Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 1 · column 1 of 5 · from the scan, no model involved
FOREMAN’S studies, made with a backhoe supplied by the Updikes, revealed soil conditions in almost direct opposition to those found by VPI soil scientist E.G. Epperson in an earlier examination. According to a letter from Foreman to County Engineer Fanning Baumgardner, Foreman dug three test holes in evaulating approximately one third of the site.
In hole number one at the highest elavation on the test area, six to jeight inches of topsoil was followed by two to three feet of clay and a “parent material that was crumbly in texture and was easily excavated by the backhoe to 16 feet. Since the material was so easily excavated, I felt no need to go any further, but indications were that depths of 25 to 30 feet could be excavated,” wrote Foreman.
Hole two was dug in an area with “considerable rock outcroppings,” about 150 feet from hole one. Here Foreman wrote that he found five to six inches of topsoil with one foot of clay, “then parent material of the same texture as in hole one. Excavation was as easy as hole one and since all indications were as in hole one, we stopped at ten feet.”
94.3%