Utah Mining Tour

2024 Mining History Association

Awards Banquet

Hilton Doubletree, The Yarrow Hotel

Park City, Utah

June 5, 2024

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The Annual Mining History Association Awards Banquet celebrates the recipients of the 2024 MHA Awards. This year’s featured speaker was Nate Foster, Managing Director, Rio Tinto Kennecott.

Dana Bennett, MHA President, introduced the Featured Banquet Speaker, Nate Foster, Managing Director, Rio Tinto Kennecott.

Nate Foster presented a talk and video on “Rio Tinto Kennecott, 120 Years Proud and a Brighter Future to Come.” A lively question and answer session followed his talk.

(left) Brian Leech, Chair of the Research Grants Committee, announced the 2024 awardees: Dennis Patrick Halpin, Associate Professor at Virginia Tech University; Ernest Sewordor, Postdoc, Department of History, University of Basel; Benjamin Shultz, PhD Candidate, University of Texas at El Paso; and Katherine (Kari) Thomas, Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University.

(Above) Michael G. Nelson, Professor Emeritus of Mining Engineering, University of Utah, receives the John Livermore Award from Peter Maciulaitis, Chaiman of the Livermore Award Committee. At the conclusion of the conference Dr. Nelson also received the Keith Long Best Presentation Award for his presentation, "Smelters and Smelter Smoke in Utah."

(Left) Eric Clements, Editor of The Mining History Journal, announces the winner of the John Townley Award for the best paper in the 2023 Volume. The awardee is Mark Aldrich, "Conserving Resources, Saving Lives: Strip Mining Coal in America, 1880-1945."

(Above) Bob Spude, Chair of Besleme-Orell Heritage Award Committee, presents the 2024 Award to the Friends of Ski Mountain Mining History, for their work to preserve historic mine sites and their promotion of mining history through a free lecture series. Accepting the award are (left to right) Sally Elliott, Donald Roll, and Marianne Cone.

Ed Raines, Chair of the Ed Hunter Distinguished Service Award Committee, presents the 2024 Award to Mark and Lynn Langenfeld for their tireless efforts in organizing several MHA conferences including this year’s conference in Park City.

Johnny Johnson, Chair of the Rodman Paul Award Committee (right), presents the 2024 Award to Eric Clements (left), mining historian, Editor of The Mining History Journal, and Professor at Southeast Missouri State University.