| Title |
(Fig. 24b) "Wayne Thomas, mining engineer in charge, and a party of visitors inspecting preparations for pouring the concrete for the retaining wall to hold out surface water and sand until a reinforced [sic] concrete collar could be constructed on the bed-rock [sic] about 15 feet below the surface. Note several sacks of gilsonite salvaged from the vein in order to make room for the shaft collar." |
| Photo Number |
P0873n1_01_01b |
| Description |
Photo from a 1940 work by Arthur Crawford showing mining engineer Wayne Thomas and visitors inspecting construction work at a gilsonite mine in Uintah County, Utah. |
| Creator |
Crawford, Arthur L. (Arthur Lorenzo), 1899-1980 |
| Date |
1940 |
| Textual Date |
1940 |
| Keywords |
Utah; Eastern Utah; Uintah or Uinta; Mining; Gilsonite; Miners; Excavating machinery |
| Subject |
Gilsonite--Utah--Photographs; Mines and mineral resources--Uinta Basin (Utah and Colo.)--Photographs; Uinta Basin (Utah and Colo.)--Photographs |
| Spatial Coverage |
Uintah County (Utah); Uinta Basin (Utah and Colo.) |
| Additional Information |
Western Americana (see Original Source field). |
| Collection Number and Name |
P0873 Gilsonite Mining Photograph Collection |
| Collection Name |
Gilsonite Mining |
| Original Source |
"Gilsonite : a general discussion with special reference to the Arrowchis Lease of the Western Gilsonite & Elaterite Company" by Arthur L. Crawford. [Salt Lake City, Utah?] : [s.n.], [1940] "Gilsonite" by John L. Kemmerer. Thesis (M.S.)--Dept. of Geology, University of Utah, 1934. "Dissertation on the history, occurrence, mining, and economics of gilsonite" by Irving Craig Roberts and Glen A. Carey. Thesis (B.S.)--Department of Mining Engineering, University of Utah, 1949 |
| Donated By/Purchased From |
Collection derived from written documents in Western Americana, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library. |
| Rights |
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| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6320fmk |
| Setname |
uum_map |
| ID |
942902 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6320fmk |
