On Sept. 2 at 10 a.m. at the Electric Theater in St. George, Everett Bassett will give a lecture on historic mining landscapes worldwide from the prehistoric through the classical, medieval, and modern periods. Historic western mining landscapes, especially Silver Reef, will be examined in greater detail. He will discuss variations in these landscapes over time due to changes in economy, ethnology, and technology.
The lecture is part of a traveling Smithsonian exhibition created by the National Archives, “The Way We Worked,” which will be at the Silver Reef Museum in Leeds Sept. 16 through Nov. 4. The lecture is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Registration is available at tinyurl.com/WashingtonCountyWorks.
Bassett lives in San Francisco where he is a senior archaeologist for Transcon Environmental. He has conducted archaeological excavations in Egypt, Sudan, Great Britain, Australia, and throughout the United States. Since 1995, he has identified, recorded, and analyzed over 4,000 historic mines in Utah. In 2015, Bassett’s research resulted in the location of the original massacre sites and mass graves associated with the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre.
The Electric Theater is located at 68 E. Tabernacle St. in St. George. More information about the traveling exhibit is available at utahhumanities.org.
