Letter to his mother. Rinker told his mother not to worry about him working in the mines. He explains how above ground work is safe and below ground work is where it is dangerous.
Photograph in upper left corner of this page captioned "Old school house at Bingham Ut 1900." Photograph in upper right corner captioned "Asphaltene mine, Fort Duschene, Ut." Photograph in lower right corner captioned "Utah valley."