A new drilling contract in Utah threatens Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, an emergency email from the artist’s widow, Nancy Holt, informs journalists. A number of pipes and pumps will be laid beneath the water and shore, as well as roads built for oil tank trucks, and cranes for other development needs, all of which promise to severely alter the surrounding environment including Spiral Jetty.

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- bill 2-03-2008 1:57 am [add a comment]

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- bill 2-07-2008 1:04 am [add a comment]

national trust for historic preservation picks up story
- bill 3-07-2008 4:09 pm [add a comment]