(Fig. 28) "Two views of the head-frame of the Stacey Reed shaft, taken from near the south boundary of the Arrowchis Lease of the Western Gilsonite and Elaterite Company, and from a point approximately where it is proposed to sink the new two-compartment deep shaft for pemanent commercial production. The Stacey Reed shaft here shown will serve as auxiliary manway and airway for the new shaft of the Western Gilsonite and Elaterite Company by permitting this use of their shaft, and will bear their share of the hoisting and drifting necessary to make the connection. As explained in the text, the overhead thus saved will be of vital importance to all concerned. Note the rick of sacked gilsonite near the shaft. The discovery of commercial gilsonite at this point on the vein beyond the boundary line of the Arrowchis Lease proved beyond question the ‘ore' body throughout the full length of the lease."

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Title (Fig. 28) "Two views of the head-frame of the Stacey Reed shaft, taken from near the south boundary of the Arrowchis Lease of the Western Gilsonite and Elaterite Company, and from a point approximately where it is proposed to sink the new two-compartment deep shaft for pemanent commercial production. The Stacey Reed shaft here shown will serve as auxiliary manway and airway for the new shaft of the Western Gilsonite and Elaterite Company by permitting this use of their shaft, and will bear their share of the hoisting and drifting necessary to make the connection. As explained in the text, the overhead thus saved will be of vital importance to all concerned. Note the rick of sacked gilsonite near the shaft. The discovery of commercial gilsonite at this point on the vein beyond the boundary line of the Arrowchis Lease proved beyond question the ‘ore' body throughout the full length of the lease."
Photo Number P0873n1_01_04a
Description Photo from a 1940 work by Arthur Crawford showing a view of the head-frame of the Stacey Reed shaft, at the Western Gilsonite and Elaterite Company's Arrowchis Lease 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.
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ARK ark:/87278/s6223dg6
Setname uum_map
ID 942910
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6223dg6
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