present highway bridge. Bullion made in the crude smelter was made into bullets, in rough molds, for the rifles of the settlers of this entire area.
The ore was soft in nature, with gold assays running as high as one-half ounce to the ton, silver...
land farming was, in this section where it had been tried, a failure. Most of this land later was sold for taxes and bought by sheep and cattle interests. In 1913, the Delta Land and Water Company constructed the Rocky Ford Dam, which is at the...
ing, perhaps, the water level dropped and alfalfa seed could not be grown. The farmers then, of necessity, began farming on a more practical scale. There were crops of all kinds of grain, corn, alfalfa and potatoes. These are the principal crops at...
of a shortage of water, most all of the settlers on the Delta project moved out, and in 1917, D. E. Kirk, C. C. Sloan, E. C. McGarry, M. P. Lewis and Bert Nichols again started the development of the underground water. But on account of the war,...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Oil Drilling; Window Blind Peak; Automobiles; USGS
Drilling for oil on the San Rafael Swell began in the late 1800s. Conditions on the Swell looked promising for oil. Several rigs were set up in different areas to drill for oil This rig is located at the base of Window Blind Peak. Newspapers of the...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Oil Drilling; USGS; Lupton, C.T.
This oil derrick was locaated in Salt Wash. Photograph was taken by USGS photographer, C.T. Lupton in 1911. Oil Drilling began on the San Rafael Swell in the late 1800s. Conditions on the Swell looked promising for oil, and although drilling was...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Oil Drilling; USGS; Lupton, C.T.
In 1912 a USGS photographer, C.T. Lupton, took this photo of one of the flattops and a drilling rig on the San Rafael Swell. Oil Drilling began on the San Rafael Swell in the late 1800s. Geological conditions on the Swell looked promising for oil,...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Temple Mountain; Consolidated Uranium Mines; Uranium
Consolidated Uranium Mines, Inc. Pictoral Report to Shareholders on Temple Mountain Mining Operations. Emery County, Utah -- January 15, 1953. Page 1: A.E. C. unit 1 showing cable to rig drilling air holes resulting in 3 ft. diameter cores. Shaft...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Consolidated Uranium Mines, Inc.; Uranium; Marchbank
Consolidated Uranium Mines, Inc. Pictoral Report to Shareholders on Temple Mountain Mining Operations. Emery County, Utah -- January 15, 1953. Page 3: Underground view of Marchbank Working Unit showing miner drilling uranium vanadium ore which is...
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; Oil Drilling; Horses; Green River (Utah)
The only caption on this photograph says, "Early Oil Drilling in Green River." People in the photograph are unknown. However, oil drilling began in the late 1800s on the San Rafael Swell. The first known oil company was owned by C.J. Mills and...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Oil Drilling; Green River (Utah); Crystal Geyser; Cold Water Geyser
Crystal Geyser is a rare cold water geyser that was caused when a company drilling for oil near the Green River hit water and a combination of chemicals in 1940 instead of oil. Cold water geysers are formed when groundwater picks up certain...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Oil Drilling; Window Blind Peak
Drilling for oil began in the late 1800s. This photograph shows an oil operation drilling at the bottom of the Window Blind Peak near the San Rafael River. From the geologic structure of the San Rafael Swell, experts believed they would discover...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; MK Tunnel; Morrison Knudsen; Cold War; Buckhorn Well
The pumphouse and storage tank of Buckhorn Well are visible 3.4 miles west of the MK tunnel site. Water from this well is used for livestock today, but was the source of water for drilling operations of the MK Tunnels project. The well was intially...
Supply, met regarding the possibility of bringing natural g a s to Cedar City. The line is now a t Fountain Green, a n d they propose taking the line to S t . George. The heavy screen wire to be installed on the Jail windows will be r e t u r n e d...
positions in Iron County. Instead of two Agents, there would be one who would s p e n d his time between Cedar City and t h e Iron Mines, west of Cedar City. A motion was made by Councilwoman S t a r r to i n s t r u c t the Mayor to p u s h t h e...