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Call number	NAU.PH.2006.12.3.46.A.8
Item number	87391
Creator	Jones, Albert H.
Title	Freighting party prepares to depart from Oljato Trading Post, Oljato, Utah, 1909
Alternate title	Spencer mining operations along the San Juan River and at Lees Ferry, 1909-1910.
Date	1909-1910
Type	Image
Description	BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY: Born in Denver, Colorado in 1884, Albert H. Jones, Jr. worked with Charles H. Spencer and his mining party, staking placer claims on the San Juan and Colorado Rivers from 1908-1911. Spencer thought that gold could be sluiced from the Colorado and he convinced investors that his plan was worth funding. Jones was a skilled engineer, surveyor and route finder. He ran baselines and triangulated prominent topography in the area. He recorded the first measurement of the discharge of the Colorado River at Lee's Ferry. With a fleet that included an excursion boat formerly used on the Mississippi River, Jones and others went upriver to stake claims. After leaving Spencer's operation, Jones continued to survey for mineral resources in Como, Colorado. In 1916, he became the Superintendent of the Denver Water Supply Reservoir and remained in that position until 1926. Jones was registered as a civil engineer in 1920 and graduated from the Colorado School of Mines and the International Correspondence School in Scranton, Pennsylvania. In 1934, he purchased land in Elizabeth, Colorado where he operated the Silver J Fox Ranch for over 15 years. He died in 1979 in Castle Rock, Colorado.
Collection name	Jones, Albert H.
Language	English
Repository	Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Rights	ABOR
Subjects	Pack animals (Transportation) Trading posts--Utah Oxen Wagons Snow Oljato Trading Post
Places	San Juan (Utah) Oljato (Utah)
Physical format	Black and white polyester film negative
Physical dimension	3 x 5 inches
Master file size	26447504
Master mimetype	image/tiff
Master file format	tif
Hardware	Imacon Flextight 848
Software	Photoshop 9.0
Master color scheme	Grayscale
Master image bit depth	16-bit
Master resolution	1000
Master pixels horizontal	4777
Master pixels vertical	2766

Freighting party prepares to depart from Oljato Trading Post, Oljato, Utah, 1909

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