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Usually the mines are said to contain valuable elements or minerals such as gold, silver or diamonds. Often there is a map or other document allegedly detailing the history or location of the mine. Common to all the lost mine legends is the idea of a valuable and mysterious resource being lost to history.
Eagle City is a ghost town located in Garfield County, Utah, United States. Nestled in Bromide Basin, high in the remote Henry Mountains of southern Utah, it was a gold mining camp. Eagle City was settled circa 1890, but was almost abandoned by the start of World War I. A single resident remained until the 1970s.
The mine has been in production since 1906, and has resulted in the creation of a pit over 0.75 miles (1,210 m) deep, [5] 2.5 miles (4 km) wide, and covering 1,900 acres (3.0 sq mi; 770 ha; 7.7 km 2). It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966 under the name Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine. [2]
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Pages in category "Mines in Utah" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Beck No. 2 Mine;
The town of Bingham, Utah, was eventually swallowed by the expanding man-made chasm, which would come to be known as "The Richest Hole on Earth" and the largest man-made excavation in the world. [4] The mine was active when Smithson submitted his reclamation design and it remains so today. [5] Bingham Canyon Mine as it appeared in 2005.
The Bureau County Sheriff's Office said that an autopsy was conducted Tuesday on the remains, which were found June 8 at the site of a former coal mine best remembered for a devastating 1909 fire ...
Charlie Steen was born in 1919 in Caddo, Stephens County, Texas, the son of Charles A. and Rosalie Wilson Steen, and attended high school in Houston.As a teen Steen worked summers for a construction company that helped finance his education; this is the same company that his first stepfather Lisle had died working at. [2]