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Newcastle, Colo. Newcastle, Colorado, Aug 2, 1909 August 2, 1909

Bright, hot morning. Robbins and I arose at 6 a.m., got breakfast, got our freight and baggage to liver stable and I unpacked it while Robbins went collecting plants. In afternoon Felger, Robbins, Terry and I followed S side of Grand River Grand River, Colorado down to first gulch - Alkali Gulch Alkali Gulch, Colorado - Robbins for plants, Felger for birds, Terry and I for fossils. The Mesa Verde formation is mostly sandstone, partly massive with some shales or very fine, rather friable sandstones. In Alkali Gulch Alkali Gulch, Colorado, just above a coal vein on the east side, we found many leaves like the Laramie material, in sandstone. This coal vein seems to continue westward to the Keystone Coal Mine Keystone Coal Mine. It has been worked on W side of Alkali Gulch Alkali Gulch, Coloradoand again on