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; 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; 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; Mining; Uranium; Ore Bin; 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 remember where they...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Grange, Mar; Dexter Mine
There are quite a few vehicles left on the San Rafael Swell as remnants of the Uranium Boom of the 1950s. The rugged terrain and rough roads brought early death to automobiles of that time. Owen McClennahan said in his history of Uranium on the San...
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; Dexter Mine; Rowley, Vernell
An old uranim ore bin on Calf Mesa in the San Rafael Swell remains as a remnant to the Uranium Boom of the 1950s. Owen McClennahan said in his history of Uranium on the San Rafael Swell, "In the year 1949. . . a large government program was...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Dexter Mine
Dexter Mine ore bin is seen in the distance (center of photo). An old uranim ore bin on Calf Mesa in the San Rafael Swell remains as a remnant to the Uranium Boom of the 1950s. Owen McClennahan said in his history of Uranium on the San Rafael...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; San Rafael Swell; Jensen, Dermis; CCC
Dermis Jensen was hired to be part of the Civilian Conservation Corps as the San Rafael Bridge Project Supervisor. He was a farmer and trapper from Emery, but lived in this tent on the Swell during the time he was supervisor of the Bridge project....
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Mortensen, Orlon; CCC
This man was an CCC Education Supervisor. He had defected from Russia when he was 12 years old, and had joined the army as soon as he was old enough. He was a retired officer when he was brought back into service to help with the CCCs. Educational...
This man was an CCC Education Supervisor for the Ferron Camp located in Ferron Canyon, which is the backdrop for this photograph. He had defected from Russia when he was 12 years old, and had joined the army as soon as he was old enough. He was a...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Company 959; Mortensen, Orlon; CCC
Orlon Mortensen took this photograph of Camp F-11 Company 959 in Ferron as part of his photography class with the CCCs. This company worked with the Forest Service. The CCCs were organized as a civilian branch of the army when the nation was in a...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Mortensen, Orlon; CCC
Orlon Mortensen joined the CCCs when he was 18 years old and was assigned to Camp F-11 Company 949 in Ferron. They worked for the Forest Service on Ferron Mountain and in Ferron Canyon. Young men who joined the CCCs were given a roof over their...
Orlon Mortensen joined the CCCs when he was 18 years old and was assigned to Camp F-11 Company 959 in Ferron. They worked for the Forest Service on Ferron Mountain and in Ferron Canyon. Young men who joined the CCCs were given a roof over their...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Company 959; Ferron; Mortensen, Orlon; CCC
Orlon Mortensen joined the CCCs when he was 18 years old and was assigned to Camp F-11 Company 959 in Ferron. They worked for the Forest Service on Ferron Mountain and in Ferron Canyon. Young men who joined the CCCs were given a roof over their...
Orlon Mortensen joined the CCCs when he was 18 years old and was assigned to Camp F-11 Company 959 in Ferron. They worked for the Forest Service on Ferron Mountain and in Ferron Canyon. Young men who joined the CCCs were given a roof over their...
Orlon Mortensen joined the CCCs when he was 18 years old and was assigned to Camp F-11 Company 959 in Ferron. They worked for the Forest Service on Ferron Mountain and in Ferron Canyon. Young men who joined the CCCs were given a roof over their...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Company 959; Ferron; Mortensen, Orlon; CCC
Orlon Mortensen joined the CCCs when he was 18 years old and was assigned to Camp F-11 Company 959 in Ferron. They worked for the Forest Service on Ferron Mountain and in Ferron Canyon. Young men who joined the CCCs were given a roof over their...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Officers; Mortensen, Orlon; CCC
Orlon Mortensen is standing second from right (on the back row) with a few young men and officers. This is Camp F-11 Company 959. Each CCC company throughout the nation worked with an agency of the government. In Emery County the CCCs worked with...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Ferron; Company 959; Mortensen, Orlon; CCC
Orlon Mortensen joined the CCCs when he was 18 years old and was assigned to Camp F-11 Company 959 in Ferron. They worked for the Forest Service on Ferron Mountain and in Ferron Canyon. Young men who joined the CCCs were given a roof over their...