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1972 Map of Helper

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Helper
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Helper and its surrounding coal-mining settlements are deeply defined by the industrial landscape of the Price River corridor during the early 1970s. The topographic detail captures a network of resource extraction and transit, where the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and the Utah Railway navigate the narrow canyon floors. Prominent mining operations like Castle Gate Mine No 1, Castle Gate Mine No 2, and the Milburn Mine sit tucked into the steep drainages of Price Canyon and Cordingly Canyon.

Local genealogy and social history are preserved in the numerous cemeteries serving these mountain communities, including the Austrian Central Cem and Mountain View Cem. The transition from industrial sites like the Powerplant and various Mines to the residential areas of Spring Glen and Carbonville reveals the structured layout of Utah's carbon-belt towns before modern redevelopment shifted the local economy.