Bingham Canyon, Utah p.59

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Title Bingham Canyon, Utah p.59
Collection Classified Photograph Collection
File Name 39222001303721
Photo Number 15084
Classification 979.2
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Date of Photograph February 1926
Date 1926-02
Subject Cities and towns; Mining towns; Mining; Canyons; Avalanches; Snow
Other Subject Bigham Canyon
Spatial Coverage Bingham; Salt Lake County; Utah
Description Snowslide at Highland Boy, 17 February 1926. At 8:00 pm the slide came down Sap Gulch and destroyed much of the district. Thirty-nine bodies were recovered, fifteen hospitalized, twenty-five families and some 200 borders were homeless. Gold, silver, lead, and then copper were mined in Bingham. General Patrick Conner's men from Fort Douglas actually staked the first claim in the canyon. At its peak, Bingham was seven miles long but less than a city block wide. The town was unincorporated in 1971 and demolished to make way for further mining development.
Comment Mining Centennial, Salt Lake Tribune.
Rights Management Digital Image © 2010 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding Institution Utah State Historical Society
Relation Classified Photograph Collection, 979.2 Utah Cities
Source Format Print Photograph
Source Size 8 in x 10 in
Source Donors Sund, Fritz
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Scanned By Karl Nicholson and Earl Hindley, USHS
ARK ark:/87278/s6n87mp7
Setname dha_cp
ID 452249
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6n87mp7
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