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Castle Gate Photographs

The coal mining camp of Castle Gate was opened in 1888 when a coal seam was found in that area, three miles north of Helper. It grew into a large mining camp with people from many national origins. It will always be remembered for the tragic explosion March 8, 1924, when 171 men were killed. There are many photographs in the collection of this period. Today the mining camp of Castle Gate has been closed and some of the homes moved to an area in Helper, and other places in the county.

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	Photo #: 84-1-1 Date of origin: 1920 Item Name: Mining Description: Two men hand drilling to set dynamite in coal mine (note miner with pipe.)
	Photo #: 84-1-2 Date of origin: 1950 Item Name: Mining Description: Castle Gate mine tipple.
	Photo #: 84-1-3 Date of origin: Item Name: Mining Description: Miner placing dynamite at face
	Photo #: 84-1-4 Date of origin: circa 1938 Item Name: Mining Description: Using picks and shovels to mine coal in a 30 foot seam in Utah Fuel Company's no 2 mine.
	Photo #: 84-1-5 Date of origin: Item Name: Mining Description: Mine cars loaded with coal coming out of mine.
	Photo #: 84-1-6 Date of origin: Item Name: Mining Description: Inside Castle Gate mine.
	Photo #: 84-1-7 Date of origin: circa 1950 Item Name: Mining Description: Coal miner in Castle Gate
	Photo #: 84-1-8 Date of origin: 1890 Item Name: Miners Description: Coal miners outside Castle Gate no. 1 mine in 1890.
	Photo #: 84-1-9 Date of origin: Item Name: Town Description: Castle Gate tipple and town.
	Photo #: 84-1-10 Date of origin: Item Name: Town Description: Mine cars coming out of mine at Castle Gate.
	Photo #: 84-1-11 Date of origin: Item Name: Town Description: Gibbs Aparatus
	Photo #: 84-1-12 Date of origin: 1890 Item Name: Mining Mules Description: Mules that worked in the coal mine pulling coal cars.
	Photo #: 84-1-13 Date of origin: circa 1940 Item Name: Mining Description: Castle Gate mine coal has been blasted and is being loaded.
	Photo #: 84-1-14 Date of origin: Item Name: Mining Description: Coal being loaded into a shuttle car by a coal loader in the Castle Gate Mine - negative
	Photo #: 84-1-15 Date of origin: circa 1890 Item Name: Mining Description: Tipple and coal yard at Castle Gate.
no thumbnail available	Photo #: 84-1-16 Date of origin: 1951 Item Name: Miners Description: Utah Fuel Co. Division of Kaiser Steel. Catle Gate tipple crew #2 taken July 19, 1951. 2 different sizes available. the smaller one was donated by Mel Taylor.
	Photo #: 84-1-17 Date of origin: 1900 Item Name: Tipple Description: Castle Gate Tipple
	Photo #: 84-1-18 Date of origin: 1900 Item Name: Tipple Description: Castle Gate Tipple
	Photo #: 84-1-19 Date of origin: 1900 Item Name: Tipple Description: Castle Gate Tipple
	Photo #: 84-1-20 Date of origin: Item Name: Mine Description: Fan used to draw air out of the mine at Castle Gate
	Photo #: 84-1-21 Date of origin: 1900 Item Name: Tipple Description: Castle Gate Tipple
	Photo #: 84-1-22 Date of origin: 1900 Item Name: Coke Ovens Description: Coke ovens at Castle Gate
	Photo #: 84-1-23 Date of origin: 1990's Item Name: load out Description: Coal loadout at Castle Gate.
	Photo #: 84-1-24 Date of origin: 1910 Item Name: Tipple Description: Castle Gate tipple from Willow Creek junction
	Photo #: 84-1-25 Date of origin: 1990's Item Name: load out Description: Coal loadout at Castle Gate.
	Photo #: 84-1-26 Date of origin: Item Name: Tipple Description: Castle Gate mine tipple of the Castle Gate #1 mine
	Photo #: 84-1-27 Date of origin: Item Name: Mine Description: Castle Gate mine portals - Willow Creek Canyon
	Photo #: 84-1-28 Date of origin: Item Name: Mine Explosion Description: Caskets of miners in the community hall. The miners were killed in the explosion of #2 mine March 8, 1924.
	Photo #: 84-1-29 Date of origin: 1900 Item Name: Miners Description: Miners by Castle Gate tipple.
	Photo #: 84-1-30 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Explosion Description: Removing bodies from the Castle Gate #2 mine after explosion March 8, 1924.
	Photo #: 84-1-31 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Explosion Description: Rescue crew at Castle Gate mine in March 8, 1924 when an explosion occured.
	Photo #: 84-1-32 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Explosion Description: Cleaning debris at opening of mine after the explosion on March 8, 1924 at Castle Gate mine.
	Photo #: 84-1-33 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: P-lamp House Description: Lamp house where miners pick up lamps before going into mine.
	Photo #: 84-1-34 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Explosion Description: Scene at pithead after explosion, March 8, 1924.
	Photo #: 84-1-35 Date of origin: Item Name: Miner Description: Miner in Castle Gate mine drilling holse for dynamite. Miner has a battery light.
	Photo #: 84-1-36 Date of origin: 1942 Item Name: Miners Description: Mechanics at Utah Fuel Co., Castle Gate September 1942
	Photo #: 84-1-37 Date of origin: 1900 Item Name: Miners Description: Coal miners at Castle Gate
	Photo #: 84-1-38 Date of origin: 1900 Item Name: Miners Description: Coal Miners in the Mine (Note the carbide lamps on the hats and picks.)
	Photo #: 84-1-39 Date of origin: 1951 Item Name: Miners Description: Mechanical force - Castle Gate #2 mine July 19, 1951. Utah Fuel Co. division of Kaiser Steel Corporation
No thumbnail available	Photo #: 84-1-40 Date of origin: 1942 Item Name: Miners Description: Day shift miners, Utah fuel Co. at Castle Gate, September 16, 1942
No thumbnail available	Photo #: 84-1-41 Date of origin: 1944 Item Name: Miners Description: Castle Gate crew
	Photo #: 84-1-42 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Explosion Description: People waiting for rescuers after March 8, 1924 explosion at Castle Gate
	Photo #: 84-1-43 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Explosion Description: People waiting for rescuers after March 8, 1924 explosion at Castle Gate
	Photo #: 84-1-44 Date of origin: Item Name: Explosion Description: People waiting for bodies to be brouhgt out of the mine.
	Photo #: 84-1-45 Date of origin: Item Name: Tipple Description: Castle Gate tipple
	Photo #: 84-1-46 Date of origin: Item Name: Tipple Description: Castle Gate tipple
	Photo #: 84-1-47 Date of origin: Item Name: Castle Gate Description: Castle Gate rotary car dump at #2 mine site.
	Photo #: 84-1-48 Date of origin: 1921 Item Name: Mining Description: Photo was taken May 11, 1921. A tour is being conducted inside Castle Gate No. 2 mine.
	Photo #: 84-1-49 Date of origin: Item Name: Mining Description: Miners with their mules.
	Photo #: 84-1-60 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Explosion Description: Rescue crew going into mine to bring out miners who died in the March 8, 1924 explosion at Castle Gate.
	Photo #: 84-1-61 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Explosion Description: Rescue crew at the March 8, 1924 mine explosion at Castle Gate crew was from Kenilworth mine. In the photo is Ernest Lloyd, left, Mr. Jackson, Richard Roaf, Pete Meyer, C.L. Leavitt and Jack Butte.
	Photo #: 84-1-62 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Explosion Description: Men waiting at the portal of the mine for the dead to be brought out after the explosion of the Castle Gate Mine, March 8, 1924.
	Photo #: 84-1-63 Date of origin: Item Name: Train Wreck Description: Wreck near tunnel entrance, Castle Gate Tramway.
	Photo #: 84-1-64 Date of origin: Item Name: Explosion Description: Waiting outside the temporary Hospital at the Castle Gate mine explosion - March 8, 1924.
	Photo #: 84-1-65 Date of origin: Item Name: Explosion Description: Men waiting for word about the victims of the Castle Gate Mine explosion that occurred on March 8, 1924.
	Photo #: 84-1-66 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Explosion Description: Men waiting at the bathhouse for victims of the Castle Gate Mine explosion of March 8, 1924
	Photo #: 84-1-67 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Explosion Description: The rescue crew at the March 8, 1924 mine explosion in Castle Gate.
	Photo #: 84-1-68 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Explosion Description: People waiting by the bathhouse for victims of the Castle Gate mine explosion - March 8, 1924.
	Photo #: 84-1-69 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Explosion Description: Men waiting at the mine entrance for victims of the Castle Gate mine explosion - March 8, 1924.
	Photo #: 84-1-70 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Explosion Description: Men unloading caskets for victims of mine explosion at Castle Gate - March 8, 1924.
	Photo #: 84-1-71 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Explosion Description: Men waiting for word on survivors of the mine explosion - March 8, 1924.
	Photo #: 84-1-72 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Explosion Description: Fenced grave in the Castle Gate cemetery of victim of the mine explosion - March 8, 1924.
	Photo #: 84-1-73 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Cemetery Description: Castle Gate cemetery after burials of miners after March 8, 1924 mine explosion.
	Photo #: 84-1-74 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Cemetery Description: Graves at the Castle Gate cemetery being dug for disaster victims of Castle Gate mine explosion, March 8, 1924.
	Photo #: 84-1-76 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Cemetery Description: Funeral of a victim of the March 8, 1924 mine explosion at Castle Gate.
	Photo #: 84-1-77 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Explosion Description: A casket on a truck being delivered for the funeral of a victim of the March 8, 1928 mine explosion at Castle Gate.
	Photo #: 84-1-78 Date of origin: Item Name: Cemetery Description: Turn gate at the Castle Gate cemetery.
	Photo #: 84-1-79 Date of origin: Item Name: Cemetery Description: Fenced in grave at the Castle Gate cemetery.
	Photo #: 84-1-81 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Cemetery Description: People in Castle Gate cemetery after the funerals of victims of the March 8, 1924 mine explosion at the Castle Gate mine.
	Photo #: 84-1-82 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Explosion Description: The streets of Castle Gate after the mine explosion.
	Photo #: 84-1-83 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Explosion Description: Men waiting for the victims of the Mach 8, 1924 mine explosion at Castle Gate mine to be brought out of the mine.
	Photo #: 84-1-84 Date of origin: 1950s Item Name: Explosion Description: Miners at Castle Gate.
	Photo #: 84-1-86 Date of origin: Item Name: Mining Description: Pit Cars, loaded with coal, being brought out of coal mine.
	Photo #: 84-1-87 Date of origin: Item Name: Mining Description: Rotary dump used to dump coal from mine pit car into railroad cars or tipple storage..
	Photo #: 84-1-88 Date of origin: Item Name: Mining Description: Mine entry at Castle Gate coal mine.
No thumbnail available	Photo #: 84-1-89 Date of origin: Item Name: Miners Description: Utah Fuel Company Division of Kaiser Steel Corporation, Castle Gate #2 mines, July 18, 1951
	Photo #: 84-1-90 Date of origin: 1948 Item Name: Miners Description: United Mine Workers of America, delegates, district 22 of Wyoming and Utah - October 11, 1948, Cincinnati, Ohio.
	Photo #: 84-1-91 Date of origin: Item Name: Mining Description: Conveyor used to move coal from the mine to the train cars or to the power plant.
	Photo #: 84-1-92 Date of origin: Item Name: Mining Description: Picture of the inside of the Castle Gate bathhouse.
	Photo #: 84-1-93 Date of origin: Item Name: Miners Description: Miners with the young boys who went into the mines with their fathers. (note the oil lamps.)
	Photo #: 84-1-94 Date of origin: 1900 Item Name: Miners Description: Castle Gate coal miners. (note the oil lamps and the young boys ready to go into the mine.)
	Photo #: 84-1-96 Date of origin: circa 1924 Item Name: Miners Description: Coal miners at portal of Castle Gate mine #2, prior to 1924 explosion. All of these men were killed March 8, 1924, in that explosion.
	Photo #: 84-1-97 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: Funeral Description: Funeral for victims of mine explosion at Castle Gate, March 8, 1924. Photo taken in Castle Gate Cemetery.
	Photo #: 84-1-98 Date of origin: circa 1890's Item Name: Miners Description: Miners at the portal at Castle Gate. (Note soft canvas hats made for oil lamps.)
	Photo #: 84-1-99 Date of origin: circa 1900 Item Name: Miners Description: Miners in the Castle Gate mine. (note the wooden coal cars being pulled by a mule and a horse.
no thumbnail available	Photo #: 84-1-100 Date of origin: 1951 Item Name: Miners Description: Utah Fuel Co. Division of Kaiser Steel Corp., Castle Gate Mine, July 18, 1951
no thumbnail available	Photo #: 84-1-101 Date of origin: 1942 Item Name: Miners Description: Utah Fuel Co. Day Tipple crew. Castle Gate, Utah Sept. 16, 1942.
no thumbnail available	Photo #: 84-1-102 Date of origin: 1942 Item Name: Miners Description: Utah Fuel Co. Mechanics Dept. Castle Gate, Utah Sept. 16, 1942.
	Photo #: 84-1-103 Date of origin: Item Name: Castle Gate Mine Description: Electric bulldozer in Castle Gate mine.
	Photo #: 84-1-104 Date of origin: 1920 Item Name: Castle Gate Mine Description: Castle Gate #2 mine in Kenilworth bed. Originals in John Peparakis collection in the archives.
	Photo #: 84-1-105 Date of origin: 1920 Item Name: Castle Gate Mine Description: Price Canyon formations cliffs at Price River Canyon, showing Blackhawk coal-bearing formation and Castle Gate sandstone member. Picture taken by M.M. Galbraith in the years 1929-1933 for the City of Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power. He spent these years exploring Utah, Colorado, and New mexico coal fields for fuel sources for power plants.
	Photo #: 84-1-106 Date of origin: 1920 Item Name: Mining Camp Description: Mining camp of Castle Gate.
	Photo #: 84-1-107 Date of origin: Item Name: Mining Description: Shuttle car in #2 mine at Castle Gate.
	Photo #: 84-1-108 Date of origin: Item Name: Mining Description: Women in the #2 mine at Castle Gate.
	Photo #: 84-1-109 Date of origin: 1920 Item Name: Mining Description: Miners inside Castle Gate Mine.
	Photo #: 84-1-111 Date of origin: 1920 Item Name: Mining Description:
	Photo #: 84-1-112 Date of origin: 1988 Item Name: Mining Description: The load out, where railroad cars are loaded, at the Castle Gate mine, circa 1988.
	Photo #: 84-1-116 Date of origin: 1900 Item Name: tipple Description: Castle Gate Tipple
	Photo #: 84-1-119 Date of origin: Item Name: Description:
	Photo #: 84-1-120 Date of origin: 1924 Item Name: explosion Description: Trucks with coffins of the Greek coal miners killed in the Castle Gate explosion on March 8, 1924.
	Photo #: 84-1-121 Date of origin: 1910 Item Name: tipple Description: Castle Gate Tipple.
	Photo #: 84-1-122 Date of origin: 1910 Item Name: tipple Description: Castle Gate looking toward the tipple and railroad yard.
	Photo #: 84-1-124 Date of origin: 1970's Item Name: Load-out Description: Load-out at Castle Gate.
	Photo #: 84-1-125 Date of origin: 1984 Item Name: Miners Description: The first Price River Coal crew to enter Crandal Canyon Shaft, May 18, 1984, near Castle Gate mine. Names on the photograph: Jerry Cline, Jack Matekovic, Laine Adair, Tommy Jewell, Max Heino, Joe Busio, Gary Dewsnup, George Lasley, Dan Scartezina.
	Photo #: 84-1-126 Date of origin: 1980's Item Name: Load-out Description: Load out that was built in the area that had been the mining camp of Castle Gate. The town was moved and torn down in 1974 and this load-out replaced it in the early 1980's.
	Photo #: 84-1-127 Date of origin: 1920's Item Name: Bony Pickers Description: Picking tables in Castle Gate Tipple. The coal was sorted by size at these tables.
	Photo #: 84-1-128 Date of origin: Item Name: Hospital Description: Castle Gate main street showing the hospital. (The two story building.)
	Photo #: 84-1-129 Date of origin: 1930 Item Name: Tipple Description: Castle Gate Coal Mine tipple
	Photo: 84-1-130 Date of Origin: 1974 Item name: Mining Description: Company Mine office. Photo appears to be taken during the time Castle Gate was being dismantled and torn down.
	Photo: 84-1-131 Date of Origin: 1974 Item name: Mining Description: The North American Coal Corp, Utah Division Office in Castle Gate during the wintertime.
	Photo: 84-1-132 Date of Origin:   Item name: Mining Description: Mine offices in Castle Gate. Photo was taken during the wintertime
	Photo: 84-1-133 Date of Origin: 1974 Item name: Mining Description: The Power Plant in Price Canyon
	Photo: 84-1-134 Date of Origin: 1974 Item name: Mining Description: Mining buildings in castle Gate during the wintertime
	Photo: 84-1-135 Date of Origin: 1974 Item name: Mining Description: Mining buildings in Castle Gate during the wintertime
	Photo: 84-1-136 Date of Origin: 1974 Item name: Mining Description: Bath house and the lamp house in Castle Gate
	Photo: 84-1-137 Date of Origin: 1974 Item name: Mining Description: No. 2 mine entrance was opened in 1912 and was the location of the 1924 mine explosion.