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Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA The largest garnet is about 1/2". 9-24-09 |
| © Rockpick Legend Co. | Photo ID: 253314 View Count: 11 |
Collecting at the Centennial Eureka Mine | |
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Centennial Eureka Mine (Blue Rock), Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA When good specimens are plentiful, a collector just wants to stake out a piece of ground and get down close to the rock with loupe and hammer. In this photograph, Wes Gannaway can be seen adopting this collecting technique. Robert Meyer photograph, taken on August 27, 1998. |
| © 2008 ROM | Photo ID: 175018 View Count: 113 |
Collecting more garnets | |
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Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA Zeke (right) and Frederick collecting garnets. They found about 25 in this one spot sifting through the sand. 9-24-09 |
| © Rockpick Legend Co. | Photo ID: 253312 View Count: 7 |
Eureka (1907) | |
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Eureka, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA Old postcard view of town and mines. |
| Photo ID: 234674 View Count: 24 | |
Eureka (ca. 1909) | |
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Eureka, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA Old postcard view. |
| Photo ID: 226524 View Count: 37 | |
Fish Springs Mining Camp | |
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Fish Springs District, Fish Springs Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA Circa late 1800's. Used by permission, Utah State Historical Society, all rights reserved. |
| © Rockpick Legend Co. | Photo ID: 253830 View Count: 5 |
Gypsum Quarry, 1912 | |
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Nephi Plaster Company Gypsum Quarry, Nephi, San Pitch Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA Nephi Plaster Company Gypsum Quarry at entrance to Salt Creek Canyon, on the east edge of town of Nephi. September 25, 1912. Photo courtesy of USGS. |
| Photo ID: 205179 View Count: 27 | |
Headframe | |
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Centennial Eureka Mine (Blue Rock), Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA View up the dumps of the Centennial Eureka Mine to the headframe. Photo by Doug Merson on October 17, 2003. |
| © DM 2003 | Photo ID: 123393 View Count: 275 |
Larry & Pat Sifting Sand | |
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Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA Sifting sand for garnet crystals. Larry (in shorts) found the best of the day. One just over 1/2" with some smaller garnets attached. All were well developed floaters. 9-24-09 |
| © Rockpick Legend Co. | Photo ID: 253315 View Count: 5 |
Larry Collecting Chalcedony | |
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Drum Mountains-Detroit Occurrence, Detroit District (Drum District; Joy District), Drum Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA This ridge is famous with the locals for its agate. The agate is named for an old ghost town (Joy Agate) nearby where they mined a small gold deposit. The agate litters the ground and large boulders are common. We found some that were at least 10 feet by 7 feet and went several feet into the ground. 9-24-09 |
| © Rockpick Legend Co. | Photo ID: 253317 View Count: 4 |
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