Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; CCC
A crew of young men and their leaders working on Ferron Mountain. There were 200 boys in that camp the first year and 47 married girls from Emery County. The Civilian Conservation Corps throughout the United States built 125,000 miles of roads,...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swasey Family
A slide presentation was put together by Emery County on the Swasey History on the San Rafael Swell. This is Slide #3. "In the 1870s, young men were sent out with herds of cattle and horses, at times returning to civilization after years on the...
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; Swasey Family; Joe's Office; Cliff Dweller; USGS
C.T. Lupton of the United States Geological Survey took this photo of Joe Swasey in front of the cave that the Swaseys first called the "Cliffdweller." This massive rock has a cozy little cave near its base that provided shelter to the Swasey...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Civilian Conservation Corps; Jensen, Dermis; CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps allowed young men between the ages of 18-22 to join. The average age nation-wide was 18.5, so they were called "The CCC Boys." These young men are working with a pneumatic drill on the San Rafael Swell. Dermis Jensen, a...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; CCC
Company 959 working on Ferron Mountain under the direction of the Forest Service. The young men had to work very hard, and much of their work was done by hand.
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; Civilian Conservation Corps; Jensen, Dermis
Dermis Jensen was a supervisor of the San Rafael Bridge Project with the CCCs Company 529. He took this photograph of a couple of young men at work. Summertime in the Swell is very hot. Young men had to wear their uniforms for activities at the...
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); 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); 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; San Rafael Bridge Dedication; Civilian Conservation Corps; San Rafael River; Swinging Bridge; CCC
In 1937 the San Rafael Swinging Bridge was opened to the public after a formal dedication. There was a huge turnout for the occassion. Cattlemen and sheepmen furnished barbecued beef and mutton. A band played and three young men from the CCC...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Civilian Conservation Corps; Company San Rafael Bridge Dedication; Swinging Bridge; CCC
In 1937 the San Rafael Swinging Bridge was opened to the public after a formal dedication. There was a huge turnout for the occassion. Cattlemen and sheepmen furnished barbecued beef and mutton. A band played and three young men from the CCC...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; MK Tunnels; Cold War; Morrison Knudsen
Local men were employed in this top secret project known as the Government Tunnels until recently--now referred to as MK Tunnels. The interior of the tunnels was painted white and state of the art instruments were placed within the shafts to...
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; 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; 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; Civilian Conservation Corps;. Company 529
Men, dozer and truck moving dirt. Company 529 with a base camp in Casle Dale, worked on the San Rafael Swell for the Division of Grazing. They built roads, bridges, rock walls to stabalize streams and prevent erosion, etc. Their crowining...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Civilian Conservation Corps; CCC
Men, dozer and truck moving dirt. Company 529 with a base camp in Castle Dale, worked on the San Rafael Swell for the Division of Grazing. They built roads, bridges, rock walls to stabalize streams and prevent erosion, etc. Their crowining...
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...