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OMB No. 1024-0018, NPS Form United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. Z Page 1 Utah Ore Sampling Company Mill, Murray, Salt Lake County, UT Narrative Description Historic Condition of Property The Subject Parcel #21-13-202-006 has many out-buildings in addition to the Mill itself. The buildings listed on county tax cards (for years 1943 to 1952) list the following buildings on the site: Mill C, Mill D, Thaw House, Change House, Shop, Yard Office, Shed, Shed, Scale House, 2 Car Pulling Sheds, Oil Storage, Coal Shed, Residence, Garage, Wash House, and an Office. A 1906 photograph from the Shipler Collection at the Utah State Historic Library shows the Taylor & Brunton Ore Sampling Mill with a small shed, what looks like an office building near another larger building and the 3plus story sampler in the background. This photograph is recognizable as the same property, but the buildings are only similar in massing. A review of the 1911 Sanborn Map shows an Oxide Mill, an oil house, an office, ore bins, a "Sulphide" Mill, a pump house, a transformer house, platforms and scales among the two rail lines. A total of 8 buildings at this time. Historic property contained many rail lines and dirt roads. It was surrounded by open spaces, trees in the distance, the closest tree-like items were telegraph/telephone or power lines that seem to follow the rail lines. Current Condition of the Property The current condition of the property is hazardous. The property is a toxic SuperFund Site. The current use of the property is an unsightly junkyard to the observer, but the owner' s highly prized collection of automobile parts. The buildings remaining on the site today seem to be: Mill C, Mill D, Thaw House, Change House, Shop, Residence, and Wash House. They are filled with the automobile parts. The buildings are in disrepair and have few if any windows in tact and unbroken. The materials of the buildings are worn, even dilapidated. Yet there remains a sturdiness to the shapes and forms making up the compound of buildings- it seems a life still lingers there-that of a sleeping giant, capable of powerful feats as it once was. The current mills on the site, according to an interview] with Clyde Wolf, Bill Colt and Bob Conrad, were constructed around 1926 after a fire burned what is assumed to be the photographed and mapped Oxide mill to the ground. This is demonstrated by the fact that the 1906 photo and the 1911 Sanborn map record do not match the current buildings in elevation or plan. Mill C: The 1926 Mill C is smaller than and west of Mill D. It is constructed of reinforced concrete, brick and "core iron." Its outside cladding is corrugated sheet metal. It has square window openings and is 4 and 5 stories, evidenced by the window pattern. It has a west-facing shed roof (only in that the gable is longer on the 1 July 2000 oral interview by Sue Richards.