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Copperfield and Terrace Heights

Greek Camp

Don Strack -- Do you happen to know what company built the Greek bunk houses. My guess would be either USSR&M or Utah Copper. They seem to match the basic architecture used by mining companies for bunkhouses at several other mines, including the U. S. Hotel in Copperfield. The six houses at the base of old Greek Camp were built by Ohio Copper, as dwellings for their bosses. They were later sold to families, when Ohio Copper moved their surface operations out to Lark. They were demolished as the Utah Copper dump lines continued to expand along the east side. At about the same time (mid 1920s to mid 1930s), it was Utah Copper that built the nice brick homes in Terrace Heights, and maybe some of the homes along Main Street in Copperfield.

Tim Dumas -- I am not 100% sure, in my studies of Copperfield being totally rebuilt in the 1920s both Utah Copper and United States mines were doing the work. Clip from your website. When Utah Copper built the new straight E-line bridge in 1912, is when I think the dormitory type apartments for Greek camp were built. So maybe Utah Copper did the construction.

Don Strack -- It's a question we will likely not be able to answer. I believe Utah Copper built the E-Line bridge solely to serve the newly-built ore loading bins at the Niagara tunnel, as part of its Bingham & Garfield railroad subsidiary's common carrier status, and the requirement that a common carrier provide service to any customer that requested it. This was the result of USSR&M removing its aerial tram, and moving its operations from Galena Gulch, down to the Niagara tunnel. I just reviewed what Eldon Bray wrote about the Greek Camp buildings, and he only mentions that the buildings were built in 1909-1915.

Don Strack -- Just as a side note, my focus has always been to describe what can be seen in photos, and the bunkhouses of Greek Camp are prominent in many, many photos. So it would be nice to find out who built them and when.

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