Emery County (Utah); Coal Mining; Prazen, Gary; Monuments
The statue "The Coal Miner" stands outside of the Emery County Courthouse as a monument to coal miners. The plaque reads, "In memory of the miners who have lost their lives in coal mines." The bronze statue was created by Gary Prazen, a Utah artist...
Emery County (Utah); Coal Mining; Oliphant Mine; Black Diamond Mine; Coal Car
An old coal car that was used in the Oliphant and Black Diamond Mines is set as a monument along side of the road that led to the Oliphant and Black Diamond Mines in Cottonwood Canyon.
Drew Richards had a coal mine in Huntington Canyon for several years. It was started in 1944 in Meetinghouse Canyon--Huntington Canyon, called Seagull Coal Mine.
Emery County (Utah); Coal Mining, Huntington (Utah); Horse and Wagons
The mountains around Castle Valley -- Emery and Carbon County -- have thick coal seems in them. Coal mining has been the major industry since 1875. Early coal mining was done with horses or mules and wagons as shown in this picture.
Geary, Elmo. Plate LIV, Amusement in the Mining Communities. Dramatics in Castle Valley 1875 to 1925. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah, 1953. Fig.1 The Mohrland Orchestra: Ralph Green, Calvin Jensen, Melvin Henrie, Arlie Marshall, Frank...
Emery County (Utah); Historic Buildings; Mohrland; Stores; Coal Mining Towns
Mohrland was a coal mining town. This is the company store. The coal mining town of Mohrland began in 1907 and by 1920 there were 200 houses, a large amusement hall, a small hospital, and a four room school with a population of about 1,000. The...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Grange, Mar; McClenahan, Owen
Mar Grange took this photograph of the old uranium ore bin high up on a rocky slope (the dark spot in the middle of the photograph.) Owen McClenahan recorded that some men came to him with a hot piece of ore, but they couldn't rememeber where they...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Uranium Mining; Mines
Don Bryant took a photograph of his brother Dave standing at the mouth of this Uranium Mine Tunnel located high in the cliffs over looking the Muddy Creek area. The photographer believes it was the radon gas inside the mine that came through blue...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Gold Mining; Muddy River; Grange, Mar
Old mining works on the San Rafael are remains of gold mining activity at Muddy River. Many kinds of minerals have been found in the Swell -- uranium, vanadium, gold, silver, ozokerite, gypsum, manganese, lead, and copper have all been mined. The...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Gold Mines; Grange, Mar
Old mining works on the San Rafael are remains of gold mining activity along the Muddy River. Many kinds of minerals have been found in the Swell -- uranium, vanadium, gold, silver, ozokerite, gypsum, manganese, lead, and copper have all been...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Gold Mines; Grange, Mar
Old mining works on the San Rafael are remains of gold mining activity on the Muddy River. Many kinds of minerals have been found in the Swell -- uranium, vanadium, gold, silver, ozokerite, gypsum, manganese, lead, and copper have all been mined....
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Consolidated Uranium Mines, Inc.
Consolidated Uranium Mines, Inc. Pictoral Report to Shareholders on Temple Mountain Mining Operations. Emery County, Utah -- January 15, 1953. Page 15: Loading A.E.C. unit 5.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Consolidated Uranium Mines, Inc.
Consolidated Uranium Mines, Inc. Pictoral Report to Shareholders on Temple Mountain Mining Operations. Emery County, Utah -- January 15, 1953. Page 25: Loading Uranium Ore into Truck at A.E.C. unit 5