road 
  and 
  forty 
  acres 
  on 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   road 
  in 
  a 
  tract 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  width. 
  Most 
  of 
  them 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  

   largest 
  occur 
  on 
  the 
  southwest 
  twenty 
  acres 
  (1 
  on 
  the 
  map), 
  

   where 
  the 
  greatest 
  number 
  are 
  found 
  on 
  four 
  low 
  mounds 
  or 
  

   elevations 
  which 
  rise 
  from 
  four 
  to 
  six 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  general 
  

   level 
  of 
  the 
  surface. 
  The 
  most 
  western 
  mound 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  

   and 
  highest 
  and 
  has 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  about 
  an 
  acre, 
  and 
  it 
  also 
  has 
  the 
  

   bowlders 
  in 
  far 
  greater 
  abundance 
  than 
  elsewhere. 
  They 
  are 
  

  

  