Consumers, Utah p.8

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Title	Consumers, Utah p.8
Collection	Classified Photograph Collection
Identifier	39222001428981
Photo Number	20559
Classification	979.2
Publisher	Utah State Historical Society
Date of photograph	1936
Subject	Cities and towns; Mining towns; Coal mining; Labor housing
Geopolitical place	Consumers; Carbon County; Utah
Description	Company housing for miners at Consumers, Utah. In 1920, Spring Canyon Mine superintendent A. E. Gibson developed the Gibson mine and the town took the same name. In 1924 the Consumers Mutual Coal Company took over both the town and the mine. After a brief peak the town failed and was mostly abandoned by the 1950s.
Comment	From the Library of Congress.
Rights management	Digital Image © 2010 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding institution	Utah State Historical Society
Relation	Classified Photograph Collection, 979.2 Utah Cities
Source format	Print Photograph
Source size	8 in x 10 in
Source donors	Johnson, Jeff
Type	image
Format.use	image/jpg
Scanned by	Karl Nicholson and Earl Hindley, USHS

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