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Site: Clifton
Alternate Names: N/A
County, State: Tooele, Utah
Years of Occupation: 1857 - 1960's
Status of Site: Open but current mining operations are potentially re-opening.
Classification: Class 2 - Neglected Town
Type: Mining
Remnants: Several buildings, ruins & cemetery.
GPS Coordinate: 40.104° N 113.818° W
NRHP Reference#: N/A
Date of Last Visit: N/A
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In 1872 a mill and smelter were built at Clifton to handle the ore coming out of the remote Deep Creek mountain range. Shops and stores sprang up around the mill to support the miners. After only a brief time however, the ore pockets were found not be as big as it was thought, and the miners folded up their tents and left Clifton, most likely moving on to Gold Hill.
The shops and smelter closed up, and the small town all but vanished. Occasionally an old prospector would reopen a shaft, but with little or no success.
Today, the town site consists of Oliver Smith’s cabin, an outhouse across the street, and other numerous mines and ruins. There is also a small cemetery with only a single head stone still in place. It belongs to William R. Sheldon, who died on Christmas Day 1889.
Further Reading:
http://www.prospector-utah.com/cliftonutah.htm
http://bonnevillemariner.wordpress....inds-visitors-of-minings-boom-and-bust-times/
http://cliftonmining.com/
Directions to Get There: N/A
Alternate Names: N/A
County, State: Tooele, Utah
Years of Occupation: 1857 - 1960's
Status of Site: Open but current mining operations are potentially re-opening.
Classification: Class 2 - Neglected Town
Type: Mining
Remnants: Several buildings, ruins & cemetery.
GPS Coordinate: 40.104° N 113.818° W
NRHP Reference#: N/A
Date of Last Visit: N/A
Please include the following body information:
In 1872 a mill and smelter were built at Clifton to handle the ore coming out of the remote Deep Creek mountain range. Shops and stores sprang up around the mill to support the miners. After only a brief time however, the ore pockets were found not be as big as it was thought, and the miners folded up their tents and left Clifton, most likely moving on to Gold Hill.
The shops and smelter closed up, and the small town all but vanished. Occasionally an old prospector would reopen a shaft, but with little or no success.
Today, the town site consists of Oliver Smith’s cabin, an outhouse across the street, and other numerous mines and ruins. There is also a small cemetery with only a single head stone still in place. It belongs to William R. Sheldon, who died on Christmas Day 1889.
Further Reading:
http://www.prospector-utah.com/cliftonutah.htm
http://bonnevillemariner.wordpress....inds-visitors-of-minings-boom-and-bust-times/
http://cliftonmining.com/
Directions to Get There: N/A
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