TREASURE HOUSE RELICS Project
Silver Mountain Mine

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Stone wall remains at the Silver Mountain Mine high on the west face of Kessler Peak c.2004   
Martin McGregor Photo - Digital image - Tintic Images

Location data

QUICK LOCATION PATH: Utah / Salt Lake County / Big Cottonwood District / Big Cottonwood Canyon / Mineral Fork / East or Silver Mountain draw

 
Approximate GPS Location:

40.37.436 N - 111.40.534 W  (topo) 

 

Approximate Elevation:

9121'  (topo) 

 

30 x 60 Minute Map:

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

 

7.5 Minute Map:

DROMEDARY PEAK, UTAH

 

 

Mineral Survey Plat

Below is a copy of the Mineral Survey Map or Plot for the Silver Mountain Lode #2 Mining Claim, Big Cottonwood Mining District, Mineral District #5, Survey #47, Lot #83, Dated November 3rd, 1877.
 
The original claim covered some 7.35 acres. The claim was 200 feet wide, and 1600 feet long, and ran in a North-South direction. The Plat shows the discovery marker about center on the claim, a shaft of unknown depth and a tunnel some 80 feet into the mountain. The plat also shows a cabin in place at the time of the survey about 50 feet west of the discovery marker.
 

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Base Plat is from original scans by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
Modified digital map image Copyright 2011 - THRP - Tintic  Images
 

What remains

Heavy stone walls that once were a cabin or bunkhouse at the mine. Rotted logs from a second smaller building, the partially caved portal, and the large dump that flows down the hillside hundreds of feet. Large enough to see from the Salt Lake Valley if you know where to look.

 

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View from above the cabin remains looking down into Mineral Fork c.2005   
Martin McGregor Photo - Digital image copyright - Tintic Images
 

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