| Title |
(Fig. 26a) "View from edge of River Terrace looking southeast along the strike fo the Fort Duchesne Vein toward the Arrowchis Lease from near the point of original discovery of this vein, just northwest of the commercial portion of the vein. Over the top of the house in the center can be seen the dim outline of a string of headframes (including those in "B" below) over the closely-spaced shafts of the Raven Mining Company." |
| Photo Number |
P0873n1_01_03a |
| Description |
Photo from a 1940 work by Arthur Crawford showing a view of the setting of the Fort Duchesne gilsonite vein, site of 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/s6fb5npq |
| Setname |
uum_map |
| ID |
942907 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fb5npq |
