Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fig. II.—South end of fossil quarry, where many of the most beautifulspecimens were secured from the lower three feet of beds. Near Field, BritishColumliia, Canada. Photograph by C. D. Walcott, 1913. summit of j\Iount Wapta, arid, in the distance, the President Rangewith Emerald Lake at its base. The south end of the quarry is illus-trated by figure 11 ; here the solid beds were blasted out to a depth of22 feet. Owing to the presence of a fault line, just north of the quarry,and the twist and compression of the rocks s
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fig. II.—South end of fossil quarry, where many of the most beautifulspecimens were secured from the lower three feet of beds. Near Field, BritishColumliia, Canada. Photograph by C. D. Walcott, 1913. summit of j\Iount Wapta, arid, in the distance, the President Rangewith Emerald Lake at its base. The south end of the quarry is illus-trated by figure 11 ; here the solid beds were blasted out to a depth of22 feet. Owing to the presence of a fault line, just north of the quarry,and the twist and compression of the rocks south of it, the availablearea for successful collecting is limited to about 200 feet. In otherlocalities where the shale outcrops on the ridges in the vicinity, com- lO SMITHSONIAN ^.IISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 63 r w^. Fig. 12.—\\ew of the west cliff of the valley of the Thousand Falls. Onthe trail from Lake Kinney to Berg Lake. Photograph by R. C. W. Trunk Pacific Railway, 1913. NO. 8 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I913 II
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