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bles that of Point of Rocks on the Appomattox. Like the latter, too, it 
contains quartz pebbles well worn and rounded. Kaolinic clay balls occur 
in this sand and also those of dark, buff, and pink clay. But most 
remarkable of all is the presence of precisely similar pockets of green 
sandy clay indistinguishable from that of the marine Tertiary. If these are 
really Tertiary the sands cannot be of Potomac age, and yet I have to- 
day collected specimens of it from the lowest of these beds and solidly 
in place. Their occurrence is exactly like that observed in Richmond. In 
fact the way in which, throughout this series of beds, the glanconitie 
greensands and clays are found intermixed with the Potomac sands is a 
perpetual puzzle. [Basal Potomac Clay as at [[Locksmith?]] Point] 
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Excavations are now in progress on 16th St. extended and new features 
have been laid bare. I went there with Prof. Fairchild and Mr. White and 
we all made a study of it. They have cut down to the Archean and 
exposed the overlying materials. I had formerly supposed the variegated 
clays of the Potomac to be present here, having found them in the sides 
of the former cutting. It now appears that they occur only in pockets in 
the greatly disturbed mass otherwise similar the other at Weslay Heights 
and many of the places along the Archean border. Some doubts, 
however still remain which may be removed by further operations. From 
here we went to the exposure on 17th St. extended, previously visited 
by Dr. Hollick and myself. This seems to consist of the same materials. 
The clay pockets are smaller and the clay mostly white A reddish cross- 
bedded sand include them. [[Cobble?]] lies in streaks through some 
Parts?]] 
Local field note-book of Lester Ward 
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