Mining the West - Artwork + Archival Objects · Mining the West: Primary Elements

Miner's Cabin in Wild Rose Canyon

Gold Mines in the Sky

Silver Mines on Mount Fryer

Butte, Montana

Gigantic earth-moving equipment, Lebedinsky Ore Mine

Carbon Power Plant, Utah

Castlegate, Utah; after the mine disaster; March 1924.

Photo showing the damage after the mine explosions and some people at the scene, Castle Gate, Utah, March 1924

Caskets at Wasatch Store

This pictures several dozens of caskets of the dead from the Scofield Mining Accident in 1900. These caskets only show a portion of the casualties which numbered closer to 200 dead.

Delegation headed by Fortunato Anselmo, Italian Vice-Consul, at Castle Gate, Utah after mine explosion.

Wilhelmina Pass, Weber Canyon, Utah

Monochromatic (black and white) horizontal oil painting on panel. River extends from lower right corner, zigzagging towards background at center left. Rocks and trees in foreground (left). Light stripe (road?) Railway running on left side of river then curving across it in middle ground. Steep hills with light streaks on right. Mountain/rock formations in background. Light sky.

Showing the Results

Older heavy-set white man wearing worn overalls presents gold pan. Light flecks appear against liquid in pan. Weathered, wood-framed building in near background.

Panning for Gold

Older heavy-set white man furrows brows while examining contents of gold pan. Photographed from below, he wears worn overalls and a checked shirt. Behind him is a wood-framed building showing signs of repair and age.

Mike Anderson and Ernie Martinez

Black and white photograph of two miners (Mike Anderson and Ernie Martinez) seated at a table. Two miners wearing hardhats and safety gear are seated at a table in a darkened room with a single light above illuminating them.

Ophir In The Rain

Shiny rain slick dirt road dominates the center of the image from back to fore. A gable roofed structure is visible by the side of the road in the PR background. Dense trees line the sides of the road.

"1,000 Mile Tree--Weber Canyon"

Railroad tracks run through the mountainous, sagebrush covered terrain. At center right is a tree with a small sign reading "1000 Mile Tree". To the right of the tree is a pole with several wires running horizontally off right side of photo

Entrance to Fourth Ward School, Virginia City, Nevada [recto] / Water rushing over pebbles [verso]

Vertical black and white photo of run-down wood and stone building exterior. Double doors with pediment and sign (“FOURTH WARD SCHOOL”) above; several steps leading up to doors; edges of windows visible on both sides.

Tim DeChristopher (I Am the Carbon Tax)

Vertical monochromatic graphite drawing on white paper. At center of lower half of paper: drawing of head and torso of figure, cut off at top of legs by lower edge of paper. Figure faces viewer with hands in front pants pockets; wears dark T-shirt featuring words, “I AM THE CARBON TAX”.

Wooden extension with damaged roof, San Francisco [recto] / Exterior of Miner's Union Hall, Tonopah, Nevada [verso]

Vertical black and white photo of run-down building exterior. Curved pediment shape at top; balcony and four vertical windows in upper level; three tall doors/windows on lower level.

[untitled] Open Pit Mine

Mining landscape. Tall exposed rocky surfaces on left and right are bisected by an earthen road. Heavy excavation and earth-moving machines appear on the right, while two tunnels bore into the earth in the left foreground.

Slag Heap

Vertical painting on brown unstretched canvas. Tacking edges cut uneven; all have holes and folding from previous stretching. Painting depicts orange-tinted clouds at top and center; orange circular vessel at top right dumping orange liquid in zig-zag path down dark hill to bottom right; figure next to vessel; bridge diagonal near center with vertical supports on left half of painting, lamp or light above left side of bridge; curving tracks in foreground go under bridge; dark structures and dark blue/black sky in background.