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From US Highway 6, past Scofield Reservoir, to Clear Creek, Utah
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Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 6:
at UT Hwy 96;
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Junction: US Highway 6
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Other articles:
• Field Notes:
5-Jun-08 near Helper;
5-Jun-08 near Scofield Reservoir;
 North end of Scofield Reservoir.
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Scofield State Park
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Uintah County above…
Carbon County below …
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Other articles:
• Field Notes:
24 Sep 2022;
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Scofield State Park, Mountain View Campground
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Locations:
Scofield Reservoir.
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Dam of Scofield Reservoir.
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Other articles:
• Field Notes:
5-Jun-08 at Miller Canyon;
• Frasera albomarginata:
near Scofield Res.;
• Long Canyon Road:
at UT Hwy 96;
Locations:
Miller Canyon.
 Entrance to Miller Canyon.
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Junction: Miller Canyon Road or Long Canyon Road, depending upon which map you believe.
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Other articles:
• Field Notes:
5-Jun-08 in Scofield;
 Scofield Cemetary
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Scofield Cemetary across town.
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Other articles:
• Field Notes:
5-Jun-08 in Scofield, UT;
Scofield, 24 Sep 2022;
Locations:
Scofield.
 Interpretive site in Scofield, Utah.
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Scofield
Interpretive Display in Scofield |
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Scofield: One of Utah's First Coal Towns
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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.
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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.
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Other articles:
• Field Notes:
5-Jun-08 in Scofield, UT;
 Interpretive Display about the Winter Quarters Mine Disaster
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Winter Quarters: Portrait of a Disaster
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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.
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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.
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Junction: Utah Highway 264
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Clear Creek
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Date and time this article was prepared:
12/9/2024 7:38:06 PM
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation