(Fig. 2) "The evolution of gilsonite transportation showing the original mule teams, the old Uintah Railroad from Mack, Colorado, to Watson, Utah, and the modern truck transportation."

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Title (Fig. 2) "The evolution of gilsonite transportation showing the original mule teams, the old Uintah Railroad from Mack, Colorado, to Watson, Utah, and the modern truck transportation."
Photo Number P0873n1_02_01
Description Photos and captions form a 1949 University of Utah mining engineering thesis by Irving Craig Roberts and Glen A. Carey. Photos show mule teams, railroad, and trucks used in transport of gilsonite.
Creator Roberts, Irving Craig; Carey, Glen A.
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.
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ARK ark:/87278/s6db8mks
Setname uum_map
ID 942915
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6db8mks
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