A hydraulic fracture stimulation conducted during 1983--1984 in non-marine, deltaic, Mesaverde strata at a depth of 7100 ft (2164 m) was cored in a deviated well in 1990. The observed fracture consists of two fracture intervals, both containing multiple fracture strands (30 and 8, respectively). While the core had separated across many of the fracture strands during coring, the rock remained intact across 20 of the strands, preserving materials within the fractures. Nine of the remaining intact strands were split open, revealing abundant gel residue on the surfaces of every fracture examined. Of 7 strands associated with major bedding planes, 4 displayed offsets of 1--3 mm at the planes and 3 strands had their growth terminated at the planes, showing the importance of bedding (petrophysical heterogeneities) on fracture propagation. Implications of all these findings for hydraulic fracture design and analysis are also addressed. 55 refs., 9 figs.