California mines and minerals . v ^Vir^». •>vj!*^. ?^-- -. ,V:>^«i:tj«^jf^; ??r}P. J //.. 173 in the cut, are sands contain-ing millions of tons of bitu-men. These bituminized sandsare very prominent, forminghigh bluffs. Throughout thearea, which this upper sandcovers, there are places wherethese sands are silicified, inothers calcified. On the south slope of theSanta Maria Valley, and insome other places, thesesands are uncemented, andhave been formed into sand-hills through the shifting ofthe sands by water and thewinds. Also, scatteredthroughout this area, thereare a number of sulphur
California mines and minerals . v ^Vir^». •>vj!*^. ?^-- -. ,V:>^«i:tj«^jf^; ??r}P. J //.. 173 in the cut, are sands contain-ing millions of tons of bitu-men. These bituminized sandsare very prominent, forminghigh bluffs. Throughout thearea, which this upper sandcovers, there are places wherethese sands are silicified, inothers calcified. On the south slope of theSanta Maria Valley, and insome other places, thesesands are uncemented, andhave been formed into sand-hills through the shifting ofthe sands by water and thewinds. Also, scatteredthroughout this area, thereare a number of sulphurblows, mineral springs, andplaces where natural gasescapes in large the slopes of MountSalamon, asphaltum is in-jected into the formationsurrounding of asphaltum also occuron the Jonata Rancho. White,leached shales, and shalesburned to various tints ofred, occur in large shales and sandstones inthis area are fairly conform-able. On the Sisquoc River thereis another exposed sand whichis bituminized, and which
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