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It was named for the former town of Blackhawk on the east side of the Wastach Plateau, Carbon County. [1] The formation is composed of mostly light-brown, light-gray and brownish-gray, thin- to medium-bedded, fine- to medium-grained quartzose sandstone that is interbedded with shaly siltstone, shale, carbonaceous shale, and coal. [2]
Coal City is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States.Established in 1885, Coal City was initially a farming community until coal was discovered in the area. Small-scale mining began to take place, and because the mining operations were a mile or two away from the mines at National and Consumers, it was assumed that the citizens of the town would lack workplace s
Standardville is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States.Standardville was established after coal was discovered in the area in 1912. The layout of the town was so well-planned, it became the "standard" for all mining towns to follow, which resulted in the town name of Standardville.
The demographics along the Price River changed with the construction of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in 1883 and the development of coal mines, largely in upper Emery, to fuel the railroad. The Utah Territory Legislature was petitioned to split off the north part, and thus it established Carbon County effective March 8, 1894. [3]
In 1912, Jesse Knight purchased 1,600 acres of coal land and began developing a mine and a company town. Knight named the town Storrs , after the mine superintendent. [ 2 ] The name of the town was changed to Spring Canyon in 1924. 1,000 tons of coal per day were mined from 1924 to 1943, and during World War II , coal production peaked at 2,000 ...
Winter Quarters is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. Coal was discovered in the area in 1875, and later that year, the Pleasant Valley Coal Company began coal mining operations. A group of coal miners was delayed during an early winter storm in 1877, which led to the town's name of Winter Quarters. [2]
At its peak, the town's population was about 300, [2] half of which worked in the mines. The community included thirty homes, a store, a school, the mine office, a post office, and a poolhall. [2] Coal production peaked in World War I, when 2,000 tons of coal was mined daily. [3] In 1938, coal mining activity began to decline and people began ...
The Consumers Mine was the first in Utah to use conveyor belts to haul the coal, rather than mine cars. [2] In September, 1927, the company was sold to the Blue Blaze Coal Company. The town shared a post office, school house, hospital and amusement hall with the nearby towns of National and Sweet. Consumers had its own store and a central well ...