The first molasses mill was built in the street west of the school house, and was operated by Albert L. Stod-dard. Molasses took the place of sugar in those days.
FIRST SCHOOL
The first school was held in "Grandma Corbridge's" house, located where...
from crowding too much upon the timbers. The present expense of mining is low. We have as the cost of taking out 90 tons daily Labor …24144.00 Timbering 90 tons @ 82c per ton 73.80 Superintendence 6.00 Supplies and incidental expenses ...
district there are several large ledges of pyrite and copyrite ore. Some work was done upon them, and a small amount of a very high grade silver ore was mined several years ago. The principal claims are the COMET, CACTUS and COPPER CHIEF. CACTUS...
The Harrington-Hickory, owned by the Majestic Mining Company, is on the east side of the Star range, about 5 miles from Milford. A. D. Moffett was general manager of the Majestic Mining Company for some time. BEAVER LAKE DISTRICT The Beaver Lake...
at the present time. During the time of World War II he mined it principally for tungsten and operated a mill to extract the tungsten.
The Moscow Mine, a zinc producer owned by a stock company, is being operated by Ted Stevens and partner, under...
The Southern Branch of the State Normal
School of the University of Utah.
General Information.
On the 11th of March, 1897, the Legislature passed an act establishing a branch of the State Normal School of the University of Utah, to be located...
8 SOUTHERN BRANCH OF THE
short distance from the great coal beds in Southern Utah. In its vicinity are the great ore bodies of hematite and magnetic iron ore. These vast bodies of coal and iron ore, the most useful and important minerals...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Temple Mountain; Uranium
Uranium mining at Temple Mountain began in the late 1800s. A great deal of testing and experimenting with the "wonder" element was going on, and the market was good. All early accounts say the ore they mined was sent to France for Madame Curie's...
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; Gold Mining; Muddy River; Grange, Mar
Old mining works on the San Rafael are remains of gold mining activity at Muddy River. Many kinds of minerals have been found in the Swell -- uranium, vanadium, gold, silver, ozokerite, gypsum, manganese, lead, and copper have all been mined. The...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Gold Mines; Grange, Mar
Old mining works on the San Rafael are remains of gold mining activity on the Muddy River. Many kinds of minerals have been found in the Swell -- uranium, vanadium, gold, silver, ozokerite, gypsum, manganese, lead, and copper have all been mined....
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Gold Mines; Grange, Mar
Old mining works on the San Rafael are remains of gold mining activity along the Muddy River. Many kinds of minerals have been found in the Swell -- uranium, vanadium, gold, silver, ozokerite, gypsum, manganese, lead, and copper have all been...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Automobiles
Uranium mining site at Temple Mountain on the San Rafael Swell is part of Marion Wheeler collection. Marion lived in Price, Utah and mined uranium on the San Rafael Swell during the uranium boom of the 1950s.
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Temple City; Wheeler, Marion
During the uranium boom, Temple Mountain was the most active site on the San Rafael Swell. A shanty town sprung up that was called Temple City. Barbara Ekker from Hanksville, Utah and her husband joined in the frenzy. She said "My husband wanted...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Mining; Uranium; Temple City; Wheeler, Marion; Temple Mountain
Marion Wheeler lived in a trailer with his family at Temple Mountain and mined uranium during the boom of the 1950s. The photograph has an arrow pointing to the trailer he and his family lived in.
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; 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...