UTAHRAILS MINING
This page was last updated on April 13, 2008.
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.
Copper Mining West of Milford — Copper mining and railroads west of Milford, in central Utah; home of Newhouse, Copper Gulch & Sevier Lake Railroad, and its single Shay locomotive.
Salt Lake Valley Smelters – A narrative history of the smelters located in the Salt Lake Valley, 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.
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.
Limestone and Cement — Limestone mining and Cement manufacturing.
Stone and Aggregates — Stone quarries statewide used for construction materials, including gravel and aggregates, along with railroad ballast, and smelter slag.
MINING HISTORY
Bancroft, Chapter 27 — An early history of Utah mining and industry scanned from Bancroft's 1889 History of Utah.
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. (large file, 142k)
Railroad and Steam Shovels in Bingham Canyon — An article on this UtahRails.net web site from The Salt Lake Mining Review in 1911 about the construction of the standard gauge tramway that became the Copper Belt Railroad in 1900.
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.)
Tullidge, Chapter 81 — An early history of Utah mining and manufacturing scanned from Tullidge's 1886 History of Salt Lake City.
Thomas Billings — History of mining in Utah, by Thomas P. Billings; located as part of the on-line Hickman Museum.
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