Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Petrified Wood
Petrified wood is found in many parts of the San Rafael Swell. It often contains uranium, and in the early 1900s-- prospectors talked about "finding a big tree" -- not on top of the ground, but underground. Trees petrified under right conditions...
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...
LEHl WILLARD JONES Biography 1854 - 1947 Lehi W . Jones was born November 15, 1854. t h r e e y e a r s a f t e r Cedar City was founded a s a base for development of t h e iron o r e deposits n e a r b y . He was born in t h e 'Old Fort' to Thomas...
children home and was unwilling to pay expense for others. May 9. 1896.. .Mr. Uriah T . Jones, in behalf of R. C. Lund, asked if the Council intended putting in a water system, if so Mr. Lund wished to make them a proposition. May 18, 1896.....
Claim of Dixie Power Company for installing underground lighting system for 53,038.92 was allowed. Motion Councilman Pace that the Committee on Streets confer with the Telephone Company Board, o r i t s President. and make formal demand t h a t...
April 2 7 , 1 9 5 1 . . .Special session. City Manager Thorsen read the letter from Ralph R . Thomas of the Southern Utah Power Company--excerpts as follows: The Company would be willing to finance the new construction required, supply and furnish...
Robert Gallegos of t h e Division of Housing, State Community Affairs, met to discuss remedies to t h e housing shortage a n d u r g e d the creation of a public housing authority. Council voted against same. Nov. 2, 1971.. .Election from t h e -...
attracted many visitors, prospectors and mining officials who traveled n through Cedar City. The mine was located i a ndge of broken mountains near Leeds and came into existence in the 1870's, &er silver had been discovered in a sandstone ledge....
fond of music. We also visited the Art Gallery and Museum in the new Midland Institute and 'Arcade,' both built since 1 was in England 30 years ago. We also were invited by a cousin of Ellen's to go and visit him and his wife who live at Olton, six...
tion at hand, they turned their efforts to the possibility of underground water. In 1915 the! hired a professio~mlwell driller from California by the name of Hal-ry Paine. He sct up a big steam rig and dug an 800 foot hole near the hotel location,...
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Heber J. Grant understood that he needed to receive the blessing of John W. Woolley but because of his jealousy and overinflated ego, was unwilling to accept that another person held a higher power than himself. Because...