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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 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.
George Hearst, a highly successful California prospector, became a partner in Hearst, Haggin, Tevis and Co., the largest private mining firm in the United States, which owned and operated the Ophir mine on the Comstock Lode, and other gold and silver mining interests in California, Nevada, Utah, South Dakota and Peru.
Map all coordinates using ... Gold chain mine; Golden Sunlight mine; ... Lost Blue Bucket Mine; M. Mercur, Utah; O. Ortiz Mountains; R. Reed Gold Mine; Ridgeway Mine ...
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.
Pages in category "Mining communities in Utah" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. ... Gold Hill, Utah; Grass Creek, Utah; H. Hale, Utah;
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]