Utah Fuel Company records
Scope and Contents
Reports, surveys, correspondence, charts, maps, and associated materials. The items relate largely to the coal regions of Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. They deal with coke, diamond drilling, land and leases, machinery and equipment, railroads and railroad services, taxes, assessments, and water supply. Also included are portions of the files of the company's geologists. The collection also includes accounts of mining camp life, expenses, accidents, sanitary conditions, insurance, and similar issues. The materials also relate to Brigham Young University Library's holdings on the Spring Canyon Area Coal Company collection.
Dates
- 1890-1919
Creator
- Utah Fuel Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public access;Photos require 24 hours advance notice.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Utah Fuel Company papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Administrative History
Utah company to locate and use fuel resources.
Extent
2 folders (0.66 linear ft.)
21 boxes (10.5 linear ft.)
12 microfilm reels (3 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Folder-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS154.xml
Custodial History
Donated by Claude Heiner on April 14 and December 20, 1975. Heiner donated additional material on January 21, 1976.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Claude Heiner; 1975 April 14. Donated; Claude P. Heiner; 1975 December 20. Donated; Claude P. Heiner; 1976 January 21.
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Coal mines and mining -- Utah -- History
- Coal mines and mining -- West (U.S.) -- History
- Correspondence
- Graphs
- Land surveys
- Letters
- Maps
- Material Types
- Mines and mineral resources -- Utah -- History
- Mines and mineral resources -- West (U.S.) -- History
- Photographs
- Reports
- Utah Fuel Company -- History
- Title
- Register of Utah Fuel Company records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Garrett Schroath
- Date
- 2011 February 25
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
- Box: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 6 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 7 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 13 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 12 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 11 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 10 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 21 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 18 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 17 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 20 (Mixed Materials)
- Reel: 7-12 (Microform)
- Box: 19 (Mixed Materials)
- Reel: 1-6 (Microform)
- Box: 14 (Mixed Materials)
- Folder: 2 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 16 (Mixed Materials)
- Folder: 1 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 15 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 3 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States