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feet ; quicksand, 100 feet ; clay, 6 inches ; quicksand, 40 feet ; 
clay, 6 feet ; quicksand, 80 feet ; clay, 12 to 15 feet, at depth 
of about 250 to 265 feet ; then, ''clay balls mixed with sand," 
underlain by "coarse sand in which the image came up," and 
next "vegetable soil," resting on "sandstone." The well was 
bored at Nampa station, on a line of railway, about twenty 
miles southwest of Boise City ; the elevation of Nampa being 
about 2,500 feet above the sea, and that of Boise City about 
2,875 feet. The image came into Prof. Wright's possession 
through the courtesy of Mr. Cumming, general manager of 
the Union Pacific lines in that district, and of Mr. Charles 
Francis Adams, president of the Union Pacific railway com- 
pany, both of whom were at Nampa shortly after it was found. 
A letter from Mr. S. F. Emmons, of the U. S. Geological 
Survey, in response to inquiry concerning the geologic position 
of the"^ beds penetrated at Nampa, states his belief that they 
belong to the Pleistocene, but are probably older than the 
gravel and sand beds in which human implements or other 
traces of man's presence have been found elsewhere in the 
United States, excepting, perhaps, in California. 
THE NAMPA IMAGE. 
In the discussion following this paper, Profs. Putnam, 
Haynes, and Morse stated their opinions that the image ap- 
pears to be genuine, its condition and character being in keep- 
ing with the reported details of its discovery. Professor Cope 
spoke of his exploration of the fossil vertebrate faunas of that 
region, which would indicate for the Nampa beds a Pliocene 
or Pleistocene age. Mr. Upham suggested that these beds, 
excepting the lava, may be referable to fluvial action during 
the glacial and postglacial periods, perhaps, therefore, 
being no older than the modified drift in which palfpoliths 
have been found in New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, and Minnesota; 
and Dr. Fewkes remarked upon the Quaternary and even very 
recent age of various lava-flows in the western United States 
although at the present time no active volcano exists there. 
The Kansas Academy of Science, held its annual session at 
Wichita, on the 24th, 25th and 26th of October, 1889. The pro- 
