Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel
Books
- Diamonds in the Sand The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872 and the Men Who Fooled America · Liszt Think
In 1872, two Kentucky prospectors convinced San Francisco’s elite that a remote Colorado mesa held untold riches.
- A Map on a Desk…ugh brokerage houses and private portfolios, creating obligations that reached far beyond the mine itself. In the field headquarters of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, established in a converted ranch house on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, Clarence King laid a newspaper clipping beside his morni…
- The Government’s Parallel Track…f steel on stone cracked across the empty valley and died without echo. It was September 1872. They were completing the final season of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel on the eastern slope of the Uinta Mountains. King marked the time: 10: 47. He noted sky conditions, wind direction, temperature. These entr…
- The Geologist’s Ascendant Star…g completed the document that would transform his career and, in some measure, the practice of American science. The official report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel had been appearing in installments since 1870: substantial volumes bound in government cloth, distributed to libraries and congressional of…