| Title |
(Fig. 26b) "Headframes over tow chief shafts on the Raven Mining Company's portion of the Fort Duchesne vein. These shafts were deepened and somewhat modernized to service the lower levels. The shafts between, and on either side were then abandoned. Note hand screening equipment, power line, and slabs for lagging the ming." |
| Photo Number |
P0873n1_01_03b |
| Description |
Photo from a 1940 work by Arthur Crawford showing mine shaft headframes over the Fort Duchesne gilsonite vein, at the Raven Mining Company's mine in Uintah County, Utah. |
| Creator |
Crawford, Arthur L. (Arthur Lorenzo), 1899-1980 |
| Date |
1940 |
| Textual Date |
1940 |
| Keywords |
Utah; Eastern Utah; Uintah or Uinta; Mining; Gilsonite; Miners; Excavating machinery |
| Subject |
Gilsonite--Utah--Photographs; Mines and mineral resources--Uinta Basin (Utah and Colo.)--Photographs; Uinta Basin (Utah and Colo.)--Photographs |
| Spatial Coverage |
Uintah County (Utah); Uinta Basin (Utah and Colo.) |
| Additional Information |
Western Americana (see Original Source field). |
| Collection Number and Name |
P0873 Gilsonite Mining Photograph Collection |
| Collection Name |
Gilsonite Mining |
| Original Source |
"Gilsonite : a general discussion with special reference to the Arrowchis Lease of the Western Gilsonite & Elaterite Company" by Arthur L. Crawford. [Salt Lake City, Utah?] : [s.n.], [1940] "Gilsonite" by John L. Kemmerer. Thesis (M.S.)--Dept. of Geology, University of Utah, 1934. "Dissertation on the history, occurrence, mining, and economics of gilsonite" by Irving Craig Roberts and Glen A. Carey. Thesis (B.S.)--Department of Mining Engineering, University of Utah, 1949 |
| Donated By/Purchased From |
Collection derived from written documents in Western Americana, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library. |
| Rights |
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| ARK |
ark:/87278/s69k4wz0 |
| Setname |
uum_map |
| ID |
942908 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69k4wz0 |
