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east side with the most southerly telegraph pole as its southern end, 
diagonal looking s.e. Here there is no Columbian cap and the Potomac 
is well stratified in very irregular but little broken lines. One of the higher 
strata is ferringuous shale. Others are pink & white. Quartz pebbles are 
scattered through, and mica flakes glisten throughout as in the 
Archaean. 
No. 14 is e. side of road in cut s. of fill (Rock Haven), near n. end. 
Exposure shows pink gravel with clay & sand vein nicely stratified gravel 
below. 
No. 15. w. side, 50 ft south of last. Gravel below, running 
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through quite out of cut. Stratified mostly red sand above. 
No. 16. - Directly opposite last (east side), showing a peculiar clay 
streak or two such vertically connecting two whitish strata separated by 
a yellowish sand stratum. No gravel shows in this place, & the lower part 
is talus. 
No. 17. West side, 60 ft south of telegraph pole. The lower, or Potomac 
gravel has dipped under the road and the sand and clay thickened to 
occupy the whole exposure (nearly 15 ft) except a Columbia? gravel 
cap. White clay streaks, lumps, pellets &c occur below and midway. 
Local field note-book of Lester Ward 
Transcribed and Reviewed by Digital Volunteers 
Extracted Oct-11-2015 07:35:03 
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