Yourdon family photographs: mining camp life [33]

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Title Yourdon family photographs: mining camp life [33]
Photo Number p0741n01_01_187
Description Black and white photograph of a truck loaded with sacks of gilsonite, probably at one of the camps in southern Uintah County, Utah. Ed Yourdon's notes: "Gilsonite truck, with a dog on the side. I've mentioned, in some of these photos, that my grandparents lived in various mining caps in eastern Utah. This photo shows what they were mining: gilsonite."
Creator Yourdon, Mabel, 1901-1990
Date 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955
Textual Date 1937-1955
Keywords Trucks; Gilsonite
Subject Gilsonite mines and mining--Utah--Photographs; Mines and mineral resources--Uinta Basin (Utah and Colo.)--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Uintah County (Utah)
Collection Number and Name P0741 Ray Yourdon photograph collection
Collection Name Ray Yourdon
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Finding Aid http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv891783
ARK ark:/87278/s6kh6jv2
Setname uum_map
ID 1680897
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kh6jv2
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