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The Morrison from where I struck foothills south for at least several miles is covered with talus except in one or two places, which show its existence plainly. At Stout Stout, Colorado, in Spring Canyon Spring Canyon, Colorado there is a 6 foot stratum of hard crystalline limestone near top of Lyons, just below Ten Sleep sandstone. The formation is much thinner than where I struck the foothills 4 ½ miles north, not really so massive, and separated from Fountain by the same sharp line, though 40 ft down in the conglomerate is a 10 foot band not distinguishable from the Lyons above. On the whole the appearance of the escarpment is much more like that at Owl canyon Owl Creek Canyon, Colorado than it was at Belleview Belleview (not the fold) or 4 ½ miles north of here. Southward found a good exposure of Morrison on slope of Dakota ridge, consisting, as usual of soft, variously tinted sandstones and shales, underlaid by Lykins thin bedded, red sandy shales, including massive layer in