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Alpine Avalanche in Alpine, Texas

02 Dec 1955

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Alpine Avalanche

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Alpine, Texas, United States of America

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Dec 02, 1955

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2

Geologists Describe Brewster County Mineral Deposits

UT Bureau of Economic Geology researchers Lonsdale and Maxwell detail the Big Bend mineral resources with focus on the Terlingua district and quicksilver production. They note Mariscal Mountain operations, a Terlingua district history producing about a quarter of US quicksilver, postwar revival, current prices around 250 dollars per flask, cinnabar as the main ore, and ongoing prospecting and reopenings.

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West Texas John T. Lonsdale Ross Maxwell Bureau of Economic Geology University of Texas Big Bend Maxwell Big Bend National Park Ross A. Maxwell Study Butte Lajitas Mariscal Mountain Chisos Mountains Mariscal Christmas Mountains U. S California Mountain Terlingua United States
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Sul Ross Professors Attend Florida Association Meeting

Two Sul Ross State College faculty members Dean T H Etheridge and Dr G P Smith attended the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools meeting in Miami Beach and were expected to return the next day.

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Sul Ross State College Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools Miami Beach A. T. H. Etheridge G. P. Smith Sul Ross Florida Association
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