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Show OMS No . '024-00'8 . NPS Form United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. I Page ~ Utah Ore Sampling Company Mill, Murray, Salt Lake County, UT possibly as early as 1917) and the other was a long one-story concrete and brick building (built in 1924). These two buildings together were later known as Mill C, presumably the Oxide and Sulphide mills were known as Mill A and B respectively. All three mills appear in the 1925 photograph of the site. The tax cards indicate two other buildings (not visible in the photograph) were added in 1924: an iron and corrugated metal shop building and a cinder block, oil storage-coal shed. Around 1926 the original mill was destroyed by fire. In 1928, Mill D, a large four-story concrete frame building, was constructed adjoining Mill C on the east. The sulphide mill was probably demolished at the same time or shortly after. Two later additions included the brick and concrete thaw house built on a spur to the south in 1927, and the cinder block change house, built between the yard office and oil-coal shed in 1937. By the early 1940s (as seen on the 1942 updated Sanborn map and historic photographs taken in 1944), the mill site had assumed much of the appearance it retains today. Of the buildings noted above, the superintendent's house, Mill C & D (with accompanying loading platforms and car pulling sheds), the thaw house, the shop, the change house, and the oil-coal shed are extant. The older mills, the blacksmith shop and the transformer were razed by 1930. The car winch shed shown on the 1942 Sanborn map was demolished by 1958. The following buildings were demolished, probably in the 1970s or early 1980s: the yard office, scale house, garage, washhouse , and the brick office (pile of rubble extant) . The sampling mill closed operations around 1958. The buildings were used intermittently until 1967. The site was vacant between 1967 and 1974. Between 1975 and 1985, the All Minerals Corporation used the buildings as a minerals processing plant. The site was vacant again between 1987 and 1991 , and unfortunately was vandalized during the periods of vacancy. The currently owner's business, Bob's Automotive Center, has operated on the site for the past fourteen years . Description of Extant Buildings The following six buildings are extant and contributing : Mill C & D, Shop, Oil Storage-Coal Shed, Change House, Superintendent's House and Washhouse, and the Thaw House. A non-contributing shed is located on the Thaw House property. Mill C & 0: The conglomerate building comprising Mill C and Mill D is the most prominent building on the site. The west section (Mill C) is slightly older than the east portion (Mill D). The mills should be considered separate phases of a single building for two reasons: the portions overlap in places and there is open access between the spaces of the interior. Age and obvious differences in exterior materials produced distinctive phases of construction . The build ings share apprOximately 50,000 square feet of space divided over several levels including a partial basement and covered spurs. Mill C was built in two sections: one is a five-story shed structure sheathed in corrugated metal, and the other is a long , low building of brick and concrete . Both were probably constructed in 1924, though the shed structure may have been built slightly earlier. The L-shaped shed structure resembles the earlier mill buildings in mass. It does not appear on a 1916 railroad map, but physical evidence such as date-stamped beams suggest the building was built prior to 1924 or perhaps with recycled materials. This section of Mill C was built on a concrete foundation and features simple gable roofs covered in corrugated sheet metal. The five-story projecting mass with a simple gable was known as the head house. The lower portions are more |
