TREASURE HOUSE RELICS Project
Kennebeck Mine

 

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Complete surface workings of the Kennebeck mine c. 1902 / THRP - Winegar Collection
 
 

Location data

QUICK LOCATION PATH: Utah / Salt Lake County / Big Cottonwood District / South Fork or Cardiff Fork / Upper canyon / East side

 
Approximate GPS Location:

40.36.461 N - 111.39.067 W  (field)

 

Approximate Elevation:

9129'  (field)

 

30 x 60 Minute Map:

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

 

7.5 Minute Map:

DROMEDARY PEAK, UTAH

 

What remains

Only the dump, an old rusted tank, and a small compressor remain at this site atop the massive dump. The portal is partly caved and What little bit of machinery is still present, is all clustered near the portal.
 
Sun bleached boards lay about the top of the dump here and there, so too, the litter the side of the dump. Scattered remains of the several buildings that once stood.
 
The turnoff to the Kennebeck site is off the main canyon road. The old road to the mine is HEAVILY overgrown, and the hike is steep and bush-whacking is necessary. 
 

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Same view as above taken 100 years later - c.2005 / Donald K. WInegar - Tintic Images 

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