Show group mineralogical to spend field day at topaz next saturday a large group of rock hounds from all over the U S 9 will leave salt lake city at 6 7 and sa 8 a in for a I 1 eld day at to paz mountain this spot is from six to ten miles south of the boundary of tooele thoele county and abely twenty two miles north 0 of f millaid millard county the mountain is s fuated in juab county and best visited from the jericho callao road which runs east west about two miles or so south of it topaz mountain is a huge mass of rhyll te which Nin the far distant past was intruded forced upward molton rn ss qs and after fol lowing erosion of an overlay now 0 man n an years it has held an important place to m ats and has been v sited by thousands since its early dis covery it conta ns the largest de posit of topazes in this area and in addition to both transparent and wine colored topazes fortunate searchers may also find garnets of rather impure quality rarely some vans cite more infrequently the very rare nearby jasper in several colors and by extend ing the hunt into contiguous areas petri petrified fiel wood wool is to be got of good polishing quality and on the north east area geodes of value fireplaces have been built toil ets and a minimum of ac comoda eions anticipating the needs of this assembly topaz mountain has a great reputation and it is fitting that the M ner society of america should make this spot their objective for field work after the convention has been held in salt lake city some of the visitors may also visit paul bunyon s woodpile which is only two and a half miles from where the nephi jericho cal lao road crosses H six near jericho this is a piling up of three great tires of columnar lava largely hexagonal in form with excellent camping facil ties a fine spring trees and shade and hill climbing for f or all those who leave from tooele thoele will go south through tintic gintic june tion and take the jericho callao road west they will pass the old so called porter rockwell ranch which was not the ranch of the original old port but of a neph ew e w it has been called the porter R rockwell ranch for years and years until the name is now fully fixed and on ind an creek not far distant ancient small dwellings have been excavated and many rel cs dug out the trip should be of intense in terest and yield richly in satisfy ing interest 1 |