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some Indians, Passed Hot Springs. Camped where the Laplata trail 
turns off. The dip of the cart). strata are at first about 5° and 
afterwards wore to 10°, Trie light colored hods - most-1y lime - are 
upwards of 1200 foot thick, while the red are something more than 
1000. Above this is a red and white massive sandstone that repre¬ 
sents the Trias. Shortly above this, and perhaps upon it# are 
the sandstones of Ko.l out. The valley is very rich,but Is as 
yet but little farmed. 
Sept, loth: Sunday. Parrot City, While the party fol¬ 
lowed the trail over toward Laplata I rode down the r Ivor to the 
new Animas city. Pound one house full of people and the prospect 
of a road and bridge Met !)r. . .of Dubuque * la»* formerly 
Of Holmes Co. ? 0*# who is a nice sort of old fellow,; also Hr. 
Smith, surveyor, and Hr.Harsh. They have secured a charter for 
a toll road and. have located and laid out a town site of some 
500 acres. There is good water power and the location seems the 
best possible. Hod© down to H. Dlrros ranch about one -half mil© 
below and had a long powwow* He is well fixed and has perhaps 
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the best ranch in the- valley. He is working on some coal leads 
■about two miles and one-half below Ms lions©. The vein is 22 ft. 
thick. He Is to send mo some specimens for analysis, also as 
much inf Damnation about the geologic section as possible- There 
wore two or three other men at the house - it was Sunday ♦ I 
tried hard to satisfy myself about the upper cretaoeon forma¬ 
tions. I conclude that my San Juan m& laplata coal vein is the 
scviae as they are working * The veins are similar in thickness 
and seem to be in corresponding horizons - perhaps a few hundred 
feet above the massive sandstones that form the upper escarpment 
