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In the 1890s miners flocked to San Juan County in search of gold which had been discovered in traces in the sandbars of the rivers and in the sandstone. Location notices were recorded in accordance with federal law, which decreed that mineral deposits in the public ...
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Mines and mineral resources--Ownership--San Juan County (Utah).
Mining claims--San Juan County (Utah).
Mining districts--San Juan County (Utah).

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In March 1908 prospectors drilling for oil on the San Juan River opened a gusher which threw oil to a height of 70 feet. This discovery brought a stampede of speculators to San Juan County (Osmond L. Harline, "Utah's Black Gold," Utah Historical Quarterly, vol. 31, no. ...
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Petroleum--Prospecting--San Juan County (Utah).
Mines and mineral resources--Ownership--San Juan County (Utah).
Mining claims--San Juan County (Utah).

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