Eastern Mojave Vegetation UT Highway 96  
 

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Literature Cited 		  From US Highway 6, past Scofield Reservoir, to Clear Creek, Utah
 

Other Articles: U. S. Highway 6: at UT Hwy 96  

 Junction: US Highway 6
Full Size Image North end of Scofield Reservoir.

Other Articles: Field Notes: Unable to find an article page.  
     

Scofield State Park

 
      Uintah County above…
Carbon County below …
 

Locations: Scofield Reservoir.  

 Dam of Scofield Reservoir.
Full Size Image Entrance to Miller Canyon.

Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-08 at Miller Canyon Long Canyon Road: at UT Hwy 96

Locations: Miller Canyon.  

 Junction: Miller Canyon Road or Long Canyon Road, depending upon which map you believe.
Full Size Image Scofield Cemetary

Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-08 in Scofield  

 Scofield Cemetary across town.
Full Size Image Interpretive Display in Scofield

Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-08 in Scofield, UT

Locations: Scofield.  

Scofield

Scofield: One of Utah's First Coal Towns
Founded in 1879 -- a few years after coal was discovered in Pleasant Valley, Scofield was one of the earliest coal mining towns in Utah. With a number of mines in the vicinity providing employment, Scofield boasted nearly 2,000 citizens in its heydey. Miners and their families also lived in surrounding communities.
Scofield was the center of mining activity in Pleasant Valley from 1879 until the 1920s. After that, mining activity dwindled, and the town's population declined to only a few hundred. Mining in the area has made a comeback, possible leading to a re-birth of this picturesque high-county community.
Full Size Image Interpretive Display about the Winter Quarters Mine Disaster

Other Articles: Field Notes: 5-Jun-08 in Scofield, UT  
Winter Quarters: Portrait of a Disaster
Located up a canyon west of here, Winter Quarters was a small mining community founded about the same time as Scofield. At 10:25 a. m. on May 1, 1900, miners outside shaft No. 4 of the Winter Quarters Mine heard a dull thud. Experienced miners knew there had been an explosion. Working in coal dust sometimes ankle-deep, 199 of the 312 men inside the mine were quickly overcome by lethal gas produced when the dust was ignited by the explosion.
The Winter Quarters tradegy was the deadliest coal mine accident in U. S. history to that time. It left 107 widows, and 268 children fatherless, affecting virtually every family in Winter Quarters and Scofield. In spite of the disaster, the burning portion of the mine was sealed off and, after appropriate condolences to the families, surviving miners went back to work. The mines produced for another thirty years.
      Junction: Utah Highway 264
     

Clear Creek

 
     

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Date and time this article was prepared: 6/30/2008 10:50:10 AM