Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean (1855)
United States. War Department, author · Washington [D.C.] : A.O.P. Nicholson, printer · leaf 290
e ground with a rustling sound, but the finer particles of grit were elevated into the air and driven with blinding force. December 14. — Big Lagoon to Carrizo Creek. — The wind blew violently during the night, and we found, after starting, that it had blown the sand into thin drifts across the… … specimens of silicified wood. It occurs in great abundance, lying loose on the surface, and in places, tons of it could be collected from an area of one or two acres.1 In one of the slight gullies, or depressions in the surface of the plain, about half way between 1 For a description of a specimen…
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