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Title Refinery and buildings, Nevills camp, San Juan oil field, Mexican Hat, Utah, 1925.
Photo Number p0341n01_24_10
Description Photo shows the refinery and buildings at the Nevills camp, San Juan oil field, Mexican Hat, Utah, 1925
Date 1925
Textual Date 1925
Keywords Camps (temporary settlements); Industrial buildings; San Juan oil field; Mexican Hat (Utah); Deserts; Petroleum industry; Oil fields; Wooden-frame buildings; Canyons
Subject Oil fields--Utah--San Juan County--Photographs; Oil wells--Utah--San Juan County--Photographs; Petroleum refineries--Utah--San Juan County--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Mexican Hat (Utah); San Juan County (Utah)
Latitude 37.15
Longitude -109.85
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
Collection Number and Name P0341 Norman D. and Doris Nevills Photograph Collection
Collection Name Norman D. and Doris Nevills
Finding Aid http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/UU_EAD/id/2508
Relation is Part of Utah River Running Archives
Donated By/Purchased From Gift of daughters Joan Nevills-Staveley and Sandra Nevills Reiff in 1988.
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Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6805t6h
Setname uum_map_rr
ID 1327763
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6805t6h

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Setname uum_map_rr
ID 1327764
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6805t6h/1327764