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slope of canyon wall. On south wall of canyon, in Mesa Verde formation, coal is burning or has burnt for (sic) Newcastle Newcastle, Colorado at least four miles up Elk Creek Elk Creek, Colorado. We camped a short distance NE of Rifle Gap Rifle Gap State Park, at 7:30 p.m., got to bed a little after ten.

Rifle Gap Rifle Gap State Park, Aug 4, 1909 August 4, 1909

Arose at 6:30. After breakfast Terry and I started down into the Gap on the SE side of creek. Between the first well defined sandstone ledge and the second we found Cardium speciosum Cardium speciosum, Mactra Mactra, Ostrea Ostrea, Anchura Anchura, Lunatia Lunatia and other gastropods Gastropoda in float rock. Immediately above the second ledge we found a fossiliferous stratum 2 or 3 ft. in thickness, dipping S angle 73¡, containing Anomia raeti- Anomia