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• <br />• <br />r <br />i_ <br />r~ <br />i <br />~~ <br />1J <br />1~ <br />t! <br />MINiNC FEATURE FORM <br />(Page 4 o f 4) <br />State Site Number - SDT1053 <br />Temporary Site Number - <br />(23. cont.) <br />From 1903 until 1974: the highest production year was 1930 when 103.622 tons were produced and <br />1 10 miners were employed. <br />24. Persons Associated with Minc/Company -The Juanita Coal and Coke Company was <br />incorporated M1v IGih. 1902 by I (B King. C M. Morris and A.S. Farrow: directors named then <br />were C.W. Gill. Dr. A."f. King. C.NI. tvtorris. 1LB King. George H. Whitelaw and .L W. Douglas. <br />On tylay 22. 191)2. a meeting was held in Pueblo. Colorado to orglnize the company and oflicers <br />elected were C. M. Morris. President: Dr. r\.T. King. Vice-President: A.S. Farrow. Treasurer: and <br />J. W. Douglas. Secretary. The companv rntrchased coal lands six miles east of Paonia in the North <br />Pork V;tllev. C.M. Morris was the first ~~eneral manager and H.B. King the second. The mine later <br />took its name from King_and his brother F(arry Mnllot was the first mine superintendent: it was <br />believed that the company name. ".Juanita." was for his dau hg ter. <br />?~. Sources of Inlurmation - Robert P. Bowie .and his cousin Alice R. Abseck. <br />26. Rccommcndations/fvpe of Closure - In general. the mine site has been heavily_disturbed over <br />the past 10 years and it lacks inte~Rity of location end ~ssociltion Of the remaining buildings--the <br />hoist house the power plant the mule 61m the powder house end the sales house--the power plant <br />and_hoist house arc community landmarks that ore in rclntively_good structural condition They meet <br />criteria a) and cl oF'I'itle 36 CPR 60 b and as signitcant parts of the mine are field evaluated as <br />eligible for listing on the NRHP Both should be preserved by recording methods that meet the <br />Iistoric American Buildines Survev and/or the Historic American Cngineering Record <br />(I IAI3S/1IAGRl documentation standards. The coal mining activities at Bowie were significant in <br />terms ofmaking immediate and lastine contributions to the economic industrial and demo ra hie <br />character of the reeion. Coal mining was the reason for the formation of the local economy, and is <br />an integral and lom~-lived part of the economic stability of the county and state <br />27. Recorder Carl ~. Conner and Barbara J. Davenport Date <br />Affiliation Grand River Institute. P.O. Box 3543. Grand Junction. CO 31502 <br />11 <br />is <br />l:l <br />