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A view of the coal-bearing bluffs near Point of Rocks, on Bitter Creek. Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 1870.

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1870

Summary

Album caption and index card: A view of the coal bearing bluffs near Point of Rocks, on Bitter Creek, Union Pacific Railroad, 805 miles west of Omaha, and 6,484 feet above the sea. The veins are about 5 feet thick, cropping out high on the bluff, and with a very slight inclination to the northwest. Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 1870.

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U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Jackson, William Henry

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name photoLibrary jwh00336
number photoLibrary 18677
batch photoLibrary btch109
number_in_book photoLibrary 336

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