These photographs have been reduced in size to about 1 1/2 inch x 1 inch to save space on the server and thus making it possible to add even more photographs for each area. If you see a photograph here that you would like a larger picture of e-mail Kathy Hamaker. I'd be happy to e-mail you the photo file so you can print it out on your computer. If you have any photographs in your possession that you would like to donate I'd be happy to add them to the webpage. Please do not ask me to send you all the photos in my collection. It isn't going to happen and your e-mail just may get deleted. I would be happy to send you five or six photos. With your mouse point to the picture you want and the photo file name should appear in a title box. Send me the file names for the photos you want or a description of the photo and I'll do my best to reply quickly. P.S. I'm always more willing to share more photos when you are willing to share your photos, histories or information about Carbon County. Thank you for your help.
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The Castle Gate rock formation. |  |
Castle Gate |
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Aerial view of Castle Gate. |  |
Pick and shovels inside the coal mine. |
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Inside the Castle Gate mine |  |
Miners |
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Boy Scouts in the mid 1930's - Mike Turnbull is the leader on left rear. |  |
Town of Castle Gate |
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Utah Power and Light Carbon Power Plant built in 1954. |  |
The Castle Gate rock formation. |
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Amusement hall and post office. |  |
LDS Bishopric - L to R: John S. Hreinson, Melvin Taylor, Thomas Bendall, Bishop Fay E. Thacker, John Edger Johnson. |
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LDS Bishopric - L to R: William Melvin Taylor, LaVell C. Miller, Bishop Weston L. Potter, John T. Houghton, John S. Hreinson. |  |
LDS Bishops - L to R: Weston C. Potter, Fay E. Thacker, William B. Stapley. |
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Leaders in the Relief Society of the LDS church. Front row far right is Ethel Singleton Hreinson. |  |
Coal company office building and company store. |
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Hospital and warehouse |  |
Homes |
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Mainstreet of Castle Gate. |  |
New Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
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Water Filter Plant with James Cousins standing in front. |
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A. T. Jones home - Jones was manager of company store. |  |
Their hearts sing "God Bless America" as the Castle Gate school color guards run up Old Glory. They are Jack Zobell, Ray Parry, Billie Parry and Frank Perkins. |
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Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |  |
Jack Zobell on main street. |
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School with Principal Accord. |
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The town of Castle Gate. |  |
Post office |
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Payroll office |
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The Castle Gate. | ||
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The Castle Gate. |  |
The town of Castle Gate. |
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Hospital |  |
The new Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
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The tipple |  |
Main street of town with the Wasatch Store in center. |
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Meat Market |
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Old Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |  |
The Castle Gate Relief Society sisters. The sister on the far right of the middle rows looks like Dora Mae Martin. If anyone would like to try and identify anyone in this photo please ask for a large copy. |
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left to right: Wm. Anderson, Bert Martin, Mrs. Bert Martin, ?. Taken in front of New Grand Hotel, S. L. C. Learn more about Uncle Bert Martin here |  |
Bert & Dora Mae (Aunty) Martin the Moving Picture Expert |
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Bert Martin Learn more about Uncle Bert Martin here |  |
Mary, Dessie and Mary Ann in front of home in Castle Gate. Learn more about Uncle Bert Martin here |
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1936 - left to right: Aunty Martin, Ella _____, Louise Litizzette, Uncle Bert, Victor Litizzette. Seated: Stanley Litizzette, Kathrine Groose, Buddy Grosse, Verna Litizette took the picture. | ||
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Approximately 1938 Castle Gate Baseball - first row top: Frenchy Newgart, Bobby Griffiths, Ned Trauntvein, Wilford Phillips, Evan Lewis second row - Willis Larsen, Tom Hilton, Clyde Burgess, Butch Batiste Third row front - Pug Pero, Don Ross, Silas Ross, Step Johnson Bat boy - (left) Hayden Larsen, (right) Donald Larsen |
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Castle Gate baseball. Back row: Tom Hilton, LeGrande Jone (Tracy), Peter (Pete) Tabone, Tom Perrero, ?, Frank (Pug) Pero, Claude Heiner (Utah Fuel sponsor), James (Jim) Paletta, Louis (Frenchie) Nougaret Middle row: Evan (Cag) James, John J. (Jim) Nielsen, Louis (Lefty) Slavensky, Edgar (Step) Johnson, Santo Lupo, Jack (Woody) Woodward Front row: Bat boys ?, Paul Tabone, Tommy Perrero, Scott Johnson, Roween Nougaret - score keeper. | ||
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Castle Gate Italian Brass Band about 1900 - James Cima is on the 3rd row center. |
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Coke Ovens |  |
Photo of the flood |
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Town of Castle Gate |  |
Photo of the flood |
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Post Office photograph from 1959 scanned from the Sun Advocate Newspaper Dec. 2004. |  |
The Castle Gate in Price Canyon |
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This photo of the Castle Gate was taken in April of 1923 by the National Geographic | ||
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Sun Advocate: Photo was taken in 1966 when the new road Highway 50&6 was completed. The newpaper article is entitled "'Gibralter' Pierced for Third time". |  |
Sun Advocate: Photo was in the 1966 newspaper when the new road was opened up. Visiable in the picture is the three different road bed of the roads going through the canyon. |
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This is a shot of Castle Gate BEFORE the road construction in 1966. |  |
This is a shot of Castle Gate AFTER the road construction in 1966. |
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An artist conception of what Highway 50 & 6 was to look like going through Price Canyon. |  |
A very old picture of a car driving through the Castle Gate. |
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The tunnel at Castle Gate. |  |
Coal Tipple - photo was scanned from a post card |
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This picture of the Castle Gate was scanned from a one cent postcard. On the back of the card it says: "Guarding the entrance of Price River Canon, Utah, stands Castle Gate, similar in many respects to the Gateway of the Garden of the God. Two huge pillars of rock composing it are continuations of spurs of the cliffs behind. One measures 500 feet and the other 450 feet from base to top. Card was published by Van Noy Interstate Co., Salt Lake City. | ||
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The tunnel at Castle Gate. |
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This photo of the Castle Gate was taken on 22 Jun 2003. |  |
This photo of the Castle Gate was taken on 22 Jun 2003. |
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This photo was taken in front of the spot where the tunnel was located at Castle Gate. It was taken on the 22 Jun 2003. |  |
This group of women are believed to be a group of Relief Society sisters in Castle Gate. If you know anything about the photo please e-mail Kathy Hamaker Thank you. |
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This photo was taken on Memorial Day of May 2002. |
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1909-1910 School class at Castle Gate. Drucilla Margaret Ingle is the second row down from the top, second girl over from the left. |
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Scout troop of Oscar W. Evans about 1930 or 1931. |  |
Tipple at Castle Gate. |
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X marks the spot were the Evans family lived. Delna Evans, age 3, and her mother aer sitting on the porch. The Stapley family lived on the hill above the Evans family. |  |
This photo is taken looking toward the hospital. Also shown in the photo is the gas station and the gazebo. |
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This photo is taken looking toward the school and the Castle Gate Rock. |  |
This photo is taken looking toward the Castle Gate Rock. |
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1935-36 Castle Gate class taught by Sadie Ogden Front Row, left to right: Darlene Steveson, Betty Allen, ______, Dorothy Beach, Ruby Pero, ______, Ramona Flick, Bonnie Rice, Delna Evans, Rayona Taylor, Alice Evans. Second Row, left to right: Elwood Carroll, _______, Rudolph Zobell, _________, Reese (V) Evans, Phil _________, Kent Thacker, Chris Hreinsen, Tommy Grundy. Third Row, left to right: _________, ________, Homer Stapley, Hadyn Evans, Grant Babcock. The obituary for Miss Sadie Ogden can be found here. Please e-mail Kathy Hamaker if you know the names of the other students. |
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The Utah Fuel Company Division of Kaiser Steel Corporation of Castle Gate #2 mine - 18 Jul 1951 |
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The Castle Gate Hospital about 1910. |  |
The five Hampson Sisters & Rose Hreinson Hampson. Back row: Rose wife of Henry Franklin Hampson, Betty Craft, Agnes Gorham, Ila Marshall. Front row: Nel Wilber, Charlotte Clark |
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Henry Franklin & Rosa Hreinson Hampson |  |
The Hampson Family |
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One of the Hampson family homes in Castle Gate. |  |
One of the Hampson family homes in Castle Gate. |
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Rosa Hreinson Hampson |  |
Henry Franklin Hampson and his wife Rosa Hreinson Hampson |
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The tunnel at Castle Gate. |
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Church members in a classroom at the time of the dedication of the "new" LDS church building in 1949. Front: Howard Stevens, Edgar Johnson, Fay Thacker, LaVell Miller. Middle: Mel Taylor, Calvin Craig, name unknown. Back: name unknown, Weldon Thacker, name unknown, Lee Miller, Scott Johnson. If you have any other information about the "unknowns" in the photo please e-mail Kathy Hamaker. > | ||
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Castle Gate LDS church ward in 1949 at the time of the dedication of the building. Shown in picture are Weldon Thacker (first boy on the left, fourth row back), Marilyn & Fay (see downward arrows), and Thalia Thacker (Last woman on the right, third row back). Ethel Singleton Hreinson (third row from back first woman on left), Anita Mae Hreinson (next to her mother Ethel Singleton Hreinson), James Cousins (boy in stripe shirt, third row back, on right) Other names unknown if you can add any more names to the photo please e-mail Kathy Hamaker. | ||
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Group of women and girls all dressed up and standing in front of a parade float. |  |
Mine Buildings and machinery |
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Main Street in Castle Gate. Photo is taken during the wintertime and shows the gas station, confectionary, and the hospital. |  |
Large group of men sitting at Banquet tables. |
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Large group of women with girls and boys all dressed up and perhaps singing in an LDS roadshow or other stage performance. |  |
Large group of men and women sitting at Banquet tables. |
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Train depot |  |
This photo shows the roof of a home that has had a large boulder pass through it. A man can be seen through the hole standing on the other side of the house. |
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Water filter building. |  |
An overview of the town of Castle Gate. |
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Hospital |  |
The tipple - on the side of the building it says: "Home of the famous Castle Gate Coal, mined exclusively by Utah Fuel Co." |
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Five mine rescuers |  |
Cemetery |
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The Castle Gate rock before highway construction. The famous Castle Gate Rock formation is part of the Carbon County heritage. From up the canyon the gate formation seemed to open as it was neared. The rock formation on the right is now gone. The widening of the canyon road resulted in its being destroyed. | ||
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This is a photograph of one of the fireplace mantles that was in the Castle Gate hospital. "My interest in pictures of the fireplace mantles is because I own one of the two that were originally in the hospital. There were two fireplaces in the hospital, one upstairs and one downstairs. The one downstairs was painted lime green just like the walls while the one upstairs was left with the original finish. When they sold the items out of the hospital my family purchased them (early 70's). I have the one from the second floor on my wall and that is why I was interested in a picture of it in its original setting." If you have an original photograph of the mantles in the hospital please contact Larry Basinger. | ||
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Dimitrios Frantzescakis (Jim Frageskakie in Carbon County probate records) dressed in his Cretan outfit. This was probably taken in Castle Gate, judging by the apparant age. He died three days before the 1924 mine explosion, apparently from poisoning. He was the brother of Mike Francis (Emmanuel Frageskakis), who later owned the Maple Creek Mine. | ||
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Andrew & Elizabeth Young and their family taken there in Castle Gate in their Sunday best in about 1893. The following are identified from left to right: William, Sarah, Hannah, Andrew Sr., Elizabeth, James, Elizabeth, Mary, and Andrew Jr. Andrew and his wife ran the boarding house. He was also a Bishop in the Castle Gate Ward of the LDS Church on two separate occasions. | ||
The following photos have been donated by Eldon Miller to the Carbon County Historical Society and the Carbon County UTGenWeb webpage. These photographs have been donated to Eldon Miller by many different sources. If you donated them to Eldon and would like your name to accompany the photograph please e-mail Kathy Hamaker and I'll add it. Special thanks goes to Michael Francis for scanning the photographs so they could be added to the webpage.
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Oscar Evans injured in Castle Gate #2 about 1936. |  |
The photo shows some of the damage caused by the flood that went through Castle Gate in 1917 |
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Castle Gate bath house and lamp house found at the #2 mine. |  |
No 2 mine entrance for Castle Gate was opened in 1912. |
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Men and their mules at the tipple in Castle Gate. |  |
A large group of people gathered at the company office for a Fourth of July celebration. |
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Coke ovens, railroad and tipple in Castle Gate. |  |
Men waiting for the payroll to arrive at Castle Gate. |
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Photo shows damage done to a building during the 1917 Goosebury damn break |  |
Photo shows damage done to the railroad tracks in the 1917 Goosebury dam break |
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Band playing during a funeral procession in Castle Gate. |  |
Photo shows damage done to the railroad tracks in the 1917 Goosebury dam break, the company store, the mine office and the U.S. Fuel tipple. |
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Close up photo of the Price River running through the town of Castle Gate. Company store, office, postoffice, hospital, tipple and school can be seen. |  |
Overview of Castle Gate showing the hospital, piles of logs near the railroad tracks and the first row of houses in the area called "the rows". |
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The section of Castle Gate called "the rows". |  |
An overview of a section of homes in Castle Gate. |
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Photo shows damage done by the flood of 1917. |  |
Photo shows damage done by the flood of 1917. |
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Photo shows damage done by the flood of 1917 with a Utah Railway caboose in the background. |  |
Photo shows damage done by the flood of 1917. |
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Castle Gate train depot and a train in front. |  |
Last Castle Gate day - August 1974. Pete Tabone (far left) was mayor at that time. |
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The Rio Grande tracks and trains passing through the Castle Gate rock formation. |  |
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks running through the Castle Gate rock formation. |
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The Castle Gate rock formation before road construction destroyed one side. In this photo the gate is nearly closed. |  |
A group of people getting water from a stream in Castle Gate. A Rio Grande train with a Colorado 5424 Midland train car can be seen on the tracks behing the poeple. |
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The Castle Gate rock formation in the wintertime. |  |
A train and tracks running through the Castle Gate Rock Formation. |
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A train passing through the Castle Gate rock formation with black thunder clouds in the sky. |  |
Company store and mine office building in Castle Gate. There is a group of people on the front porch with others hanging out the second floor window. |
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An automobile traveling along highway 6 through Price Canyon approaching (or leaving) the Castle Gate Rock formation. The gate is nearly closed. |  |
The Mine Company house, in 1971, was the home of Oliver Sutch. |
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This photo is looking down the railroad tracks toward the power plant in 1971. The tipple can be seen in the center and homes and buildings can be see on the left side. | ||
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1948 Castle Gate Boy Scout troop. Left to right: Jay Sillitoe, Jerry Labrum, Duane Bendall, Gene Taylor, Don Thomas, Bobby Davis, Billy Biggs, George Heath Hreinson, Vernon Huff (back), Weldon Thacker, Billy Houghton, Terry Bowns, Sonky Thomas (back), Terrell Johnson, Neil Magann, Robert Whittaker, Derrald Davis, Norman Huff, Albert Stagg (front) Elias Degn (front) Photo from Eldon Miller collection. | ||
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Confectionary. |  |
This photograph was purchased on E-bay. It is a picture, looking northwest at the Castle Gate. |
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The Castle Gate - after March 1, 1907 | ||
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This photo was taken in the Castle Gate Cemetery in March or April of 1924 during the funerals for the men killed in the Castle Gate Mine Explosion. It shows the mine buildings as they existed in 1924. | ||
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about 1910 An early view of Castle Gate looking down from "the shute". The town was so named because of the "castlelated" cliffs forming the gateway to the Price River Valley. It was the first major coal camp in our area and began shipping coal in 1888. (Description and photo scanned from historical calendar created by Carbon County.) |
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An overview of Castle Gate that shows the tipple, a coal train being loaded, the company store, the hospital and the confectionary. |  |
Looking south at the Castle Gate rock formation before the west side was destroyed to build a road. |
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This photo is a group of people all in a line in front of a building. If anyone knows any details about this photo please e-mail Kathy Hamaker |  |
This is an awesome picture! It shows a crew of men, about 20 horses and 4 wagons grating, leveling and building a road. We're not sure of the location of the road if anyone knows any details about this photo please e-mail Kathy Hamaker |
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This is a very large panoramic picture of a portion of Castle Gate. It shows the location of Jap Camp. It was torn down in about 1929. Utah Fuel Co. carpenters built a garages with the lumber. | ||
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This is a very large panoramic picture of a portion of Castle Gate. It shows the house that was for the general superintendent of the Coal Company, Walt Barney home, J. MacDonald who was an armature and motor rewinder and the Mel Webb home. | ||
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This is a very large panoramic picture of a portion of Castle Gate. This photo shows the section below hill by Devil Slide. It shows the Floyd Robertson house, Slavensy home in 1922 and the house where Henry & Katie Etzel lived during March of 1924. | ||
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This is a very large panoramic picture of a portion of Castle Gate. This photo shows big tunnel to no 2 mine, track for no 1 mine, boiler house, old tipple, garage for cars, Uncle Bert Martins home, post office, old school, store & mine office, butcher shop, hospital, store managers house and the amusement hall. | ||
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This is a very large panoramic picture of a portion of Castle Gate. This photo shows the section of town where the Japs and Koreans lived. The cemetery can also be seen behind the mine buildings in the photo. | ||
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This is a very large panoramic picture of a portion of Castle Gate. This photo is taken at the mouth of Barn Canyon. It was called barn canyon because this is where they kept the horses for the store delivery, etc. Photo also shows, Red Trimms house, Tommy Hiltons, Andy Lewis, Rita Tabones, General Super Byrson home and the Mar Snow home. | ||
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This is a very large panoramic picture of a portion of Castle Gate. This photo shows the location of the bin. It was for slack to boiler room and to load railroad cars. This part of town was called coke oven because coke was made in ovens below the road in front of the two story houses. There were about 8 small houses like the ones in Willow Creek. The Greek Coffee house and barber shop can be seen. It was at the same location that the Carbon Power Plant now is. All houses in this picture, except the 3 two story ones damaged by floods about 1927. There is an old car with wagon wheels off that was pulled by one horse used to haul coal to houses. It had a dump box. | ||
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This is a very large panoramic picture of a portion of Castle Gate. This photo shows the old main road going to town and on to Royal and Price Canyon. At the time this picture was taken Utah Fuel Company generated their own power for the mine and town. The building this was done in is shown in this photo. It shows the old machine shop that was torn down in 1938 & 1939 and Utah Fuel Co. had a washer built there and they washed the first cars of coal Feb. 14, 1940. It was the most modern west of Mississippi at the time. | ||
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This is a very large panoramic picture of a portion of Castle Gate. Photo number 9 shows the new school house, the main road thru town and to junction at north of Willow Creek canyon. It shows the apartment buildings known as the Terrace, Principal Earl Acord home and Chick & Clyde Peterson's family home. | ||
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This is a very large panoramic picture of a portion of Castle Gate. Photo number 10 shows the new school house, the main road and the water filtering plant. The filter was built in 1919 and was used until about 1986. | ||
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This is a very large panoramic picture of a portion of Castle Gate. Photo number eleven shows Tallerico house, little mountain called Devil Slide and the spot Keno and Tony Slavensky put their initials on rock with white paint in 1925. The initials are still there. It shows the big shed that the "Fire Dept" had a fire hose on reel with large wheels and u shaped handle to pull it and a fire plug with nozzle and wrenches. These sheds were spaced between 5 & 6 houses all over town. And X marks the spot on the mountain where there used to be a large rock with a cable tied to solid ledge behind and above it a negro Prince Alexander was afraid it would fall on them. He tied the rock about 1920. The rock is still there. U.P.L. has a building there now and it is above North east corner of building on edge of ledge. Prince Alexander died March 8, 1924. | ||
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This is a very large panoramic picture of a portion of Castle Gate. This photo shows the row of homes from the Willow Creek area. | ||