The Moab (Utah) Uranium Mining Photograph Collection, ca. 1950s

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Summary Description
Repository:Utah State Historical Society
Call number:Mss C 644
Creator:
Title:Moab (Utah) Uranium Mining Photograph Collection, ca. 1950s
Quantity:1 fd. (37 photographs and negatives)
Abstract: Collection contains photographs of Moab, Utah, office building for United Uranium Co. and Spanish Valley Exploration & Mining Co. and Cal Uranium Co. Also included are photographs of miners, mines and mining equipment and scenery of the area.

Topics:
Trailer camps -- Utah -- Moab -- Photographs.
Uranium mines and mining -- Photographs.

Organizations:
Cal Uranium Co. -- Photographs.
Mi Vida Mine (Grand County, Utah) -- Photographs.
Spanish Valley Exploration & Mining Co. -- Photographs.
United Uranium Co. -- Photographs.

Places:
Moab (Utah) -- Photographs.
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Background

Background Note

No information available.
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Scope and Content

Collection contains photographs of Moab, Utah, office building for United Uranium Co. and Spanish Valley Exploration & Mining Co. and Cal Uranium Co. Also included are photographs of miners, mines and mining equipment and scenery of the area.
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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation:

Moab (Utah) Uranium Mining Photograph Collection, ca. 1950s, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Gift of Miriam Murphy

Restrictions on Use

The Moab (Utah) Uranium Mining Photograph Collection is the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information:

Collection processed by Susan Whetstone, 1999

Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone, 1999

Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000

Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 1999 (RLIN ID: UTSX99-A114).

Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000.

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Container list

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Uranium mining (Moab, Utah)
1-2. Bridge
3-4. Truck
5. Men at mine
6. Bridge (Colorado River)
7. Street (Moab, Utah) [fuzzy]
8. Street (Moab, Utah)
9. Colorado River
10. Men at mine
11. Field [fuzzy]
12. Unidentified building
13. Unidentified landscape
14. Entrance--Mi Vada Mine, Rosalie Incline No.2
15. Entrance--Mine
16. Mine
17. Building (Moab, Utah)
18-19. United Uranium Co. (Moab, Utah)
20. Trailer court (Moab, Utah) [3 items]
21. Bridge/railroad tracks (Colorado River) [2 items]
22. Colorado River [2 items]
23. Building--Mine [4 items]
24. Cal Uranium Co./Almar Minerals, Inc. [2 items]
25. Murphy, Miriam with group (Moab, Utah) [negative]