GOLD   DEVELOPMENTS  IN  CENTRAL  UINTA 
COUNTY,  WYO.,  AND  AT  OTHER  POINTS 
ON  SNAKE  RIVER. 
By  Alfred  R.  Schultz. 
INTRODUCTION. 
The  present  paper  comprises  a  brief  preliminary  statement  of  some 
of  the  results  obtained  from  surveys  made  by  E.  E.  Smith,  B.  A. 
Iverson,  H.  C.  Schleuter,  and  the  writer  during  the  summer  of  1906  in 
Tps.  23  to  39  N.,  Rs.  113  to  117  W.,  inclusive,  Uinta  County,  Wyo. 
The  examination  of  this  region  was  made  primarily  for  the  purpose 
of  determining  the  locality  of  the  various  coal  and  oil  beds  that  occur 
in  Uinta  County  and  to  trace  northward  the  coal  formations  mapped 
by  A.  C.  Veatch  and  the  writer  in  southern  Uinta  County  during  the 
summer  of  1905.  In  carrying  out  this  plan  the  surveys  were  care- 
fully tied  to  the  land  corners,  and  geologic  and  sketch  topographic 
maps  were  prepared  on  a  scale  of  2  inches  to  the  mile,  with  a  contour 
interval  of  100  feet.  These  separate  field  sheets,  covering  an  area  a 
little  larger  than  that  included  in  the  above-mentioned  townships  and 
ranges,  are  now  being  compiled  into  a  single  base  map,  on  a  scale  of  1 
inch  to  the  milo,  which  will  show  all  the  streams,  land  corners,  houses, 
fences,  roads,  and  trails  found  in  this  examination  and  will  be  used  as 
a  base  for  the  several  maps  that  will  accompany  the  complete  report 
now  in  preparation.  These  maps  will  show  the  areal  and  structural 
geology,  the  location  and  depth  of  the  coal  beds,  the  location  of  the 
oil-bearing  shales,  the  occurrence  of  iron  and  gold,  and  the  regions 
where  they  may  be  found.  It  is  the  purpose  in  this  preliminary 
report  to  give  a  short  description  of  the  occurrence  of  gold  in  central 
Uinta  County  and  point  out  to  what  extent  development  has  been 
carried.  The  detailed  report  on  this  area,  to  which  the  reader  is 
referred  for  further  information,  will  probably  be  ready  for  distribu- 
tion during  the  spring  of  1908. 
SURFACE  FEATURES. 
This  area  has  an  elevation  ranging  from  5,700  feet  on  Snake  River 
to  11,500  feet  on  the  crest  of  the  mountain  ranges.     In  the  vicinity  of 
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