on the Colorado River upstream from Moab commemorates a gold placer operation that occurred 130 years ago. High marks to the person that chiseled this historic graffiti into a varnished sandstone boulder above the river. It’s very well done and endures to this day.
Located on the north side of Utah 128 just west of the bouldering area at Big Bend (about 0.6 mi (1 km)).
R.H. is the likely inscriber, but notice the initials JA are faintly pecked in the upper left.
The boulder in 2021 when vandalized with climber’s chalk. Fortunately, several year’s time and rain has washed the chalk away. Image credit: Moab Times-Independent, Sena Hauer.
Learning opportunity: Utah Gold - History, Placers and Recreational Regulations.