+vulture19 Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 Hi folks! POsting this in the W/SW regional thread instead of benchmark hunting because I am going to assume more people here have been on the trail. Did the hike up to Delicate Arch today, and foundthis thing in the ground at N 38° 44.591 W109° 30.265 Does this look like a destroyed benchmark, or am I reading far too much into this thing. If it's not a b/m, any ideas? Thanks, Mike Quote Link to comment
+Uncle Alaska Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 I've never been there, but it looks like one of two things: If it was along a well travelled trail...then maybe an old pipe (for a handrail) that has been battered/bashed down along the edges. (hard to tell, need something in the photo to give it scale). OR A wild shot, is it a shell casing from some sort of heavy artillary shell? I have never seen a BM in the ground like this good luck. -UA Quote Link to comment
+vulture19 Posted October 13, 2005 Author Share Posted October 13, 2005 Sorry about the scale issue. THe object is approximately 5 inches in diameter. I would be surprised if it were for a handrail, as there seemed to be no evidence of anything of the sort anyplace in the park, and I'm 99.99% certain that it was never used for artillery practice. Driving me nuts, it is... Quote Link to comment
+Team Rubicons Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 In the early 40's and 50's The Moab area was huge for Uranium Mining. (BTW... It still is today) There are tens of thousands of core sampling plugs all over the area including in the Park. The larger ones were capped and the smaller ones were just left there. you can find these things in some of the most remote areas in Southern Utah. Whats really cool for the smaller ones is to drop a coin in them. You can actually hear the coin fall in the core shaft and they seem to go forever! 10 to 1 you found yourself one of the larger sampling core sites! Quote Link to comment
+vulture19 Posted October 18, 2005 Author Share Posted October 18, 2005 In the early 40's and 50's The Moab area was huge for Uranium Mining. (BTW... It still is today) There are tens of thousands of core sampling plugs all over the area including in the Park. The larger ones were capped and the smaller ones were just left there. you can find these things in some of the most remote areas in Southern Utah. Whats really cool for the smaller ones is to drop a coin in them. You can actually hear the coin fall in the core shaft and they seem to go forever! 10 to 1 you found yourself one of the larger sampling core sites! COOL! Thanks for the info, that sounds completely plausible. If only I had known this while I was out there, I could have looked for more of them. But since we are planning on coming back to that area next year, it gives me something else to research. This brings up two, unrelated points: Could there actually be uranium that far up the rock? Would this be a good topic for waypointing? Quote Link to comment
2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 If the outside diameter is 5" then the center circle would be about 3" in diameter. It appears to be a pipe that has been flattened. We have found uranium hotspots at many different elevations. From about 3300' level to over 5500' level. The Colorado Plateau is known for being rich in uranium, at it reaches to an elevation of 9000' fairly close to where we live. John Quote Link to comment
+Team Rubicons Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 In the early 40's and 50's The Moab area was huge for Uranium Mining. (BTW... It still is today) There are tens of thousands of core sampling plugs all over the area including in the Park. The larger ones were capped and the smaller ones were just left there. you can find these things in some of the most remote areas in Southern Utah. Whats really cool for the smaller ones is to drop a coin in them. You can actually hear the coin fall in the core shaft and they seem to go forever! 10 to 1 you found yourself one of the larger sampling core sites! COOL! Thanks for the info, that sounds completely plausible. If only I had known this while I was out there, I could have looked for more of them. But since we are planning on coming back to that area next year, it gives me something else to research. This brings up two, unrelated points: Could there actually be uranium that far up the rock? Would this be a good topic for waypointing? Look at it this way. the more of those uranium holes you find the better your GPS will keep a charge!!! Quote Link to comment
+SD Rowdies Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 (edited) Y'all crazy, them thangs wuz left by aliens. You know, ... Texicans. Edited October 25, 2005 by SD Rowdies Quote Link to comment
+nevcowpok Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 (edited) Thats odd, I have been on that trail many times Edited October 27, 2005 by nevcowpok Quote Link to comment
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