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Rigging up, Nevills 22 Star Rig, San Juan oil field, Mexican Hat, Utah, January 1929.

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Title Rigging up, Nevills 22 Star Rig, San Juan oil field, Mexican Hat, Utah, January 1929.
Photo Number P0341n01_22_17
Description Photo shows an oil rig working at the Nevill oil patch near Mexican Hat, Utah
Keywords San Juan oil field; Mexican Hat (Utah); Deserts; Petroleum industry; San Juan oil field; Oil fields; Oil wells; Oil well drilling rigs
Subject Oil fields--Utah--San Juan County--Photographs; Oil wells--Utah--San Juan County--Photographs; Oil well drilling rigs--Photographs
Additional Information William Nevills came to Mexican Hat in the 1920s to work in the San Juan oil field. His son Norman joined him in 1928. The oil boom didn't last and the family turned to other work to make a living. They turned their former oil camp into a tourist inn, and it eventually became the headquarters for Norm's river-running operation, Nevill Expeditions
Spatial Coverage Mexican Hat (Utah); San Juan County (Utah)
Latitude 37.15
Longitude -109.85
Collection Number and Name P0341 Norman D. and Doris Nevills Photograph Collection
Collection Name Norman D. and Doris Nevills
Relation is Part of Utah River Running Archives
Date 1929-01
Textual Date January 1929
Donated By/Purchased From Gift of daughters Joan Nevills-Staveley and Sandra Nevills Reiff in 1988.
Rights
Type Image
Finding Aid http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/UU_EAD/id/2508
ARK ark:/87278/s63b6qpt
Setname uum_map_rr
ID 1327475
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63b6qpt
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