Scope and Contents This folder contains news clippings and a chronology.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jim Shane collection on Alta, Utah (1948-1985) contain clippings and promotional material concerning the town of Alta, Utah. Included are photocopies of news photographs and articles regarding skiing activities, as well as human interest stories on early University of Utah ski instructors, Alta history, the expansion of the Gold Miner's Daughter Lodge, and the propane explosion at the lodge in 1985.

Scope and Contents This folder contains a news photograph and photocopy of a photograph of University of Utah student ski instructors at Alta, (1948); a news photograph of Jim Shane, Alta ski-patrolman, skiing powder, (1955); a news photograph of the new upper terminal of the Germania Pass Lift at Alta (1955). An article on members of the National Ski Patrol including Jim Shane, (circa 1959); and several articles on the opening of the Alta Post Office, (1968).

Scope and Contents Coverage of severe snow storms and avalanches, January 1971. Interest stories of long, snowy spring weather. Report on the incorporation of Alta to a township so taxes could be collected for general town maintenance and fire and law enforcement protection.

Scope and Contents The owners added a new wing, thereby tripling the size of the Lodge to 93 rooms and a restaurant, lounge, and two apartments.

Scope and Contents Articles and photos of a March 15 gas explosion in a wing of the lodge. The material covers from the day of the explosion through the weeks following the explosion, and includes human interest stories on people involved in the disaster.

Scope and Contents Report on the death of a woman skier who crashed into a tree, and report on warm weather conditions effecting Alta, Utah.