Mining at Alta: A Further hook BY J A M E S H . LEVITT, P H I L I P F . NOTARIANNI, AND BARBARA B A N N O N The Columbus Rexall dump near the present Alta Peruvian Lodge. New processes made mining of the dumps iwAlta profitable. Utah State Historical Society collections.
place in the history of Alta, Utah, today one of the major ski areas in America. Many who know of Alta, skiers J V I I N I N G HOLDS AN IMPORTANT
Dr. Levitt is an assistant professor of history at the State University of New York, Potsdam. Mr. Notarianni is presently on assignment as a preservation historian with the Utah State Historical Society. Ms. Bannon is a doctoral candidate in the English Department, University of Utah. The interview with Mr. Blakemore was conducted on August 6, 1974. A complete transcript of the interview is in Western Americana, Marriott Library, University of Utah.
