Mining in Utah, and Utah's Railroads
This page was last updated on August 1, 2011.
(listed alphabetically by subject, or material being mined)
Aerial Tramways — Information about the aerial tramways used by Utah's mining companies to get their ore from mine to mill and smelter, at times with railroads as an intermediate method.
Anaconda in Utah — A separate page about The Aanaconda Company and their activities in Utah, including the International smelter and the Highland Boy mine in Bingham Canyon.
Cement — Cement rock mining and cement manufacturing.
Coal Mining — "Utah Fuels The West" Coal mining in Carbon County, and other locations in Summit County (Coalville) and San Pete County (Wales).
Copper Mining at Bingham Canyon — "To Move A Mountain" Copper mining and railroads in Bingham Canyon, west of Salt Lake City.
Frisco Silver Mine, near Milford — Information about the Horn Silver mine at Frisco, including the abandonment of LA&SL Frisco and Newhouse branches.
Granite — Granite quarries in Salt Lake County, used to build the Salt Lake City LDS temple, the Utah State capital building, and the Park Building at University of Utah, along with many others.
Iron and Steel — Iron ore mining in Iron County, and iron making and steel making in Utah County. (includes the Wellington coal wash plant)
Limestone — Limestone mining.
Newhouse Copper Mine, near Milford — Copper mining and railroads west of Milford, in central Utah; home of Newhouse, Copper Gulch & Sevier Lake Railroad, and its single Shay locomotive.
Smelters — A narrative history of the smelters located in the Salt Lake Valley and other locations, including those of the pioneer era, from 1867, to the famous smelter case that closed all but the lead smelters at Midvale and Murray. The others were either consolidated at either Garfield or Tooele, or closed altogether.
Stone and Aggregates — Stone quarries statewide used for construction materials, including gravel and aggregates, along with railroad ballast, and smelter slag.
Tintic Mining District — A narrative history of the mining and railroads in the Tintic Mining District in central Utah.
Western Utah Copper Project — Information about the current development of the copper resources at the former Cactus open pit copper mine west of Milford.
Combined Metals Reduction Company — Information about the mill and smelter at Bauer, the location of the portal of the Honerine drain tunnel for several Stockton lead and silver mines; Union Pacific furnished rail service by way of a spur from its mainline, just north of the cut through the Stockton Bar.
Mining History
Bancroft, Chapter 27 — An early history of Utah mining and industry scanned from Bancroft's 1889 History of Utah.
Brewster, "A Brief History of Mining in Utah" — A manuscript that was included in Volume II of Wain Sutton's 1949 Utah, A Centennial History.
Railroad and Steam Shovels in Bingham Canyon — An article lifted from The Salt Lake Mining Review in 1911 about the construction of railroads in Bingham Canyon.
Salt Lake Mining Review — An incomplete index on this UtahRails.net web site of railroad and railroad-related items found in The Salt Lake Mining Review bi-weekly magazine.
Stenhouse, Chapter 57 — Excerpts from an early history of Utah mining, from T. B. H. Stenhouse's 1872 Rocky Mountain Saints. (Note: A large portion of Stenhouse, Chapter 57, was later included in Tullidge, Chapter 81.)
Thomas Billings — History of mining in Utah, by Thomas P. Billings; located as part of the on-line Hickman Museum.
Tullidge, Chapter 81 — An early history of Utah mining and manufacturing scanned from Tullidge's 1886 History of Salt Lake City.
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