Joy, Utah p.2

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Title Joy, Utah p.2
Collection Classified Photograph Collection
File Name 39222001436265
Photo Number 15446
Classification 979.2
Creator Polson, Herb
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Subject Cities and towns; Mining towns; Ghost towns; Graves
Spatial Coverage Joy; Millard County; Utah
Description Unknown gravesite at Joy, Utah. The result of inquires at Delta suggest it is the grave of a caretaker and drive. An unknown person kept artificaly flowers on the grave for a number of years. The site of Joy is approximately 30 miles northwest of Delta, Utah, located on the Juab-Millard county line. Drum Mountain Mining District was formed in 1872 and gold, silver, copper, lead, iron, mangenese, and bismuth mining took place. In 1879 the Drum Mountain Mining District was reorganized into the Detroit District by Harry Joy and Charles Howard, who established mining operations and a smetler at Joy. Harry Joy was the founder of Packard Motor Company in Detroit.
Rights Management Digital Image © 2011 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding Institution Utah State Historical Society
Relation Classified Photograph Collection, 979.2 Utah Cities
Source Format Print Photograph
Source Size 8 in x 10 in
Source Donors Polson, Herb
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Scanned By Karl Nicholson and Earl Hindley, USHS
ARK ark:/87278/s6cg014z
Setname dha_cp
ID 452909
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cg014z
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