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Mines and Mineral Resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the potential economic value of minerals or the technical aspects of locating and removing them from the earth. Works on the industries based on the extraction, processing, and commercialization of minerals are entered under |a Mineral industries. |i Works on the geochemical or geological aspects of naturally formed inorganic and organic compounds are entered under |a Minerals.

Found in 197 Collections and/or Records:

Eugene Callaghan papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1764
Abstract The Eugene Callaghan papers (1924-1988) consist of materials documenting Callaghan's professional career. Included are correspondence, notes, reports, maps, class materials, and scrapbooks. Eugene Callaghan (1904-1990) was a geologist for the United States Geological Survey. He conducted several investigations of various territories around Utah and its surrounding states.
Dates: 1924-1988

Calumet Mining and Refining Company photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1710
Abstract The Calumet Mining and Refining Company photograph collection contains 25 black-and-white photographs depicting mining and smelting operations, employees, and equipment from these companies dating from the 1930s to 1970s. The images depict the Calumet Mining and Refining Company or the Combined Metals Reduction Company, where Corwin Likins, the donor of the collection, worked as a mining executive.
Dates: circa 1932-1970s

Calumet Mining and Refining Company records

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2622
Abstract The Calumet Mining and Refining Company records (1927-1980s) contain information about several mining plants throughout Utah and Nevada. It also has information about mined materials and mining methods. Many of the materials also pertain to the Combined Metals Reduction Company.
Dates: 1927-1980s

Carbon County coal strike records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0473
Abstract The Carbon County coal strike records (1906-1973) contain original documents and photocopies of transcripts, petitions, correspondence, newsletters, flyers, court records, and articles concerning the Carbon County Coal Strike of 1933.
Dates: 1906-1973

Carbon County oral history project

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1479
Abstract The Carbon County oral history project (1972-1993) consist of oral histories from residents of Carbon County, Utah. While the main emphasis is on living in coal mine country, the interviews are verbal snapshots of rural Utah life from the earliest settlers to as recently as 1993. Click here to view the digitized oral history transcripts.
Dates: 1972-1993

Thomas R. Carlson papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1929
Abstract The Thomas R. Carlson papers (1909-1997) consists of correspondence, notebooks, reports, essays, and articles written or collected by Thomas Carlson on topics in mining engineering. Carlson is a mining engineer who spent most of his career working in various capacities for the Kennecott Copper Corp.
Dates: 1909-1997

Thomas R. Carlson photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1011
Abstract The Thomas R. Carlson photograph collection contains photos of mining buildings, vehicles, and equipment, including Kennecott Copper Mine
Dates: 1923-1990

Kenneth Bitner Castleton photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0334
Abstract The Kenneth Bitner Castleton photograph collection contains photographs and slides of petroglyphs and pictographs, mainly in Utah.
Dates: 1970-1985

Arthur L. Chaffin papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1638
Abstract The Arthur L. Chaffin papers (circa 1920-1976) contains correspondence, financial records, mining documents, and other records concerning Chaffin's owning and operating of the Chaffin Ferry and his mining career. Arthur L. Chaffin operated the ferry across the Colorado River at Hite, Utah until the site was covered by Lake Powell in the 1960s. He was also extensively involved in mining in southeastern Utah.
Dates: 1920-1976

Arthur L. Chaffin photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0769
Abstract The Arthur L. Chaffin photographs contains materials concerning Chaffin's owning and operating of the Chaffin Ferry and his mining career. Arthur L. Chaffin operated the ferry across the Colorado River at Hite, Utah until the site was covered by Lake Powell in the 1960s. He was also extensively involved in mining in southeastern Utah.
Dates: 1940-1975