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1914 Map of Castle Gate

Name: 1914 Topographic Map of Castle Gate
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

The industrial landscape of Carbon County is defined here by the convergence of the Price River and a complex network of rail lines serving the coal-rich Book Cliffs. In the early twentieth century, this region was a hub of extraction and transport, anchored by the town of Price and the narrow canyon passage at Castle Gate. The map illustrates the logistical importance of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway and the Utah Railway as they navigate the steep terrain to reach company towns and mining operations.

Detailed mining infrastructure is visible at the Aberdeen Mine and Milburn Mine, while local life is centered around rural landmarks like the Carbonville School and settlements such as Kenilworth, Standardville, and Heiner. From the agricultural patterns along Miller Creek to the high desert plateaus of Porphyry Bench, the survey records a critical era of Utah’s development when rail and river dictated the growth of the Mountain West.