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Utah in the Henry Mountains - Part I -
Henry Mountains of southeastern Utah were one of
the last-surveyed and last-named mountain ranges
in the lower forty-eight United States -
The Henrys are located in the middle of the Colorado Plateau,
a sea of sandstone cut by deep canyons -
The surrounding country for miles is arid and supports
little vegetation;
the very ruggedness of their setting
left the Henry Mountains isolated and unknown until after
the Civil War -
Even today the Henrys and the surrounding regions remain
isolated and sparsely settled -
Ironically, however, among geologists the Henrys are known
world-wide because of a classic study of their geology
done during the 1870s -
The Henry Mountains are located in Garfield County, Utah.
The nearest settlement is the town of Hanksville
to the North -
Mars Desert Research Station
Just outside of Hanksville, Utah, a strange white structure
is located smack in the middle of the desert.
Anyone wandering by might attribute this curious vision to
a hallucination, a serious lack of sleep, or aliens.
In fact, the alien idea isn't too far from reality.
This structure is the Mars Desert Research Station,
a simulated Mars habitat designed to prepare humans
for exploring the red planet -
The range is bounded on the east and south by the Colorado
River and its tributary, the Dirty Devil River;
on the west by the Waterpocket Fold;
and on the north by the San Rafael Swell.
The vertical relief between the Henrys and the surrounding
plateau regions ranges from 6,000 to 8,000 feet.
From north to south the highest peaks of the Henrys
are as follows:
Mount Ellen (the northernmost and also the highest peak),
having an elevation of 11,506 feet above sea level -
Mount Pennell, with an elevation of 11,371 feet;
Mount Hillers, 10,723 feet;
Mount Holmes, 7,930 feet;
and Mount Ellsworth, at 8,235 feet.
The latter two peaks are separated from the main range
by a valley, and are sometimes referred to as
the Little Rockies because of their rugged appearance.
All of these names were given to the peaks by
U.S. government surveying parties in the 1870s.
Vegetation zones in the Henrys range from Alpine,
along the summit ridges of Mount Ellen,
to Warm Desert Shrub at the base of the mountains.
Predominant plants are Ponderosa pines, found on the slopes,
and pinyon pine, juniper, and gambel oak, rabbitbrush,
and greasewood.
On the lower elevations sage, dogweed, ephedra, yuccas,
and cactus predominate.
The vegetation of the Henrys has been drastically affected
by overgrazing.
Wildlife on the Henrys is not abundant, due to the arid
nature of the surrounding lands.
Reptiles are the most common form of vertebrate wildlife,
with many different forms and species present,
including rattlesnakes.
Various species of birds including sage grouse, ravens,
hawks and other predators along with other smaller birds
inhabit the Henrys.
Deer are the largest native mammals, but rabbits and
many types of rodents can also be found, as can their
predators--coyotes, foxes, bobcats, and an occasional
mountain lion.
Porcupines and beaver are also present, the latter along
the mountain streams.
Other species of large mammals have been introduced,
either purposely or by accident, with mixed results.
Elk and bighorn sheep were introduced (reintroduced,
in the latter case) but neither species thrived
and today the elk is rare in the Henrys.
Feral burros, goats, and horses can also be found in
the region.
The one successful introduction of a non-native species
occurred in 1941 when eighteen buffalo were released
north of the mountains.
The following year another five bulls were added,
and the herd has thrived up to the present.
Today they mostly live on the western slopes of the Henrys.
During the summer they stay in the higher, cooler elevations,
while in the winter they move to Swapp Mesa and
Tarantula Mesa west of Mount Pennell.
The Utah Department of Wildlife Resources maintains
the herd at about 200 individuals.
John Wesley Powell made note of the range on his 1869 voyage,
and called them the Unknown Mountains.
When he returned in 1871, he named them the Henry Mountains
after Joseph Henry, a close friend who was secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution.
In 1875 Powell assigned a noted geologist, Grove Karl Gilbert,
to study the unique volcanic features of the Henrys,
a task which took Gilbert two separate field seasons
in 1875 and 1876 to complete.
Out of this study came one of the classics of modern geology,
the Report on the Geology of the Henry Mountains,
published by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1877.
In this work Gilbert first identified the Henrys as
a laccolithic range, formed by igneous intrusions into
the surrounding sedimentary rocks.
Gilbert's Report remains a standard work of geology;
as Charles B. Hunt, a geologist who studied the Henrys
in the 1950s, noted,
"The Henry Mountains have been referred to in
the geological literature of every language and are one
of the localities most widely known to the science.
No geologist needs to be introduced to them."
The rigors of the land have precluded any large-scale
settlement of the Henrys or the surrounding regions.
Evidence of prehistoric inhabitation by both the Fremont
and Anasazi cultures is found in the surrounding area,
but there is little or no indication of habitation in
the mountains themselves.
Nor did the Spaniards make any inroads into this
isolated area.
Although there have never been any permanent settlements
in the Henrys themselves, the surrounding region was
settled by Mormon pioneers as early as 1882, when
Elijah Cutler Behunin moved his family to
the present site of Caineville.
The following year Ebenezer Hanks, responding to a
mission call to colonize the area, settled north of
the Henrys, along the Fremont River, with several
other families.
A post office was established there in 1885, at which
time the town was named Hanksville.
By 1890 there were twenty families in the town, and
in 1893 LDS Church records showed a population of
more than 500 people living in the region.
It was the lure of precious metals that brought the largest
influx of settlers into the area.
Glen Canyon experienced a number of gold rushes beginning
in the early 1890s which had an effect on the Henrys.
Lumber for the mining camps and for the Stanton Dredge
was cut at many places in the mountains, and roads to
reach the stands of timber were built up Bull Creek,
where a sawmill was also built.
Naturally, some of this activity led to other activities
in the mountains.
In 1890 Jack Sumner, who had been with Powell in 1869,
located the Bromide Mine near the summit of Mount Ellen.
Prospects seemed good, and by 1893 more than 100 men
were reported to be working in the area.
A small town called Eagle City was established at
Crescent Creek, at the foot of the mountains,
with homes, a hotel, two saloons, a dance hall,
three stores, and a post office.
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway made
preliminary surveys for a branch line from
Green River, Utah, to Eagle City.
Other mines were begun on Mount Hillers, and a number
of prospects were developed on the eastern slopes of
Mount Pennell by Edwin T. Wolverton, beginning around
the turn of the century and build a stamping mill
there in 1921.
The mineral that has been mined in large quantities
in the Henrys is uranium.
Uranium Mines were first opened in the decade just before
World War I, when radium was found to be useful for
medical treatments and luminous paint.
Exploration for and production of uranium faltered until
after world War II.
In the late 1930s and during World War II, amounts of
vanadium (which occurs with uranium and was required
for tempering steel) were mined in the Henrys.
After the war, with the demand for uranium for nuclear
weapons, many other uranium deposits throughout
the Henrys were prospected and mined, and some of them
are re-worked today.
South of the Henrys, the small settlement,
with a mill and company town, was built in the late
1970s to process uranium from nearby mines -
By the time the town and mill were completed, however,
the price of "yellowcake" (processed uranium ore)
had dropped and the mill was shut down -
Today, rusting machinery, abandoned shafts,
and scattered debris are all that survive as relics
of the uranium booms of the 1950s -
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Since its founding, the company has spanned the industry
from the primitive pick and shovel days of mining to
the computer age of geostatistics.
The company specializes in performing studies and consulting
for a wide range of businesses with interests in
the minerals industry, including:
* major and junior mining companies
* banks and other lenders
* venture capital syndications and private individuals
* government agencies
* native or First Nations peoples, tribes, or bands.
* mineral and other landholding companies
From offices around the world, the firm has performed
assignments across the whole spectrum of commodities
including base and precious metals, coal and lignite,
ferrous metals, uranium, industrial minerals and gemstones -
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and the hard asset values of the PM metals of -
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Uranium - rare earth strategic Ore minerals etc.
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billionz - zillionz of paperz they don't have or owned -
dive to bankruptcy u gypsy longfingered basherz trotsky
& lenins putinz clownz -
be happy if u get 100 yrs in jail -
u aren't any better - than the old horse thieves -
they got the rope and tree branch -
TIA
Utah in the Henry Mountains - Part I -
Henry Mountains of southeastern Utah were one of
the last-surveyed and last-named mountain ranges
in the lower forty-eight United States -
The Henrys are located in the middle of the Colorado Plateau,
a sea of sandstone cut by deep canyons -
The surrounding country for miles is arid and supports
little vegetation;
the very ruggedness of their setting
left the Henry Mountains isolated and unknown until after
the Civil War -
Even today the Henrys and the surrounding regions remain
isolated and sparsely settled -
Ironically, however, among geologists the Henrys are known
world-wide because of a classic study of their geology
done during the 1870s -
The Henry Mountains are located in Garfield County, Utah.
The nearest settlement is the town of Hanksville
to the North -
Mars Desert Research Station
Just outside of Hanksville, Utah, a strange white structure
is located smack in the middle of the desert.
Anyone wandering by might attribute this curious vision to
a hallucination, a serious lack of sleep, or aliens.
In fact, the alien idea isn't too far from reality.
This structure is the Mars Desert Research Station,
a simulated Mars habitat designed to prepare humans
for exploring the red planet -
The range is bounded on the east and south by the Colorado
River and its tributary, the Dirty Devil River;
on the west by the Waterpocket Fold;
and on the north by the San Rafael Swell.
The vertical relief between the Henrys and the surrounding
plateau regions ranges from 6,000 to 8,000 feet.
From north to south the highest peaks of the Henrys
are as follows:
Mount Ellen (the northernmost and also the highest peak),
having an elevation of 11,506 feet above sea level -
Mount Pennell, with an elevation of 11,371 feet;
Mount Hillers, 10,723 feet;
Mount Holmes, 7,930 feet;
and Mount Ellsworth, at 8,235 feet.
The latter two peaks are separated from the main range
by a valley, and are sometimes referred to as
the Little Rockies because of their rugged appearance.
All of these names were given to the peaks by
U.S. government surveying parties in the 1870s.
Vegetation zones in the Henrys range from Alpine,
along the summit ridges of Mount Ellen,
to Warm Desert Shrub at the base of the mountains.
Predominant plants are Ponderosa pines, found on the slopes,
and pinyon pine, juniper, and gambel oak, rabbitbrush,
and greasewood.
On the lower elevations sage, dogweed, ephedra, yuccas,
and cactus predominate.
The vegetation of the Henrys has been drastically affected
by overgrazing.
Wildlife on the Henrys is not abundant, due to the arid
nature of the surrounding lands.
Reptiles are the most common form of vertebrate wildlife,
with many different forms and species present,
including rattlesnakes.
Various species of birds including sage grouse, ravens,
hawks and other predators along with other smaller birds
inhabit the Henrys.
Deer are the largest native mammals, but rabbits and
many types of rodents can also be found, as can their
predators--coyotes, foxes, bobcats, and an occasional
mountain lion.
Porcupines and beaver are also present, the latter along
the mountain streams.
Other species of large mammals have been introduced,
either purposely or by accident, with mixed results.
Elk and bighorn sheep were introduced (reintroduced,
in the latter case) but neither species thrived
and today the elk is rare in the Henrys.
Feral burros, goats, and horses can also be found in
the region.
The one successful introduction of a non-native species
occurred in 1941 when eighteen buffalo were released
north of the mountains.
The following year another five bulls were added,
and the herd has thrived up to the present.
Today they mostly live on the western slopes of the Henrys.
During the summer they stay in the higher, cooler elevations,
while in the winter they move to Swapp Mesa and
Tarantula Mesa west of Mount Pennell.
The Utah Department of Wildlife Resources maintains
the herd at about 200 individuals.
John Wesley Powell made note of the range on his 1869 voyage,
and called them the Unknown Mountains.
When he returned in 1871, he named them the Henry Mountains
after Joseph Henry, a close friend who was secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution.
In 1875 Powell assigned a noted geologist, Grove Karl Gilbert,
to study the unique volcanic features of the Henrys,
a task which took Gilbert two separate field seasons
in 1875 and 1876 to complete.
Out of this study came one of the classics of modern geology,
the Report on the Geology of the Henry Mountains,
published by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1877.
In this work Gilbert first identified the Henrys as
a laccolithic range, formed by igneous intrusions into
the surrounding sedimentary rocks.
Gilbert's Report remains a standard work of geology;
as Charles B. Hunt, a geologist who studied the Henrys
in the 1950s, noted,
"The Henry Mountains have been referred to in
the geological literature of every language and are one
of the localities most widely known to the science.
No geologist needs to be introduced to them."
The rigors of the land have precluded any large-scale
settlement of the Henrys or the surrounding regions.
Evidence of prehistoric inhabitation by both the Fremont
and Anasazi cultures is found in the surrounding area,
but there is little or no indication of habitation in
the mountains themselves.
Nor did the Spaniards make any inroads into this
isolated area.
Although there have never been any permanent settlements
in the Henrys themselves, the surrounding region was
settled by Mormon pioneers as early as 1882, when
Elijah Cutler Behunin moved his family to
the present site of Caineville.
The following year Ebenezer Hanks, responding to a
mission call to colonize the area, settled north of
the Henrys, along the Fremont River, with several
other families.
A post office was established there in 1885, at which
time the town was named Hanksville.
By 1890 there were twenty families in the town, and
in 1893 LDS Church records showed a population of
more than 500 people living in the region.
It was the lure of precious metals that brought the largest
influx of settlers into the area.
Glen Canyon experienced a number of gold rushes beginning
in the early 1890s which had an effect on the Henrys.
Lumber for the mining camps and for the Stanton Dredge
was cut at many places in the mountains, and roads to
reach the stands of timber were built up Bull Creek,
where a sawmill was also built.
Naturally, some of this activity led to other activities
in the mountains.
In 1890 Jack Sumner, who had been with Powell in 1869,
located the Bromide Mine near the summit of Mount Ellen.
Prospects seemed good, and by 1893 more than 100 men
were reported to be working in the area.
A small town called Eagle City was established at
Crescent Creek, at the foot of the mountains,
with homes, a hotel, two saloons, a dance hall,
three stores, and a post office.
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway made
preliminary surveys for a branch line from
Green River, Utah, to Eagle City.
Other mines were begun on Mount Hillers, and a number
of prospects were developed on the eastern slopes of
Mount Pennell by Edwin T. Wolverton, beginning around
the turn of the century and build a stamping mill
there in 1921.
The mineral that has been mined in large quantities
in the Henrys is uranium.
Uranium Mines were first opened in the decade just before
World War I, when radium was found to be useful for
medical treatments and luminous paint.
Exploration for and production of uranium faltered until
after world War II.
In the late 1930s and during World War II, amounts of
vanadium (which occurs with uranium and was required
for tempering steel) were mined in the Henrys.
After the war, with the demand for uranium for nuclear
weapons, many other uranium deposits throughout
the Henrys were prospected and mined, and some of them
are re-worked today.
South of the Henrys, the small settlement,
with a mill and company town, was built in the late
1970s to process uranium from nearby mines -
By the time the town and mill were completed, however,
the price of "yellowcake" (processed uranium ore)
had dropped and the mill was shut down -
Today, rusting machinery, abandoned shafts,
and scattered debris are all that survive as relics
of the uranium booms of the 1950s -
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Deer Trail Mine Mill and Processing Facility -
is an US Gold & Silver PM's mining beauty -
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http://www.unicomining.com/investments/deer1.php
http://www.unicomining.com/investments/silverminehistory.php
http://www.unicomining.com/investments/silver1.php
http://www.unicomining.com/investments/bromideminehistory.php
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http://www.unicomining.com/news/pressreleases.php
TIA -
Behre Dolbear -
Founded in 1911 by Samuel Dolbear -
Behre Dolbear -
is one of the oldest, continually operating minerals industry
consulting firms in the world -
Since its founding, the company has spanned the industry
from the primitive pick and shovel days of mining to
the computer age of geostatistics.
The company specializes in performing studies and consulting
for a wide range of businesses with interests in
the minerals industry, including:
* major and junior mining companies
* banks and other lenders
* venture capital syndications and private individuals
* government agencies
* native or First Nations peoples, tribes, or bands.
* mineral and other landholding companies
From offices around the world, the firm has performed
assignments across the whole spectrum of commodities
including base and precious metals, coal and lignite,
ferrous metals, uranium, industrial minerals and gemstones -
More about
Behre Dolbear -
they have the experience in the mining industry to Rec. -
UNICO INC. -
Great old US, Utah Gold & Silver Mines treasure Ore chests -
still has to be opened up recommisioned re-started
and the hard asset values of the PM metals of -
Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead - PMG -
Uranium - rare earth strategic Ore minerals etc.
http://www.dolbear.com/
Merry Christmas -
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=6582
Ps. Note. -
The nss desperate illegal 666 banksterz have short sold -
billionz - zillionz of paperz they don't have or owned -
dive to bankruptcy u gypsy longfingered basherz trotsky
& lenins putinz clownz -
be happy if u get 100 yrs in jail -
u aren't any better - than the old horse thieves -
they got the rope and tree branch -
TIA
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