S11E6 - Paul R. Hibbard
Published: April 13, 2026
Duration: 20:51
"We know he didn't disappear. He had too much going for him here. It's not like him. It's 100 percent not like him."
For a young geologist with the right skills and the right tools, 1970s Wyoming was a place of opportunity. The oil crisis of 1973 had sent shock-waves through the American economy and suddenly, the vast mineral deposits beneath the west's plains and hills were incredibly valuable.
In May of 1976, a twenty-five-year-old geologist from Mead, Colorado, drove his specialized geological truck into the open country around Gillette, Wyoming to conduct a routine exploration trip and was...
For a young geologist with the right skills and the right tools, 1970s Wyoming was a place of opportunity. The oil crisis of 1973 had sent shock-waves through the American economy and suddenly, the vast mineral deposits beneath the west's plains and hills were incredibly valuable.
In May of 1976, a twenty-five-year-old geologist from Mead, Colorado, drove his specialized geological truck into the open country around Gillette, Wyoming to conduct a routine exploration trip and was...