(Fig. 4) "Looking southeast along Cowboy Vein, Uinta Sandstones in the foreground, the Green River Shales in the distance."

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Title (Fig. 4) "Looking southeast along Cowboy Vein, Uinta Sandstones in the foreground, the Green River Shales in the distance."
Photo Number P0873n1_03_02
Description Photo and caption from a 1934 University of Utah geology thesis by John L. Kemmerer, showing a view of the site of the Cowboy gilsonite vein in Uintah County, Utah.
Creator Kemmerer, John L., 1869-1944
Date 1934
Textual Date 1934
Keywords Utah; Eastern Utah; Uintah or Uinta; Mining; Gilsonite; Miners; Excavating machinery
Subject Gilsonite--Utah--Photographs; Mines and mineral resources--Uinta Basin (Utah and Colo.)--Photographs; Uinta Basin (Utah and Colo.)--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Uintah County (Utah); Uinta Basin (Utah and Colo.)
Additional Information Western Americana (see Original Source field).
Collection Number and Name P0873 Gilsonite Mining Photograph Collection
Collection Name Gilsonite Mining
Original Source "Gilsonite : a general discussion with special reference to the Arrowchis Lease of the Western Gilsonite & Elaterite Company" by Arthur L. Crawford. [Salt Lake City, Utah?] : [s.n.], [1940] "Gilsonite" by John L. Kemmerer. Thesis (M.S.)--Dept. of Geology, University of Utah, 1934. "Dissertation on the history, occurrence, mining, and economics of gilsonite" by Irving Craig Roberts and Glen A. Carey. Thesis (B.S.)--Department of Mining Engineering, University of Utah, 1949
Donated By/Purchased From Collection derived from written documents in Western Americana, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library.
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ARK ark:/87278/s60581n6
Setname uum_map
ID 942926
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60581n6