TREASURE HOUSE RELICS Project
Scottish Chief

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View of the Scottish Chief mine as the new compressor (under tarp) is being installed - c.1902 
THRP - Winegar Collection - Tintic Images
 

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Almost identical view of the same site just over 100 years later, the same compressor now half covered in dirt and rock  and the building then being constructed in the upper view now collapsed and rotting in this lower view c.2005 
Donald K. Winegar - Tintic Images
 

Location data

QUICK LOCATION PATH: Utah / Salt Lake County / Big Cottonwood District / Big Cottonwood Canyon / Scott Hill

 
Approximate GPS Location:

40.37.356 N - 111.34.165 W  (field) 

 

Approximate Elevation:

9767'  (field) 

 

30 x 60 Minute Map:

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

 

7.5 Minute Map:

BRIGHTON, UTAH

 

What remains

The old compressor shown above, a number of fallen logs that once were the boarding house, boiler shed, and compressor house. The partially collapsed inclined adit, and a number of metal bits & pieces. No structures remain standing at this site. 

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