Marble Canyon Treasure

Marble canyon is pretty tiny essentially marble canyon consists of the marble canyon lodge a chevron gas station and a few houses.

Marble canyon treasure.

4 926 08 km 2 of unincorporated area in coconino and mohave. Marble canyon is also well known for the navajo bridge where. Kinkaid who claimed to have found deep within the bowels of the earth in the marble canyon region of the grand canyon a vast cavern. Cliffs in marble canyon where a treasure trove of cambrian fossils was discovered in 2012.

The whole bizarre tale began with a curious article that appeared right on the front page of the april 5 1909 edition of the arizona gazette which gave a spectacular account from two alleged smithsonian funded archaeologists a prof. This canyon is so beautiful the colors are amazing. Marble canyon is the section of the colorado river canyon in northern arizona from lee s ferry to the confluence with the little colorado river which marks the beginning of the grand canyon. We have cut through the sand stones and limestones met in the upper part of the canyon and through one great bed of marble a thousand feet in thickness.

Stanton s cave in marble canyon grand canyon arizona marble gorge canyon or gorge in colorado river between mouths of paria and little colorado so named by major powell 1869. So we call it. Marble canyon is a tiny populated place in coconino county arizona on us route 89a about 12 miles southwest of page it is a short distance from lee s ferry once one of the few places where travelers could cross the colorado river and today a popular tourist spot. A story on the front page of the april 5 1909 edition of the arizona gazette recounted the discovery of a series of bizarre caves and artifacts in the marble canyon region of the grand canyon.

The fossils are in the burgess shale and rival the famed original burgess shale fossil site in. Grand canyon national park located in northwestern arizona is the 15th site in the united states to have been named a national park the park s central feature is the grand canyon a gorge of the colorado river which is often considered one of the wonders of the world the park which covers 1 217 262 acres 1 901 972 sq mi.