Title |
Winter Quarters, Utah |
Collection |
Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection |
File Name |
39222001423487 |
Photo Number |
19021 |
Creator |
Anderson, George Edward, 1860-1928 |
Publisher |
Utah State Historical Society |
Date of Photograph |
ca. 1900 |
Date |
1900; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904 |
Subject |
Coal mining; Mine accidents; Disasters; Miners; Family; Houses; Children |
Person |
Jones, Sarah Lester; Jones, Jane; Jones, John Jr.; Jones, Sarah; Jones, Mary; Jones, George; Jones, Ruby; Jones, Martha |
Spatial Coverage |
Utah; Carbon County; Winter Quarters |
Description |
Image shows the Jones family outside their home after losing a family member in the Winter Quarters mine explosion. |
Comment |
Winter Quarters was an old mining town near Scofield in Utah's Carbon County. The town is now a ghost town, but is most remembered for a huge explosion in 1900 that lead to the death of nearly 200 miners. |
Rights Management |
Digital Image (c) 2006 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
Holding Institution |
Utah State Historical Society |
Relation |
Classified Photo Collection, 979.2 Utah Cities |
Source Format |
Paper print |
Source Size |
10 inches x 8 inches |
Source Donors |
Thomas, David T. |
Type |
Image |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Format Creation |
Image scanned from print on Epson Scanner at TIFF: 800 dpi. |
Scanned By |
Karl Nicholson and Earl Hindley, Utah State Historical Society |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6g73ngj |
Setname |
dha_cp |
ID |
434185 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6g73ngj |