Mining the West: Primary Elements

Items

• Highland Boy Smelter interior
  Inside the Highland Boy Smelter, with the original caption "Highland Boy Smelter Near the University."
• Yourdon family photographs: mining camp life
  Black and white photograph of a gilsonite mine, possibly at Dragon, Utah. Ed Yourdon's notes: "Mine shaft. I really don't know anything about this photo -- no idea when it was taken, or where.
• Uintah Railroad
  Photo of a locomotive and train of the Uintah Railroad, built to transport gilsonite out of the Uinta Basin in Utah.
• First house for the Neal family being moved to Pariette Mine. Before this they lived in huge tents.
  Full title: Gilsonite Mines and Mining - "First house for the Neal family being moved to Pariette Mine. Before this they lived in huge tents."
• Castle Gate Station
  Black and white photograph showing a view of Castle Gate with its station and buildings or log cabins. Mountains can be seen in the background, Castle Gate is located in Carbon County, Utah.
• Gilsonite Mines and Mining - "Miners at Black Dragon Mine 1908"
  Historical photo of miners at the Black Dragon gilsonite mine in Uintah County, Utah, 1908.