AF-1161: Mining, Utah’s Greatest Industry | Postcards from the Past

Every postcard has a story to tell, and this one from my collection takes us into the world of Utah mining. The front of the card is filled with colorful illustrations of mines, towns, and the people who worked them. At the center is a portrait of an older prospector, George P. Watson, who spent nearly five decades searching for ore in Utah. Around him are views of famous mines: the Alta United Mine, Park City Consolidated Mine, Horn Silver Mine at Milford, the Utah Copper Mine at Bingham, and the Chief Consolidated Mine at Eureka. Together, these images form a kind of collage, showing how important mining was to Utah’s identity in the early 20th century...

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