San Francisco Phosphate Company

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Title San Francisco Phosphate Company
Identifier 7533T
Subject Mining--Phosphate--San Francisco Phosphate Company
Description San Francisco Phosphate Company began opporation in December 1960 following completion of the concentrator, ore storage bing and crushing plant. Ore from the 600,000-ton-a-year facility was shipped to Western Phosphated in Garfied to manufacture into fertilizer. Duncan King, president and general manager, reported that the phosphate deposit could be strip-mined for 100 years without resort to underground methods. The facility is located twelve miles north of Vernal off the Manila Highway.
Publisher Uintah County Regional History Center
Date 1960-12
Type Image/StillImage
Format image/jpeg
Language eng
Rights Management Digital Image, Copyright 2017 Uintah County Regional History Center
Holding Institution Uintah County Regional History Center
Archival Resolution 800 dpi, 3619 x 2531 pixels
Low Resolution 800 x 600 pixels
Bit Depth 8
Scanning Device Epson Perfection V800
Scanning Technician Elaine Carr
Spatial Coverage Vernal (Utah)
Donor Rhoda DeVed
Source Material B & W Negative; Print
ARK ark:/87278/s6vf0mzr
Setname ucl_tp
ID 1211654
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vf0mzr
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