| Title |
Winter Quarters, Utah |
| Collection |
Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection |
| File Name |
39222001423487 |
| Photo Number |
19021 |
| Creator |
Anderson, George Edward, 1860-1928 |
| Publisher |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Date of Photograph |
ca. 1900 |
| Date |
1900; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904 |
| Subject |
Coal mining; Mine accidents; Disasters; Miners; Family; Houses; Children |
| Person |
Jones, Sarah Lester; Jones, Jane; Jones, John Jr.; Jones, Sarah; Jones, Mary; Jones, George; Jones, Ruby; Jones, Martha |
| Spatial Coverage |
Utah; Carbon County; Winter Quarters |
| Description |
Image shows the Jones family outside their home after losing a family member in the Winter Quarters mine explosion. |
| Comment |
Winter Quarters was an old mining town near Scofield in Utah's Carbon County. The town is now a ghost town, but is most remembered for a huge explosion in 1900 that lead to the death of nearly 200 miners. |
| Rights Management |
Digital Image (c) 2006 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
| Holding Institution |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Relation |
Classified Photo Collection, 979.2 Utah Cities |
| Source Format |
Paper print |
| Source Size |
10 inches x 8 inches |
| Source Donors |
Thomas, David T. |
| Type |
Image |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Format Creation |
Image scanned from print on Epson Scanner at TIFF: 800 dpi. |
| Scanned By |
Karl Nicholson and Earl Hindley, Utah State Historical Society |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6g73ngj |
| Setname |
dha_cp |
| ID |
434185 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6g73ngj |
