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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: September 10, 2015
Caption: Trona Trail Historic Mine Byway information panel.
Additional Description: Follow the Trona Trail Historic Mine Byway What is trona? How did it form? How has trona mining and processing influenced the local culture and economy? Visit each sign and points of interest along the route to find the answers to these questions and to learn how Green River, Wyoming, came to be known as the "Trona Capital of the World."
Trona Trail has two access points and may be traveled in either direction. The eastbound access point is just east of Little America. Exit I-80 at Little America and take Wyoming 374 to Green River. The westbound access point is south of Green River on WYO 530
Be advised that the Peru Cutoff segment of the Trona Trail includes an unpaved county road. Consider carefully recent weather conditions and vehicle size when deciding whether to follow this optional route.

Side-bar on the left
Far below you, the world's largest and purest deposit of trona is being mined. What is the significance of trona? It is used to make nearly every item in you home and to control the pollution in the air you breath.

Captions: (left side-bar, top) Stauffer Chemical Company (now OCI) mining near Green River, 1962.' (left side-bar, bottom) Trona mine interior, 1989.
Submitted: October 30, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p335995
File Size: 3.182 Megabytes

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