| Title |
(Fig. 25a) "West view of Arrowchis Shaft showing head frame, loading platform (walled in on windward sides), simple built-in screening plant a rack of sacked gilsonite, and two stockholders, R. L. Hedrick (left), and Harry Pearson. The upper deck served as a protective shed for the loading platform and as a floor to hold each digger's sacks, as they were hoisted from the stopes, until they were sorted, graded, and screened, after which they were racked on the loading platform below for shipment." |
| Photo Number |
P0873n1_01_02b |
| Description |
Photo from a 1940 work by Arthur Crawford showing a mine headframe and sacks of gilsonite ore waiting for shipment. Two stockholders of the Western Gilsonite and Elaterite Company, R. L. Hedrick (left) and Harry Pearson, are standing there. |
| 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/s6pv752z |
| Setname |
uum_map |
| ID |
942905 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv752z |
