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James Olsen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-329

Abstract

James Olsen Sr. and James Olsen Jr. worked as Engineers for the Utah Construction and Mining Company. The mines they worked in were primarily in the Western United States. James Olsen Jr. donated this collection to WSU in May 2009. The collection is arranged by subject headings alphabetically with a miscellaneous section placed at the end of the collection.

Dates

  • Creation: 1959 - 1983

Extent

2 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Box 1





Correspondence



Fd 1 From Mrs. Joseph McDermott



Fd 2 To J.H. Olsen from J.F. Crouch



Fd 3 To Sarah Langsdon from James H. Olsen Jr.



Fd 4 To Y.F. Jones from D.W. Robertson



Projects



Allen-Warner Valley



Fd 5 Allen-Warner Valley Energy System Presentation



Alton Coal Project



Fd 6 Alton Coal Project –Mine Plan and Financial Analysis



Cedar City Operations



Fd 7 Cedar City Operations –Location Map



Fd 8 Cedar City Operations –Mining Sequence Ten Year Forecast, 1975



Fd 9 Cedar City Operations –Monthly Alluvium Report



Gas Hill District



Fd 10 Gas Hill District, Wyoming –Contributions to Geology



Gonyella, Australia



Fd 11 Goonyella, Australia –Long Term Planning Document



Iron Mountain



Fd 12 Iron Mountain –Alluvium Ore Value Calculation



Fd 13 Iron Mountain –Bucket Drilling



Fd 14 Iron Mountain –Geologic Sections



Iron Springs



Fd 15 Iron Springs



Fd 16 Iron Springs –Alluvium Mining and Field Processing Report



Projects



Fd 17 Iron Springs –Concentration of Low-grade Iron Ore with a Mobile Magnetic Plant



Fd 18 Iron Springs –Crushing and Stockpiling Facilities



Fd 19 Iron Springs –Crushing, Sizing and Blending Installation



Fd 20 Iron Springs –Development of Production Rates



Fd 21 Iron Springs –Direct Mining Costs



Fd 22 Iron Springs –Direct Plant Costs



Fd 23 Iron Springs –Indirect Costs



Fd 24 Iron Springs –McCahill-Thompson Alluvium Dry Land Dredge



Fd 25 Iron Springs –Mining Area



Fd 26 Iron Springs –Value of One Ton of Ore Mined



Fd 27 Iron Springs –“Welcome to Utah Construction and Mining Co. Iron Springs Operation”



Kaiparowits Project



Fd 28 Kaiparowits Project –Iron County Record Newspaper Letter to the Editor



Fd 29 Kaiparowits Project –Iron County Record Newspaper Letter to the Editor news clipping



Lucky Mc Mine



Fd 30 Lucky Mc Mine



Public Service Coal Co.



Fd 31 Public Service Coal Co. –Contract Mining Proposal



Box 2



Projects



Navajo Mine



Fd 1 Navajo Mine 1960-1983 –CD of Photos CD also contains: Correspondence to Sarah Langsdon, Associate Curator of Special Collections (Printed copy available in Correspondence), 2 deed of gifts, and an inventory by James H. Olsen Jr.



Fd 2 Navajo Mine News Paper –Navajo Nation Fair 1975 Edition

Pinto-Iron Springs Mining District



Fd 3 Pinto-Iron Springs Mining District Property Map



Projects



San Juan



Fd 4 San Juan Coal Sales Pricing –Revised Analyses June 10, 1975



Fd 5 “Cedar City’s Mobile Concentrator” –Utah Report –Nov/Dec 1964



Fd 6 Dames & More Engineering Bulletin #41



Fd 7 First Aid for the Mineral and Allied Industries



Publications



Fd 8 HP-45 Surveying Routines



Fd 9 “How Utah Construction Recovers Iron Ore from Alluvial Deposits” –World Mining



Fd 10 “Iron Mining: A Southern Utah Industry”



Fd 11 “Iron Ore Mining in Utah” –January 15, 1959



Fd 12 The Mine Development Process

Fd 13 Mining Congress Journal: Concentrating Iron Ore –Oct 1965

Fd 14 Mining Engineering Magazine –SME Membership Directory July 1983

Fd 15 “Mobile Magnetic Iron Ore Concentrator”

Fd 16 Power Handbook: Basic Power Facts Made Easy

Fd 17 Tunnels & Tunnelling (sic)

Fd 18 Universal Producers Fact Book

Fd 19 Utah Directory –Nov 1975

Fd 20 Utah International 1976 Report

Fd 21 Utah Report –May/June 1975

Miscellaneous

Fd 22 Alluvium Plant Data

Fd 23 Bumper Sticker “Utah Mining for America”

Fd 24 Department of the Interior, Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration Certificate of Completion –First Aid

Fd 25 Engineering Data

Fd 26 Method Used to Estimate Ore Reserves

Fd 27 Minerals and their Characteristics

Fd 28 Page’s Pages –Math and Engineering Data

Fd 29 Radio “10-Codes”

Fd 30 Traverse Procedure

Fd 31 Utah International Inc. Vacation or Leave Application

Fd 32 Wind Chill Factor

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the WSU Stewart Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
3921 Central Campus Drive Dept 2901
Ogden UT 84408

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