TREASURE HOUSE RELICS Project
Big Cottonwood Bonanza Mine

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Remains of the Big Cottonwood Bonanza's air compressor machinery - c.2005  Donald K. Winegar - Tintic Images
 
 

Location data

QUICK LOCATION PATH: Utah / Salt Lake County / Big Cottonwood District / Days Fork / Near the mouth of the canyon.

 
Approximate GPS Location:

40.38.330 N - 111.38.396 W  (field) 

 

Approximate Elevation:

7534'  (field) 

 

30 x 60 Minute Map:

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

 

7.5 Minute Map:

MOUNT AIRE, UTAH

 

 

 

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Another view of the compressor showing the engine - c.2005  Donald K. Winegar - Tintic Images

 

 

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Dump of the mine on the hillside just above the compressor - c.2005  Donald K. Winegar - Tintic Images

 

What remains

The compressor workings and the dump are all that remain at this site. 
 

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