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Price,UT - Carbon County - Fires at the Mine Photograph :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 300.00 USD
Price,UT - Carbon County - Fires at the Mine Photograph :
Cabinet card of men using hose to fight fire at mine with several areas of smoke visible. Image measures 7" x 5", mounted on a black matte with a raised border measuring 10" x 8". Contrast is high, while the focus is sharp, with excellent detail visible throughout the foreground. Image has two brown spots noted at bottom left, ridges in image at top right, and some foxing and smudging along the top and right border. "Todd Photog., #5133" printed in lower right corner, not listed in Mautz. "Price, Utah" and "Hugh Christensen" handwritten in pencil on reverse. The image shows smoke, or steam, rising from at least five different areas. Four men are directing a strong hose stream at one area at the center left, while other miners are seen working near the center right. Price is the largest city and county seat of Carbon County, and is located in the Price River Valley of the Colorado Plateau province of Utah. It was likely that Price was named after LDS Bishop William Price of Goshen, Utah, who explored the region in 1869. Originally part of Sanpete County, it was included in Emery County when it was created in 1880. The city was organized in July, 1892 while still a part of Emery County. Price's character dramatically changed after the railroad was completed in 1883. It rapidly changed from an isolated farming community to a commercial hub of Castle Valley. Not only did the railroad result in Price becoming the retail, political, educational, and cultural center of the area, it also opened up the nearby coal mines, bringing thousands of foreign-born, non-Mormon immigrants to work the mines. Many of these miners lived in the coal camps near the mines, but many were gradually assimilated by the city, making Price one of Utah's most culturally complex and varied communities [Ref: onlineutah.com/pricehistory].