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U.S. Route 6 (US-6) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway through the central part of the U.S. state of Utah.Although it is only about 40 miles (64 km) longer than US-50, it serves more populated areas and, in fact, follows what had been US-50's routing until it was moved to follow Interstate 70 (I-70) in 1976.
The community of Eureka is an old mining town near the center of the range. U.S. Route 6 Passes through the central part of the range and through Eureka. The Tintic Mining District is located in the central part of the range. The district was an important producer of silver, gold and base metals during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Aragonite lies along the Hastings Cutoff, a historical transmontane route taken by nineteenth-century pioneers. Aragonite was established in the early twentieth century for the mining of aragonite , though all mining operations in the area have ceased. [ 2 ]
The Lila Canyon Mine fire burning in East Carbon, Utah in September 2022. (KSL) When the fire began, the company sealed several access points and vents to limit oxygen getting into the mine.
The Bingham Canyon Mine, more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine among locals, [3] is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, in the Oquirrh Mountains.
The Crandall Canyon Mine is located at (39.460000°, -111.167639°) [1] with its entrance at an elevation of 7,835 feet (2,388. The mine is located in Emery County, Utah, in the Wasatch plateau coal field. [2]
A man in Utah who fell approximately 50 feet down an abandoned mine was found with "substantial" head trauma on Tuesday, Nov. 5. According to Iron County Search and Rescue, the Iron County ...
The site is one of few legacies of historic Silver City, a mining boom town in the 1870s. [2]The site is described as being an "approximately five acre site containing slag and tailings dumps, as well as remnants of the concrete foundations of the Tintic Smelter and Tintic Mill."