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Show Find Utah Plateau Is Scenic Wonderland Rock Paintings and Dinosaur DinosaurTracks DinosaurTracks Tracks Revealed . , Salt Lake CItyGeologIsts City Geologists -GeologIsts - re- re returning re returning - . turning from exploration of the vast vastand vastand vastand and desolate Kaiparowits plateau m in msouthern insouthern insouthern southern Utah found it a scenic scemc and andarcheologlc andarcheologic andarcheologic archeologlc archeologic wonderland , . where they theydIscovered theydiscovered theydiscovered theydiscoveredThe dIscovered dIscoveredThe The tracks of a dinosaur dmosaur embed embed- embedded embedded . - ded in a sandstone slabNumerous slab slabNumerous I , Numerous ancient rock pamtmgs paintings paintingsin pamtmgsIn In . which .hlCh hlCh the swastika s\\astIka s astIka \ \ is a proml proms promlnent promsnent prominent nent feature featureA featureI I A "mountain mountain " of flie fi1 doe ( " that has hasbeen hasbeen : been burning burnmg for centunesFIve centuriesFive centuries centunes centuriesFive Five members of the Utah Mu Muscum Muscum Museum scum society composed an expedi expedi- expedition expedition . - tion that set out into mto the 600 mIle mile- milesquare mile-square mile square - . square w wilderness derness of deep cut can can- canyons canyons . - yons and high , almost Inaccessible Inaccessibletable inaccessibletable inaccessibletable table landsByron landsByron lands landsByron Byron Davies , student archeolo- archeolo archeologISt archeologist archeolo-gist archeolo gist - - gISt , , said the rock paintings pamtmgs , sev- sev several sev several - . era eral 1 thousand years old , were found foundon foundon foundon on towering towermg vermilion vermlhon cliffs clIITs twenty twentymIles twentymiles twentymiles mIles southwest of Cannonville"Among Cannonville"Among Cannonville Cannonville"Among "Among Among " the subjects subJccts of the paint pamt paint- paintings paintings . - ings , remarkably vivid and well wellpreserved wellpreserved wellpreserved preserved , " he said , "were were " char char- characterIstIc characteristic characteristic - acteristic square shouldered men , . a awoman awoman awoman woman kneeling kneelmg , a large red Ger- Ger German Ger German - . man cross , . fourteen human hands handsin handsm m in various shades sbades of red , green grcen and andyellow andyellow andyellow yellow , . huge butterflies , a number numberof of swastikas , . and two human figures figuresa -a a - a man and a woman-e"CercisIng woman e"CercisIng eCercisIng womane"CercisIngon woman-e woman e woman - exercisingon " cercising cercisingon on a sort of trapeze"On trapeze"On trapeze trapeze"On " "On On " our second day out we dls- dls dis - . covered some perfectly preserved preserveddmosaur preserveddinosaur preserveddinosaur dmosaur dinosaur trael tracks tracY's tracYs ' s on a slab of rIpple ripple- ripplemarked ripple-marked ripple marked - . Wingateformation WmgateformatIon marked sandstone of the Wmgate Wingate formatIon This was significant slgmficant be- be because be because . - cause other footprints footprmts of fossil mon monsters . sters found in m Utah are in m the theyounger theyounger theyounger younger series of the Mesozoic MesozoJc era"There era"There era era"There "There There " was one mountain mountam at least leasta a thousand feet thick partially met met- metamorphosed metamorphosed metamorphosed - amorphosed by the burning burmng of ItS ItScoal itscoal itscoal coal veins vems ' Millions l'vl1lhons lvl1lhons of tons of clays claysshales , . shales and sandstone have been beenmelted beenmelted beenmelted melted into 111tO a maze mazc of the most com com- complex complex . - plex colors Imagmable"Farther imaginable"Farther imaginable Imagmable imaginable"Farther " "Farther Farther " on we saw this burning burningprocess burningprocess burningprocess process in m operation From a se- se serIes series se series - - ries of abysmal cracks all along the thetop thetop thetop top of a mountain smoke billows up upfrom upfrom upfrom from ancient but still living lIvmg fires firesAs firesAs firesAs As the smoke comes to the surfaceit surfaceat surface It at deposits on the rocks a yellow yellowwaxy , . waxy material which contrastIng contrastIngWIth contrastingwith contrastingwith WIth the blackened surfaces , height heJght- heJght height- heJghtens heightens heightens - ' ' " . ens the 'inferno inferno 'mferno mferno appearance The expedition , . Mr , . Djvies D.1vles D1vles Davies . s said saiddisclosed 11d , disclosed that there was an amazing amazingwealth amazingwealth amazingwealth wealth of untouched scientific selentIflc ma materlal material matenal terlal terial throughout the KaiparowIts Kaiparotvits Kaiparotvitsplateau KaiparowItsplateau Kaiparowitsplateau plateau |