Mining photograph collection

Mining photograph collection, 1870-1970

Overview of the Collection

Title: Mining photograph collection
Dates: 1870-1970 (inclusive)
18701970
Quantity: 2 boxes
Collection Number: P0189
Summary: The Mining photograph collection contains images of mining, mining equipment, and smelters in Utah. Also included are photographs of Geneva Steel taken in 1943.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The mining photographs depict various types of mining machinery and camps from the nineteenth century to modern times. Included are photographs of such mining companies as Geneva Steel and U.S. Mining Company.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Mines in UtahReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	Early Mining Photograph number 1 : Mining entrance and structure on a hill Photograph number 2 : Wooden structure on a slope Photograph number 3 : San Juan River Photograph number 4 : Wagon trail on a mountainside Photograph number 5 : Group photo of gilsonite miners Photograph number 6 : The Grand Central Mine stereograph Photograph number 7 : Men and horses in a mine Photograph number 8 : Miners in front of furnaces
1	2	Mining-General Photograph number 9 : Garfield Copper Refinery Photograph number 10 : Train tracks and station Photograph number 11 : Bingham Consolidated structure with smokestacks [1] Photograph number 12 : Bingham Consolidated structure with smokestacks [2] Photograph number 13 : Group picture of unidentified miners Photograph number 14 : Group picture of Kaiser Steel Corp Photograph number 15 : Men in front of mining facility
1	3	Mining American Smelting and Refinery Company Photograph number 16 : American Smelter and Refinery Company Smelter [1] Photograph number 17 : American Smelter and Refinery Company Smelter [2] Photograph number 18 : American Smelter and Refinery Company train tracks Photograph number 19 : Interior of smelter
1	4	Mining-Bingham Consolidated Photograph number 20 : Man with machinery at Bingham Consolidated [1] Photograph number 21 : Man with machinery at Bingham Consolidated [2] Photograph number 22 : Machinery at Bingham Consolidated [1] Photograph number 23 : Machinery at Bingham Consolidated [2] Photograph number 24 : Bingham Consolidated Smeltery [1] Photograph number 25 : Bingham Consolidated Smeltery [2] Photograph number 26 : Men posing in front of machinery [1] Photograph number 27 : Men posing in front of machinery [2] Photograph number 28 : Bingham Consolidated Site
1	5	Mining-Geneva Steel Photograph number 29 : Oquirrh Mountains and coke ovens Photograph number 30 : Geneva coke ovens Photograph number 31 : Geneva by-products area Photograph number 32 : Geneva coke oven batteries Photograph number 33 : Geneva rolling mill area Photograph number 34 : Geneva coke ovens and refinery Photograph number 35 : Geneva open hearth looking south Photograph number 36 : Geneva furnace [1] Photograph number 37 : Geneva blast furnace no. 2 August 31, 1943 Photograph number 38 : Geneva blast furnace no. 1 October 1, 1943 [1] Photograph number 39 : Geneva furnace [2] Photograph number 40 : Geneva blast furnace no. 1 October 1, 1943 [2] Photograph number 41 : Geneva furnace [3]
1	6	Mining Photograph number 42 : Highland Boy Smelter interior [1] Photograph number 43 : Highland Boy Smelter interior [2] Photograph number 44 : Highland Boy Smelter exterior [1] Photograph number 45 : Highland Boy Smelter exterior [2] Photograph number 46 : Highland Boy Smelter exterior [3]
1	7	Mining-Murray Smelter Photograph number 47 : Murray Smelter Photograph number 48 : Dwight and Lloyd Sintering Machine Photograph number 49 : Murray Smelter charge car Photograph number 50 : Murray Smelter Train
1	8	Mining Photograph number 51 : Reverbexalory smelting furnace Photograph number 52 : Smelting process [1] Photograph number 53 : Slag pot disposal Photograph number 54 : Mine carts and structures [1] Photograph number 55 : Smelting process [2] Photograph number 56 : Miner and equipment Photograph number 57 : Mine carts and crew Photograph number 58 : Mine carts and structures [2] Photograph number 59 : Smelting process [3] Photograph number 60 : Mine cart Photograph number 61 : Smelting process [4] Photograph number 62 : Mine and mining train Photograph number 63 : Mining train [1] Photograph number 64 : Train on bridge Photograph number 65 : Smelting process [5] Photograph number 66 : Mining train [2] Photograph number 67 : Mining construction equipment Photograph number 68 : Miners drilling Photograph number 69 : Smelting process [6] Photograph number 70 : Smelting process [7] Photograph number 71 : Smelting process [8] Photograph number 72 : Smelting process [9] Photograph number 73 : Mining equipment in the snow Photograph number 74 : Mining structures Photograph number 75 : Smelting process [10] Photograph number 76 : Mining structures in the mountains Photograph number 77 : Smelting process [11] Photograph number 78 : Mine in hills [1] Photograph number 79 : Mine in hills [2] Photograph number 80 : Smelting process [12
1	9	Mining Photograph number 81 : U.S. Mining Company smelter [2] Photograph number 82 : U.S. Mining Company smelter [2] Photograph number 83 : U.S. Mining Company exterior [1] Photograph number 84 : U.S. Mining Company exterior [2] Photograph number 85 : U.S. Mining Company tracks [1] Photograph number 86 : U.S. Mining Company tracks [2] Photograph number 87 : U.S. Mining Company train Photograph number 88 : U.S. Mining Company furances
1	10	Mining Processes Photograph number 1: : Men at mine opening Photograph number 2: : Miners conducting measurements Photograph number 3: : Mining equipment Photograph number 4: : Mining truck Photograph number 5: : Old mining structure Photograph number 6: : Mine carts

OversizeReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
2	1	General Images Photograph number 89: Utah Copper Mine, Bingham Canyon Photograph number 90: Utah Copper Company, The Open-Cut Mine Photograph number 91: Arthur Concentrating Mill

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Mines and mineral resources--Utah--History--Photographs
Mining machinery--Photographs

Corporate Names

Geneva Steel--History--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

Photographic prints--1890-1950

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