| Title |
(Fig. 24a) "A prospect pit on the Stacey reed Lease sunk in search of the Fort Duchesne vein, hidden beneath the mantle of boulders and river gravel from the Uinta River. The man inspecting the pit is Harry Pearson, one of the stockholders of the Western Gilsonite and Elaterite Company." |
| Photo Number |
P0873n1_01_01a |
| Description |
Photo from a 1940 work by Arthur Crawford showing Harry Pearson, one of the stockholders of the Western Gilsonite and Elaterite Company, inspecting a prospect pit on the Fort Duchesne gilsonite vein, Uintah County, Utah. |
| Creator |
Crawford, Arthur L. (Arthur Lorenzo), 1899-1980 |
| Date |
1949 |
| Textual Date |
1949 |
| 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/s66t16dw |
| Setname |
uum_map |
| ID |
942901 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66t16dw |
