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 20: Walter Tellier of Tellier and Co., New York City and E.G. Frawley, President of Consolidated...
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 21: Part of South Temple Camp.
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 23: Underground N.M. 1 showing workmen and loader.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining: Uranium; Temple Mountain; Consolidated Uranium Mines, Inc.
Consolidated Uranium Mines, Inc. Pictoral Report to Shareholders on Temple Mountain Mining Operations. Emery County, Utah -- January 15, 1953. Page 24: Transporting ore by front end loader N.M.1 workings.
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
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 26: Surface Plant A. E. C. unit 5 showing hoist house, air compressor, head frame, ore stockpile.
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 27: Headframe, hoist house, air compressor, ore bucket at A.E.C. No. 2.
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 28: A.E.C. unit 3 showing headframe, air compressor, hoist house, and ore stockpile.
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 29: Underground A.E.C. No. 2 A working unit ore face where men are standing and slusher bucket...
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 30: Part of the Temple Mountain crews at dinner.
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 31: One of 15 truck units hauling ore from Temple Mountain.
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 32: Underground view showing miners drilling N.M. 9 working unit. While this unit is a steady...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Temple Mountain; Uranium; Vanadium; Swasey, Joe; Swasey, Grant; Wareham, Les; Wyatt, Bryan; Lynn, Charlie
Mining vanadium and uranium at Temple Mountain in early 1915. Charlie Lynn, Bryan Wyatt, Les Wareham, Grant Swasey, Joe Swasey with a pick axe. The rough and primitive life of mining in the early 1900s is evident as these men stand in their mining...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Swasey, Royal; Swasey, Eva
Royal and Eva Swasey are seen here with their two young children. Royal went to Temple Mountain to mine uranium. He wrote to his wife that he had bagged 150 bags of ore that day and that handling the ore had made him sick. Later he wrote and told...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Roads; Price, Owen; Grange, Mar
This photograph shows the difficult terrain in which roads had to be built in order for uranium ore to be hauled down the mountain. The road continues on past the top of the picture. Uranium ore was often found high in the cliffs of the San Rafael...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Automobiles
Uranium mining site at Temple Mountain on the San Rafael Swell is part of Marion Wheeler collection. Marion lived in Price, Utah and mined uranium on the San Rafael Swell during the uranium boom of the 1950s.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Temple Mountain; Temple City; Wheeler, Marion
Temple Mountain was a very active place during the uranium boom, so a shanty town sprung up known as Temple City. There was even a bar where you could get a cold beer, if they happened to have ice that day.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Temple City; Wheeler, Marion
During the uranium boom, Temple Mountain was the most active site on the San Rafael Swell. A shanty town sprung up that was called Temple City. Barbara Ekker from Hanksville, Utah and her husband joined in the frenzy. She said "My husband wanted...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Temple City; Wheeler, Marion; Temple Mountain
Marion Wheeler lived in a trailer with his family at Temple Mountain and mined uranium during the boom of the 1950s. The photograph has an arrow pointing to the trailer he and his family lived in.