c0319 Bingham Canyon (Utah) Photograph Collection, ca. 1900-1962 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 1999 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 1999. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss C 319 Bingham Canyon (Utah) Photograph Collection, ca. 1900-1962 0.25 lin. ft. (1 box) Photographs and slides of the mining town of Bingham (Utah). Topics: Copper mines and mining -- Photographs. Places: Bingham (Utah) -- Photographs. Salt Lake County (Utah) -- Photographs. Form or Genre: Slides. Background Background Note

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 Scope and Content

Photographs and slides of the mining town of Bingham (Utah).

 Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

Bingham Canyon (Utah) Photograph Collection, ca. 1900-1962, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Donated by Ruth Buckle et. al.

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Processing Information: Collection processed by Susan Whetstone Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000 Collection cataloged by Richard Saunders, 1989 (RLIN ID: UTSX89-A1203). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000. Container list Box Folder Contents Mining photographs 1 1 Buckle, Ruth, Donor 1 1 1 Upper Bingham, 1920 1 1 2 Winter scene on steps 1 1 3 Bridge--Bingham Canyon 1 1 4 Bingham Copper Mine 1 1 5 Copperfield 1 1 6 Carr Fork, 1920 1 1 7 Bingham looking toward Copperfield, 1920 1 1 8 Looking up Carr Fork, 1920 1 1 9 Building--Bingham Canyon, 1929 1 1 10 Bingham area, 1904 1 1 11 Bingham Canyon 1 1 12 Snow scene, 1926 1 1 13 Bingham Copper Mine 1 1 14 Upper Bingham Canyon, 1904 1 1 15 Mine showing railroad tracks 1 1 16 Mine and tracks 1 1 17 "Miner's Union Day", ca. 1910 1 1 18 Carr Fork (Highland Boy), ca. 1910 1 1 19 Upper Carr Fork, ca. 1905 1 1 20 Greek Town--adjacent to "Jap Town" 1 1 21 Markham Gulch and Redwing Mine, ca. 1910 1 1 22 Highland Boy showing children, ca. 1910 1 1 23 Carr Fork junction before fire of 1895 [Donated by Ed Johnson and Wilbur Smith] 1 2 Russell G. Frazier, Donor 1 2 1-3 Mine and equipment 1 2 4 Observation point to mine (Main Street, Copperfield, Utah) 1 2 5 Copper Hill (Bingham), 1904 1 2 6 Upper Bingham Canyon, 1904 1 2 7 Pit and east side of mine 1 2 8 Mine tramway 1 2 9 Lower portal--Copperfield Tunnel 1 2 10 Whirling electric shovel at mine loading cars 1 2 11 Utah Copper Mine [2 copies] 1 2 12 Blasting operations (Utah Copper Mine) [2 copies] 1 2 13 Track shifter (Utah Copper Mine) 1 2 14 Utah Copper Mine 1 2 15 Tourist traffic, Upper portal 1 2 16 Bingham Canyon, Utah 1 2 17 Main Street (Bingham Canyon, Utah) 1 2 18 Tunnel portal by Bingham Hotel 1 2 19 Utah Copper Mine 1 3 Miscellaneous Published Photographs 1 3 1 Rag Town [Donated by Vern Sorenson] 1 3 2-3 Liquor raid, 1923-1924 [Donated by Vern Sorenson]) 1 3 4 Schools (Bingham Canyon, Utah) 1 3 5 Post Office/Bingham Mercantile/Elmerton Hotel (Bingham Canyon, Utah) 1 3 6-7 Highland Boy area 1 3 8 Central properties--Highland Boy and Bingham 1 3 9 Muddy Gulch/Last Chance/Standard-Central/Bingham-New England Mines 1 3 10 Concentrating mill 1 3 11 Mill and offices--Bingham-New England Property 1 3 12 Tunnel entrance--Bingham & New Haven Mining Co. 1 3 13 Highland Boy 1 3 14 Stope--Highland Boy Mine 1 3 15 Miners--Boston Consolidated 1 3 16 Boston Consolidated Mill-Garfield 1 3 17-18 Interior--Boston Consolidated Mill-Garfield 1 3 19 Upper Bingham Properties--Silver Hill Gulch, Porcupine Gulch 1 3 20 Garfield Mill--Utah Copper Company 1 3 21 Ore bins, machine shops, offices and assembly yards--Utah Copper Company 1 3 22 Utah-Bingham Compressor and boarding house 1 3 23 Properties--United States Company 1 3 24 Looking west of Old Jordan & Galena Mines (Bingham Canyon, Utah) 1 3 25 Harrison Tunnel, office, blacksmith shop, shaft house--Utah-Bingham Company 1 3 26 Blast furnace building--U.S. Smelting Co. 1 3 27 Charge car--U.S. Smelter 1 3 28 Site--Silver Shield Mill 1 3 29 Telluride Power Company substation and Commercial Mine 1 3 30 Lark, Utah 1 3 31 Tunnel entrance--Silver Shield Mining Company 1 3 32 Julia Dean Mine, Markham Gulch 1 3 33 Markham Gulch, North-Utah Property 1 3 34 Buildings and mill--Fortuna Mining Company 1 3 35 Tunnel entrance/buildings--Mystic Shrine 1 3 36 Tunnel entrance/tram house/compressor plant-- Yampa Mine 1 3 37-38 Interior--Yampa Mine 1 3 39 Interior--Bingham-Butte Property Mine 1 3 40 Bingham Canyon 1 3 41 Looking down from Copper Belt Trestle--Bingham Canyon 1 3 42 Old Telegraph Mine Building/bunk house--Utah-Apex 1 3 43 Holiday with children's sports (Bingham Canyon, Utah) 1 3 44 Bingham Canyon 1 4 Donated by C.T. Diangikes 1 4 1 Bingham Canyon 1 4 2 Mill--Bingham Canyon 1 4 3-4 Bingham Canyon, Utah 1 4 5 Railroad tracks (Bingham Canyon, Utah) 1 4 6 Trestle (Bingham Canyon, Utah) 1 4 7 Bingham Copper Mine 1 5 40 color slides of the Bingham, Copperton area taken in 1962 [Donated by C.B. Winkle]