10 a.m.. All trains on both roads are far behind time, so have put in the time figuring up expenses of the trip, reading the papers, and strolling about town. Total shipments of the trip including camp outfit but excluding personal baggage in form of suitcases 36 boxes and bundles. Left Newcastle at 4:25 on Colorado Midland R.R. At Newcastle the Grand River cuts through into the Mesa Verde formation. Above Newcastle it occupies the Mancos, which is largely covered by debris of the broad river valley, but well exposed by a ridge a few miles up on south side of river. The south canyon wall is Mesa Verde with coal mines. North wall shows red beds, into which we soon passed, so that walls were of hard red sandstones, probably Carboniferous. Toward Glenwood Canyon swung around and formations changed, but I do not
