Coal Mining, Then and Now

17 Tuesday Jun 2014

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In Helper I stopped by a cool little park that was more of a mining equipment museum.

The Four Steps Necessary For Mining Coal

Step One

Coal must be broken away from the face of the coal seam.

In the early mines picks were used to break the coal away from the face, then holes were drilled in the face and dynamite was into the hole and detonated (1900 – 1950).

This is located at the Mining Equipment Display.

Step Two

Coal must be gathered up and loaded into a conveyance to haul it out of the mine.

In the first mines, coal was gathered up and loaded by hand with a coal shovel into the car.

Step Three

Coal has to be transprted out of the mine.

The first coal cars were pushed out of the mine by hand, then mules were used to pull the cars.

Step Four

The coal is prepared and delivered to the consumer.

In the early mines the coal was brought out of the mine in big chunks and loaded onto a horse-drawn wagon.

Spring Glen, Utah

16 Monday Jun 2014

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Founded in 1878, Spring Glen was the first permanent settlement in what is now Carbon County.

Spring Glen was called Ewell from 1910 to 1925 in honor of F.M. Ewell.

Grames Cabin

09 Monday Jun 2014

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The Albert Grames cabin, built in 1891, stood originally on a site two miles northwest of here. In 1904 Grames bought land in Price, dismantled his cabin, and used the logs to build this somewhat larger structure. The cabin is unique in that it was occupied by Grames or by members of his family for seventy-four years. He had fifteen children – fine by Celia Downard Grames and, after her death, ten by Lilly Bass Grames. Fourteen of those children were born in this structure or its predecessor. Seven grandchildren were also born here.

Moved to this site in 1964, the cabin was later badly vandalized. In 1991 it was fully restored to lived-in condition.

The cabin is furnished with authentic pioneer artifacts and furniture gathered from local residents.

This monument is #471 of the D.U.P. Markers and is located in Pioneer Park in Price, Utah.

This historic marker by E Clampus Vitus is also on the same cabin:

Grames Cabin

Pioneer Cabin

05 Thursday Jun 2014

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In 1877 Jefferson Tidwell was called by Brigham Young to find a location for settlement east of the Wasatch Mountains. By 1879 the firs pioneers came, built homes, later irrigated their farms with Price River water. This log cabin, built by Robert Snyder, 1882, had a fire place, dirt roof and floor. Canvas served for windows and doors. It was used for home, school, church and recreation. Purchased in 1928 by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers for a relic hall.

This is Daughters of Utah Pioneers historic marker #354, located at 110 East Main Street in Wellington, Utah

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Settlement of East Carbon

04 Wednesday Jun 2014

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Early settlers in Whitmore Canyon, later called Sunnyside, were Jefferson Tidwell, his family and a brother John, who grazed cattle in the area prior to building their home in 1897. They located a vein of coal, sold it to the Utah Fuel Company for two hundred fifty dollars which was paid in ten and twenty dollar gold pieces. The first shipment of coke was in 1899. Columbia was settled in 1922. The Whitmore ranch area is now called Dragerton, thus making East Carbon the home of the largest coking coal deposits in the west.

This marker is located at the Junction of Highway 6 and Highway 123.

Check out all of the historic markers placed by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers at JacobBarlow. com/dup

First Meeting House

14 Wednesday May 2014

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The first settlement of Price began in 1877 when Caleb B. Rhodes and Abraham Powell arrived here. Two years later a number of Latter-day Saints and their families strengthened the settlement. A branch of the Church was organized in 1881, and in 1882, George Frandsen became Bishop with Erastus W. McIntire and Caleb Rhodes counselors. In 1884 logs were taken from Miller’s Creek and a meetinghouse erected on this block, 24x40x12 feet, with three windows on each side and double doors in front. The first service was held April 13, 1884. The building was used for Church, schools, opera, amusement and a Court House.

The rocks used in the monument are from every county in the state and the four corner stones at the top are from the corners of the state of Utah. Stones also came from Nevada, California and Idaho. The local Primary children were tasked with collecting the rocks and adding them to the structure. It was dedicated on July 24, 1954 to commemorate the first LDS meeting house in Price which was also used for school, operas, amusements and court house. (Thanks Dennis Udink for pointing out this facebook post to learn more about this monument!)