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Panoramic view from top of Needle Mountain over the Pinal Creek area of Gila conglomerate; to the right of photo 206 is seen the Schultze ranch, surrounded by granitic hills, behind which rise the higher summits of the Pinal Range. In the middle-ground Bloody Tanks Wash may be traced from ranch down to Miami Flats near the left of photo 207. Surrounding these flats and stretching far to south, into the drainage basin of the Gila River, are the low sculptured spurs of Gila conglomerate, rising highest on the right against the slopes of the Pinal Range. Gila County, Arizona. December 17, 1901. Plates 6-C and D (in reverse order) in U.S. Geological Survey, Professional paper 12. 1903
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Nearer view in same general location as Ransome 770, showing constitution of a partly sandy variety: Yardstick for scale. Gila County, Arizona. 1911. Plate 22-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 115. 1919.
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Dripping Spring Range, as seen from a point 2 miles east-southeast of Dripping Spring ranch; view is nearly west, note absence of regular forms compare with Ransome 757. Gila County, Arizona. 1911. Plate 4-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 115. 1919.
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Fault between Naco limestone, on left, and Escabrosa limestone on right, crest of Ecabrosa Ridge west of Bisbee. The view is north, the canyon on the right being that extending from Bisbee up to Mule Pass. Cochise County, Arizona. November 28, 1902. Plate 20-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 21. 1904.
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View westward along the Abrigo fault. The ravine in the foreground is eroded along the fault. On the right are Escabrosa and Martin limestones; on the left Naco limestone, The distant saddle is also determined by the fault which has there brought Bolsa quartzite on the right against Naco limestone on the left. Cochise County, Arizona. November 25, 1902. Plate 17-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 21. 1904.
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Surfaces effects of mining by caving systems in the Miami district; west over the pit caused by mining the Inspiration ore body near the former Joe Bush shaft. The overhanging cliffs on the left result from the breaking away of the footwall of the Joe Bush fault. Gila County, Arizona. 1911. Plate 35-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 115. 1919.
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General view eastward from the head of Uncle Sam Gulch over Sacramento Hill to the mouth of Mule Gulch: on the left are Queen Hill and flues of the Copper Queen smelter. In the right middle ground is the Spray shaft and just beyond it Sacramento Hill. Still farther to the right is the Irish Mag shaft. In the distance are the hills carved from the beds of the Bisbee group. Cochise County, Arizona. November 28, 1902. Plate 21-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 21. 1904.
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Mescal limestone in the Ray quadrangle: typical exposure of the cherty Mescal limestone in the Dripping Spring Range, 2 miles south of Dripping Spring ranch. Gila County, Arizona. Circa 1912. Plate 28-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 98. 1917.
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Typical weathering of diabase; on roadside near Pioneer. Gila County, Arizona. November 22, 1901. Plate 17-A in U.S. Geological Survey, Professional paper 12. 1903.
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Cavernous weathering in hard Gila conglomerate on Mineral Creek, 3 miles south of Ray; Pinal County, Arizona. 1910. Plate 23-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 115. 1919.
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Typical natural exposure of the Gila conglomerate showing characteristic erosion 2.5 miles east-southeast of Dripping Spring ranch: Gila County, Arizona. 1911. Plate 22-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 115. 1919. Plate 7 in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 217. 1923.
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Folded and faulted Escabrosa and Naco limestones, as seen from the crest of Escabrosa Ridge, looking west across the head of Escacado Canyon. Cochise County, Arizona. November 28, 1902. Plate 19-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 21. 1904.
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Abrigo limestone in the Mule Mountains: Typical exposure three-fourths of a mile northwest of Military Hill, Tombstone district, Cochise County, Arizona. Circa 1912. Plate 30-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 98. 1917.
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Remnants of an alluvial terrace on the south side of Copper Canyon, near Ray; the town in the distance is Sonora, the Mexican settlement of the district, Barcelona, the Spanish settlement and Vitoria, a temporary Apache camp, are shown on the terrace. Pinal County, Arizona. 1910. Plate 27-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 115. 1919.
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Mouth of gorge below Hackberry Spring, looking southwest; the camera was place on the bluff shown in photo 797. The gorge is cut in steeply upturned Paleozoic beds and diabase; the entrance is in Tornado limestone. At the right, just across the gravelly streambed and probably faulted down against the limestone, is some of the silty material described. It is this silt that appears to have been regarded as possibly oil bearing. Pinal County, Arizona. 1910. Plate 26-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 115. 1919.
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Quartzites of the Ray quadrangle: banded Dripping Spring quartzite, Mescal Range 1 mile south of Pioneer, Gila County, Arizona. Circa 1912. Plate 27-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 98. 1917. Plate 9-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 115. 1919.
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Barnes conglomerate, El Capitan Creek, Gila County, Arizona. Circa 1912. Plate 26-C in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 98. 1917. Plate 2 in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 217. 1923.
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The Glance overthrust fault from the south, the line of the fault is accentuated by a growth of bushes. The nearly horizontal beds above the fault plane are Naco limestone. The easterly dipping beds below the fault plane are Mural limestone. Cochise County, Arizona. November 26, 1902. Plate 23-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 21. 1904.
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View to the southeast from the north side of Webster Gulch showing topography characteristic of the Gila conglomerate. Hills in the foreground are composed of Pinal schist and dacite. On the right appear some of the northeastern spurs of the Pinal Range. In the distance, rising above the dissected deposit of the Gila conglomerate, is the Pinaleno Range. Gila County, Arizona. November 11,1901. Plate 3-B in U.S. Geological Survey, Professional paper 12. 1903.
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Looking southeast across Miami Flat showing characteristic topography of Gila conglomerate, Gila County, Arizona. 1911. Plate36-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 115. 1919.