Title |
Rejected Manuscripts |
Identifier |
rejected.xml |
Subject |
Fossils--Utah; Paleontology--Utah; Mountains--Utah; Natural bridges--Utah--Canyonlands National Park; Millard County (Utah)--History |
Description |
A binder of manuscripts by Frank A. Beckwith that had been rejected by editors. They include: "Wings and bouncing echoes scout for oil," about prospecting for oil fields in the area around Delta, Millard County, Utah; "Scientists on the desert," a two-part article about a paleontology expedition in 1930 that included Frank Beckwith and Dr. Charles E. Resser, Smithsonian curator, and Dr. Riuji Endo, Japaniese geologist, which also includes another episode involving Beckwith and his friend Charles Kelly; "Fruita Natural Bridge (Pai-Soka) as seen from an airplane," which describes an aerial photograph Beckwith took; "Small fossils in Millard County," about Cambrian-era trilobites; and "Millard County's very own 'lost Spanish mine'." Each is accompanied by the rejection letter. Also here is included a published article by Charles Kelly entitled, "Historical highways: old trapper relates difficulties of travel between Ogden and Salt Lake in early days--Four killed near Farmington," printed in "Scenic Utah Motorist" magazine |
Personal Names |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951; Resser, Charles Elmer, 1889-1943; Endo, Ruiji; Kelly, Charles, 1889-1971 |
Spatial Coverage |
Millard County (Utah); Canyonlands National Park (Utah) |
Creator |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951; Kelly, Charles, 1889-1971 |
Publisher |
Hosted by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
Rejected manuscripts |
Language |
eng |
Rights Management |
Digital image copyright 2003, Beckwith Family. All rights reserved |
Holding Institution |
Delta City Library |
Source Material |
Scrapbook |
Source Physical Dimensions |
26cm x 33cm |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6t75cnb |
Setname |
dc_bpc |
ID |
126243 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t75cnb |
Title |
Lost Spanish mine |
Identifier |
043RM |
Subject |
Mining; Gold; Maps |
Description |
Millard County's very own lost mine. A stockman--farmer from Deseret, Utah and a Mexican sheepherder... |
OCR Text |
Show MILIARY COTETYVERY OVN LOSTANTSH MTNE vl By Frank Backwith but to kick any bush dn Utah ant down will dropfully matured Lost Spanich Mine parnished with the buds and prowhe of rumor and porgeously coloredbrillint near-fact tona But Millard is unioue dn that the preciove 014 has heen found and contiming to be found thus Clothing vame tradftion and retold yarns with the solid 1ech ant honer of fact e darre heavily framed stockmin-farmer fron eseret wae ridine the ranse looking for some of his cattle His mownt4 Slowemovine work horse But he wis content tode slowly for in hic caddle bar was the richest piece of float gold he had ever seon If he could only locate the parent load no more drudgery ridine rm ge no pushingdorie along the trail nor that hated interninable rising before dawn and plowine weartly all day hot and dusty If 1f he could only in1 the vetn -riches for him eice enfoynmt of wealth For the last ceveral miles he knew from dlen thatherd of sheep wie fust head of hin moving north So he vas not surprised on mownting the sentle slove of the alluvial fan to eesheep wacon andman walkine toward it He urged his mownt 4 trot and when within hailine distsce showted Hey Pedrot The Mexicin stopped To all whitemen then every Mexicin was Pedro Small scrawny ill-clad the timid Mexican obeyed for he expected trouble from the cattlemn hic sheep were interlopers in cattle country and he felt that Digital image 2004 Beckwith Family Al rights reserved |
Spatial Coverage |
Millard County (Utah) |
Creator |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951 |
Type |
Image |
Format |
application/pdf |
Format Creation |
image/tiff |
Source |
Rejected Manuscripts |
Relation |
Frank Asahel Beckwith Collection |
Coverage |
Utah |
Archival Resolution |
Archival TIFF: 3000 x 4600 |
Low Resolution |
JPEG: 800 x 600 |
Bit Depth |
8-bit |
Scanning Device |
Creo-Scitex Eversmart Jazz+ flatbed scanner |
Setname |
dc_bpc |
ID |
125393 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t75cnb/125393 |