I am intrigued by the attached press photo because it shows two distinct areas being worked, either on the afternoon of the first day Tuesday Feb 12th, or on Wednesday Feb 13th ... perhaps before Palmer had arrived late on the 13th or perhaps the next day? To give context, it was the afternoon of Tuesday the 12th at 3:30pm, that the Ingrams and Himmelsbach are holding their press conference back in the Portland office. Agents had already been dispatched to Tina Bar before noon on that day ...
The reason I'm so interested in this photo is because I have a description from two agents about what was done and found, on the afternoon of the 12th and into the next day (Feb 13), prior to Palmer arriving. It was on the afternoon of the 12th when allegedly the fragment field and most of the fragments were found. I have a description of where fragments were found, ether on or near the surface or at some depth at various distances and distances from the Ingram find. I have been trying to put this all in contact with the photo recently discovered. In fact I will post another press photo showing the grid work being done at Tina Bar.
We see work being done in sectors A & B. Sector B has been extensively worked and perhaps a trench there? Sector A shows what may be a few holes and short trenches, but nothing appears to be happening between sectors A & B - why? Was nothing found there. The work I see being done in Sector A agrees very well with accounts I have been given by the agents, presumably below and to the left (down stream) of the Ingram location. The extensive work being done in this photo in Sector B is somewhat of a surprise to me, given what I was told. And the large gap with no work done between A and B is surprising to me also.
Quite obviously something motivated work being done in sectors A & B, to the exclusion of the area between these sectors.
Let me post these two photos for comment -
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