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Mercur, Utah circa 1910. Mercur Mine in background. Plaque in front of the Mercur cemetery. Mercur is a historical hard rock mining ghost town in Tooele County, Utah, United States. In 1891, it became the site of the first successful use of the cyanide process of gold extraction in the United States, the dominant metallurgy today. Its elevation ...
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.
In 1899 and 1900, several gold ore-rich strikes were made in the Raft River Mountains, and the principal camp that grew around them was named Golden. [1] [2] As the mining progressed, the ore changed from gold to silver, with quantities of up to 1,000 ounces (28 kg) per ton. [2] The population of Golden grew to an estimated 500 residents. [2]
The Barneys Canyon mine in Salt Lake County, the last primary gold mine to operate in Utah, stopped mining in 2001, but is still recovering gold from its heap leaching pads. Utah gold production was 460,000 troy ounces (14,000 kg) in 2006.
Gold Hill was the southern terminus of the Deep Creek Railroad. [3] Although gold was first discovered at Gold Hill in 1858, settlement only began in 1871, when a smelter was built. [4] The town itself was established in 1892. [2] As other nearby mines started to fail, Gold Hill began to grow famous in the mining industry.
This list of gold mines in the United States is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.
The law covers mining for uranium, gold, silver, copper and other precious metals, but excludes coal and petroleum. ... Kyle Kimmerle, whose family owns more than 100 uranium mining claims in Utah ...
The Dream Mine, or Relief Mine, is an unproductive underground mine in Salem, Utah, built by John Hyrum Koyle in the 1890s and incorporated in 1909. Koyle prophesied the mine would provide financial support for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) just before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.