Show HAVE YOU registered YET T TWO IWO DAYS AYS 1 wa LEFT left afo M f OCT 30 AND 31 dinosaur quarry discoverer returns to uintah basin dr awl douglass joins eastern concern and continues Ae research search work in rich eich fossil country dr earl douglass the discoverer ot of the dinosaur quarry near jensen and geologist of national repute has been in vernal the past week he Is now associated with the gilbon asphaltum company of 0 philadelphia delphia delp hla which operates mines at rainbow he left vernal tuesday morning to continue hla his xe lea earch work los that cora pany it thas ihas been twenty years since dr douglass douglasb Dou glasa first came to basin most ot of that time he be spent at the quarry until joining the university ot at utah uta b faculty about a year ago he believes ula tall tab basin to bs be the richest geological field in the world in 1308 1908 dr douglass began ills his exploration work in the district south of vernal known as the devils play ground he spent five months there and collected two tour our horse wagon loads of fossils lossl ls all turtles and mahals at that time dr douglas was associated with the carnegie museum ot of pittsburg and the fossils were shipped thore there ile he represented the carnegie museum irom from 1302 1902 until 1324 1924 discovered dinosaur quarry on second appearance in 1909 dr douglass Dou glasa came back alfi discovered the dinosaur quarry which was worked wor keld by the museum from then until 1923 during that tim tea carloads ot of fossils were shipped away the carnegie museum received eight ca carloads one ona carload went to smithsonian boalan institute at washington and ons one to the university of utah the fossils unearthed in the quarry are all reptiles there being only the portion ot of the jaw of a mammal discovered there the basin basia lg Is rich in fossils of many kinds according to dr douglass in tact fact he ha I 1 is lot at tha opinion that it la is the richest fossil field I 1 in n the world am among on 9 the fossils found here he re are those of leaves of trees leaves ot of flowers and fruits birds which are most rare turtles o watch are quite numerous lizards crocodiles fish and cactus plants not found anywhere in the world there ar arff also dinosaurs of two different ages agea in the green river shale are am fossils of plants of the lowest order so small that it Is P ce esarT to use a microscope to detect them there are also the fossils of the larvae of many and varied insects found in ia the shale which ahl h in III some places la Is feet t thick according to dr douglass Dou glasa the eggs were laid by the insects in the water and after the larvae had hatched the storms brought down mud and slit and covered them V oter er green eider shale rich eich in oil and many ma ny minerals the green river shale formation formati olL be is the richest ric hiest in oil content of any in the world rid there are also veins of gilsonite mineral rubber and other minerals running through thie thuei deposits gilsonite is mined extensively at rainbow in uintah county and has many use dr douglass estimates that it ts iz used in the manufacture ot of at least two li undred products it la is chiefly uaea in fix the man ut of varnishes roofing products phonograph graph records ul telephone ephone receivers and transmitters radio parts Gils gilsonite brings about a tou ton at the present time alme and is worth about 50 60 cents a pound |