Irving Craig Roberts and Glen A. Carey photographs, 1949

File — Box: 1, Folder: 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

p0873n01_02_01: (Fig. 2) "The evolution of gilsonite transportation showing the original mule teams, the old Uintah Railroad from Mack, Colorado, to Watson, Utah, and the modern truck transportation."
p0873n01_02_02: (Fig. 5) "Occurrence of horizontal beds of gilsonite between layers of the Green River shale."
p0873n01_02_03: (Fig. 6) "Early mining of gilsonite [at] Rainbow Mine, Utah"
p0873n01_02_04: (Fig. 7) "Interior of Rainbow Mine, Utah"
p0873n01_02_05: (Fig. 8) "Fire resulting from a Gilsonite explosion [at] Bonanza Mine (1945) [Salt Lake?] Tribune [photo]"
p0873n01_02_06: (Fig. 11) "Drift BBonanza Mine (Before 1945 fire)."
p0873n01_02_07: (Fig. 12) "West drift - Full width 162 ft. [at] Bonanza Mine (before 1945 fire)."
p0873n01_02_08: (Fig. 14) "Surface vein width and tail-rope arrangement of the Bonanza Mine stripping operations".
p0873n01_02_09 (Fig. 15) "Slusher house, truck hopper and scraper slide used in the Bonanza Mine stripping operations."
p0873n01_02_10: (Fig. 16) "Crushing and Screening Plant, Head Frame No. 14 Shaft, Bonanza Mine."

Dates

1949

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