Why Drudge is Useful

He has a great link to an archeological site that has been protected by the owner for years.

There aren’t many private land owners protective enough of such treasurers to do the following:

Although the University of Utah hired a seasonal caretaker and students from three Utah schools are working the sites this summer, Wilcox worries about possible looting, especially at odd times of the year when nobody may be watching the ranch. He said he gave it up on a promise of protection from the San Francisco-based Trust for Public Land, which transferred the ranch to public ownership.

The promise barely assured Wilcox, but he knew one thing: “I’m getting old and couldn’t take care of it.” He said he asked $4 million for the ranch, but settled for $2.5 million, moved to Green River, Utah, and retired.

Over the years, Wilcox occasionally welcomed archaeologists to inspect part of the canyon, “but we’d watch ’em.” When one Kent State researcher used a pick ax to take a pigment sample from a pictograph, Wilcox “took the pick from him and took him out of the gate.”