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Winter Quarters Photographs
Winter Quarters, a mining camp west of Scofield, Utah has been a ghost town since its closure in 1928. All that is left of Winter Quarters is one wall and the foundation of the company store, an occasional foundation of buildings and houses and on the other side of the canyon one can find the remains of the old blacksmith shop. The coal mine was opened in 1975 and a mining camp was built bringing in several hundred miners and their families. On May 1, 1900 an incredible explosion shook the country side and when it settled 199 men were dead. The bodies were removed, buried and the grieving widows and children remained. There was an outpouring of flowers and help from the state and the country for the victims of this great tragedy. The United States Congress, however, refused to give financial help because they did not want to set a precedent.
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Photo #: 87-1-1 Date of origin: 1900
Item Name: Mine Entry
Description: Mine ruins following Winter Quarters mine disaster May 1, 1900. This is mine #4 entryway. |
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Photo #: 87-1-15 Date of origin:
Item Name: Winter Quarters
Description: Mine tipple of Pleasant Valley Coal Co., Winter Quarters. |
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Photo #: 87-1-19 Date of origin: 1900
Item Name: Tipple
Description: Winter Quarters tipple looking down the canyon. |
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Photo #: 87-1-3 Date of origin: 1900
Item Name: Mine Entry
Description: Mine entry of #4 mine after explosion, May 1, 1900. |
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Photo #: 87-1-4 Date of origin: 1900
Item Name: Mine Entry
Description: Outside the Winter Quarter Mine #4 after the explosion of May 1, 1900. J.T. Parmley, Winter Quarters Mine Superintendent, H.B. Williams, Clear Creek Mine Superintendent and Frank Cameron, Castle Gate Mine Superintendent. |
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Photo #: 87-1-6 Date of origin: 1882
Item Name: Coal miners
Description: Miners at the entry of Winter Quarters mine, 1882. |
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Photo #: 87-1-7 Date of origin: 1910
Item Name: tipple
Description: Tipple at Winter Quarters. |
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Photo #: 87-3-13 Date of origin: 1890
Item Name: Mainstreet
Description: Main Street of Winter Quarters. The town was in existence 1877-1930. |
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Photo #: 87-3-14 Date of origin: 1900
Item Name: Winter Quarters
Description: Winter Quarters camp around 1900. Originals in John Peperakis collection. |
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Photo #: 87-3-5 Date of origin: 1890
Item Name: Main street
Description: Main Street of Winter Quarters around 1890. The town was in existence 1877 - 1930. |
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Photo #: 87-3-6 Date of origin: 1900
Item Name: Japanese Boarding House
Description: Japanese Boarding House surrounded by other houses in Winter Quarters at the turn of the century. |
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