Lets plan on the group showing up at 9 AM. It takes about 2.5 hours to get there from SLC.  Dan will be going up on Friday to get things ready. Folks will need to bring their own tools, boxes, and packing material.

No dogs. Children are welcome but need to be supervised.

Please remember that the rare finds and larger fish stay with Dan.  This includes multiplates with more than 4 fish. Even so, you will still go home with more fossils than you will know what to do with.

Dan can accommodate about a dozen adults. If more want to come, we can work something out like taking turns between digging the wall and scavenging waste rock piles.

How to get to the Dempsey Quarry
Warning! The dirt roads quickly become impassable when they are wet and muddy!
• Drive East on I-80 through Evanston until you get to the Highway 189 exit.  Then drive North on Highway 189 to Kemmerer.
• Drive through Diamondville and Kemmerer staying on Highway 189.
• On the North side of Kemmerer, you will cross the Hams Fork River and train tracks on an over pass. About a mile or so past the over pass will come to a junction with Highway 233 on the left. Turn left onto 233.
• Stay on 233 for about five miles. BLM road 4211 starts on the left side of Highway 233 just before it crosses the Hams Fork river. Slow down when you see the Ranch on the right. It’s easy to miss the turn off.
• Once on road 4211, start counting cattle guards, including the one you cross just as you leave the highway. You will eventually cross 4 of them. About 1.5 miles past the last cattle guard you will come to junction with a dirt road going left. Just before you reach the junction you will see a grave marker on the left. At the junction you will see a pile of big white slabs of rock.
• Turn left on the dirt road. The road goes straight for about a mile, and just past the watering trough it will turn to the right and get a little rougher. About a half mile further you will come to a fork in the road, stay left and you should be able to see the quarry on the left. Go about 200 yards further and take one more left and drop down the hill into the quarry.

Thank you DAN!!