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May 22, 2003
This was my first trip of the year
into the material that has made us "famous". The Spence
Shale. Long hikes and hot days keep most people away from these sites,
but there are a few that venture up here. I didn't take any pictures
of the stuff we found, because it was one of those, not so productive
days, but the scenery was nice. I think the temperature was in the
upper 90's. A real scorcher when it is about a 2 hour hike. According
to some encyclopedias this mountain range, the Wellsville Mountains,
is the steepest in the world, based on a width to height ratio. |
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A view from the bottom. The Spence Shale is above the brown cliffs just right of center. |
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| View from the middle of the canyon looking up at the cliff forming Brigham Quartzite. The Spence is mostly covered in the canyon. If you look you can see one of our quarries just below the gray cliffs on the left side of the photo. It looks like a small brown spot. |  |
| A view from across the canyon at the old Antimony Mine. It was active during both World Wars. |  |
| A view from near the top looking down Antimony Canyon at the "road". |  |
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This little knob has what we call the Ogygopsis Zone on it. It is the lowermost section of the Spence Shale that we collect. |
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View from the Spence Shale
at the "saddle". Since the Spence is softer than the rocks
just older and younger than it it has weathered faster. Once again
you can see the cliffs of the Brigham Quartzite, now below us, and
Brigham City, (hometown) in the background.
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And again.
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And again. The valley floor is at about 4400 ft. we are at about 6400 ft. Over 2000 ft up. Thats a long hike. The Wellsville Mountains are the steepest mountain range in the world. They are tall, but narrow. |
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| One of the spots that we quarried. |  |
| Jake (right) and Nick (below) Skabelund actually invited me to go with them on this trip. This is the kind of place that requires a lot of hard work. These guys are a couple of the few that venture up here. |  |
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| On the way back home. Jake in the foreground is carrying a Stromatolite from the Ute Formation just above the Spence Shale, see below. Behind him is an old mining "hotel". |  |
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