Name/Title
ScrapbookEntry/Object ID
1957.284.0118Scope and Content
An orange colored three ring binder with a black spine on which near the top is the number 14 written in faded yellow crayon? Written inside the front cover is H.L. Minerals #1A R-A printed on small pieces of black marker tape 5/16" wide. One 13/14" long has H. L. typed into it in white raised print. The other is 1" long has R-A in white on it. The binder is 11 3/8" x 10". This scrapbook contains clippings, articles, noted, maps, and business letters all dealing with various mineral deposits which the Larsens were involved in developing and promoting from 1914-1957. The major subjects are Oil Shale and Bentonite clay . The former was of vital interest to H. Larsen in 1917 and 1918. Clay was developed by Larsen prior to WW I . (ca. 1914). On 30+- pages in the middle of the collection is a handwritten manuscript on Carbon Company minerals and stone, including limestone, sandstone, quartzite and others, from which Hans or Chris Larsen gave a speech to the Rawlins Rotary Club, 11/12/1957. There are 8 maps folded and glued into the binder pages. Seven have to do with claims locations in Carbon County and some in Sweetwater County. Maps cover the area from the 1880's-1920's. Note: the most unique map is the last one which shows a proposed Relocation of the Union Pacific Railroad line between Lookout north of Laramie and Medicine Bow in 1899 (proposed Union Pacific Railroad cutoff blueprint). This did not happen but caused a great deal of concern at the time for folks in eastern Carbon and western Albany Counties. This binder, excluding the maps, has very limited general appeal. The info is out of date and typically Larsen does not his sources for the clippings. The business letters to and from Larsen give insight into his business practices, but nothing else. (according to Rans Baker, our historian).
Good condition with minor soiling on covers and minor wear on the edges of binder. The spine has unknown residue. Some of the pages are yellowing. One page appears to have a black mold look to it, which I have encapsulated.Collection
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