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those well to the east in the Lanier exposure and about four feet from 
the base was greenish & we took specimens to see if it was due to 
glauconite. We observed that on the west side of Kansas Ave., between 
the last iron and first wooden trolley post the Archaean is exposed in a 
short anticline the highest part of which is four feet above the road bed. 
The contact is clear the Potomac consisting of the usual sands, gravels, 
clay pockets etc. 
Karl Woodward had obtained from another boy two large pieces of 
silicified wood, and we examined them at the house. One is a foot 
through and two feet long. He says that Mr. Hunter can give me their 
history. They are from the Kansas Ave. region. 
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Made another excursion to the White House Bluff locality in company 
with Victor Mason and spent 5 hours on the shore. Took the train to 
Accotink station and before leaving the railroad took a look at the cut 
below the station. Was Marine Tertiary, mostly greensand, and seems to 
be Pamunky, though it may be Chesapeake. Less than a mile south 
east of the station on the road just before reaching the little branch of 
the Accotink we found what is almost certainly Potomac sand deeply 
worn into by the water, forming pockets in it. The entire hill back of 
White House Bluff seems to be Chesapeake, showing a brownish sand 
in the road. We bore to the right by the same route which we took in 
coming out Nov. 20th, and struck Gunston Cove at its mouth. Then we 
followed this up half a mile to some exposures. Those immediately 
above the first ravine show 5 - or six feet of Potomac sand and gravel 
with clay pellets some of which are green (see specimens). The 
Local field note-book of Lester Ward 
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