Chalcedony Chip
date: label: Accession Date
content: 11 Dec 1871
name: label: Collector
content: North Pacific Railway Survey
label: Donor Name
content: Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE NOTE: THIS SPECIMEN WAS ENTERED INTO THE COLLECTION IN 1871. THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD SURVEY PARTIES (1871-1873) FOLLOWED THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER IN 1871 FROM A POINT APPROXIMATELY WHERE THE SHIELDS RIVER ENTERS THE YELLOWSTONE TO A POINT NEAR WHERE PRYOR CREEK DOES. THEY ALSO JOINED THE YELLOWSTONE FURTHER EAST, AROUND STOCKDADE, ON GLENDIVE CREEK. (REF: THE PLAINSMEN OF THE YELLOWSTONE, 1961, M.H. BROWN.) FROM CARD: "FROM PLATFORM GRAVE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Oct 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Northern Pacific Railroad Survey, Yellowstone River, Montana Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 71A00080
label: USNM Number
content: E10722-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mineral