Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Temple Mountain; Uranium; Temple City
Marion Wheeler worked Temple Mountain during the Uranium Boom of the 50s. An arrow points to their trailer. There was so much mining activity a shanty town sprang up with tar paper shacks and trailers. There was even a Bar where you could get a...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Wheeler, Marion
Marion Wheeler mined at Temple Mountain in 1955. He is standing at the Calex Hole, which is the shaft drilled vertically to allow the air movement into the mine as well as to take miners into and out of the mine. He wrote, "The shaft went down 80...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Wheeler, Esther; Wheeler, Marion
Marion Wheeler's photograph album shows that his family was with him at Temple Mountain during the time he worked mining uranium. This photograph shows how the children were allowed to go anywhere around the mining areas. Esther Wheeler is getting...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Temple Mountain; Temple City; Wheeler, Marion
Wheeler children Nancy, Roy, Randy. This was a typical scene at Temple Mountain in those days. The miners brought their families out in their camp trailers for the summer months. There was plenty of place to play and the mining regulations were...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Temple Mountain; Temple City; Wheeler, Marion
Marion Wheeler's children, Nancy, Roy, and Randy sitting on the car at Temple Mountain. Mine workers often took their children with them to Temple Mountain in the summer months.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Temple Mountain; Wheeler, Marion
Marion Wheeler mined at Temple Mountain during the Uranium Boom in 1955. This photograph is from his collection and reads, "Gill and Isabelle at Temple Mountain." Gill and Isabelle are in many of his photographs. Here they are sitting on a drill...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Temple Mountain; Wheeler, Marion; Wheeler, Esther
Marion Wheeler mined at Temple Mountain in 1955 during the Uranium Boom. Pictured here are his wife, Esther, and his children with a friend or family member, Isabelle, and her children. Temple Mountain can be seen in the background. Marion...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family; Temple Mountain; Mining
A slide presentation was put together by Emery County on the Swasey History on the San Rafael Swell. This is Slide #21, Temple Mountain. "The Swasey boys prospected for minerals. From the Head of Sinbad they went out to Temple Mountain and mined...
Emery County (Utah); Historic Buildings; Manti; Temple; Mortensen, Orlon
Orlon Mortensen from Ferron took this photograph of the Manti Temple when the original steps on the front hill existed. In 1940 the great stone staircase was removed and work began to beautify the grounds.
Johnson, George Washington; Nauvoo Temple Janitor; Huntington (Utah)
A photograph of George Washington Johnson later in his life. He had been the janitor of the Nauvoo Temple and was the last one to lock it up. They keys were given to the new Nauvoo Temple and hang there with his photograph. After moving west with...
Johnson, George Washington; Nauvoo Temple Keys; Temple Custodian; Wakefield, Adeline Leonard
George Washington Johnson was the janitor of the Nauvoo Temple. He was the one to clean it and lock it up for the last time. The keys were kept in the family until the new Nauvoo Temple was built and they were given to the Church of Jesus Christ of...