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Title Oil drilling rig, San Juan oil field.
Photo Number P0341n01_26_03
Description Photo shows an oil drilling rig at the Nevills camp near Mexican Hat, San Juan County, Utah
Keywords Deserts; Petroleum industry; San Juan oil field; Oil fields; Oil wells; Oil well drilling rigs
Subject Oil fields--Utah--San Juan County--Photographs; Oil wells--Utah--San Juan County--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Mexican Hat (Utah); San Juan County (Utah)
Additional Information William Nevills came to Mexican Hat in the 1920s to work in the San Juan oil field. His son Norman joined him in 1928. The oil boom didn't last and the family turned to other work to make a living. They turned their former oil camp into a tourist inn, and it eventually became the headquarters for Norm's river-running operation, Nevill Expeditions
Collection Number and Name P0341 Norman D. and Doris Nevills Photograph Collection
Collection Name Norman D. and Doris Nevills
Finding Aid http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/UU_EAD/id/2508
Relation is Part of Utah River Running Archives
Donated By/Purchased From Gift of daughters Joan Nevills-Staveley and Sandra Nevills Reiff in 1988.
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Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6zc8tfs
Setname uum_map_rr
ID 1327831
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zc8tfs

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Setname uum_map_rr
ID 1327833
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zc8tfs/1327833