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East side of Rock Creek at Porter ranch, 1 mile north of Nugget station. Thin bedded fossiliferous limestone. These beds here occur on the eastern flank of a slightly overturned anticline. This view also shows the vegetation of this region, the barren uplands covered sparingly with sagebrush, the willow fringe along Rock Creek and in the foreground the irrigated meadow of wild grass partially mowed. Lincoln County, Wyoming. 1905. Plate 5-A in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 56. 1907.
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Relation of Evanston and Almy formations at the type locality. At Evanston, the line of parting between Evanston and Almy formations lies between the points A and B in plate 13-B; upper beds are conglomeratic Almy; lower Evanston. Slack pile at foot of hill in foreground marks sited of old mine no. 2. The hills across the irrigated bottom of Bear River are composed of nearly horizontal strata belonging to Knight formation. Cook County, Wyoming. 1905. Plate 13-A in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 56. 1907.
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Typical outcrop of Lafayette gravel, 3 miles east of Prescott. Nevada County, Arkansas. January 22, 1903. Plate 25-A in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 46. 1906.
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Reading ammeter commutator clock and battery box in use in the field, measuring underflow in Wautagh pond. Long Island, New York. August 14, 1903. Plate 22-B in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 44. 1906.
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View showing head developed in the north shore artesian Burgess Well, Oyster Bay, water rises within one foot of top of pipe. Rod projecting above is aluminum gage used in observations on tidal fluctuations. Nassau County, New York. May 30, 1903. Plate 13-A in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 44. 1906.
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