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exposed but saw no limestone.


Boulder, Colo. Boulder,Colorado, July 22, 1908 July 22, 1908

Left Boulder Boulder,Colorado on interurban car at 6 a.m. for the Perry Park region Perry Park, Colorado. Bright warm morning, with a few flying clouds. Reached Oxford Hotel at 8 a.m., had breakfast, then met A Dakan and J. M. Downen (?). Took 9 a.m. D. and R.G. train for Larkspur Larkspur, Colorado. At mouth of Platte canyon Platte Canyon, Colorado Cretaceous formations dip E about 70˚ (estimated from distance). Denver beds horizontal capped by lava ((later crossed out)) which has been quarried near Sedalia Sedalia, Colorado and castle Rock Castle Rock, Colorado on both side of the track. Reached Larkspur Larkspur,Colorado about 11:15, changed clothes in the quarters of a resident, got dinner at a boarding house. In Stone Gulch Stone Gulch Valley, Colorado, W of Larkspur Larkspur, Colorado, found conglomerate in contact with friable, strongly feldspathic granite forming an even floor. There are two or more very sharp