Silver King Tunnel - Mineral Fork
View of the SIlver KIng mine and the west slope of the Kessler Peak
ridge looking north c.2007
Donald K. Winegar - Tintic Images
Location data
QUICK LOCATION PATH: Utah / Salt
Lake County / Big Cottonwood District / Big Cottonwood Canyon / Mineral Fork / upper bowl
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Approximate GPS Location:
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40.36.151 N - 111.40.227 W (field) |
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Approximate Elevation:
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10109' (field)
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30 x 60 Minute Map:
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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
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7.5 Minute Map:
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DROMEDARY PEAK, UTAH
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Brief history
The Silver King Tunnel was part of the early Regulator Johnson workings.
The adit, driven into the mountain a few hundred feet, did produce, but no separate exact records have been found. In total,
the Regulator / Silver King group is estimated to have produced nearly $300,000 in values.
View of the SIlver KIng dump from the approach road c.2007
Donald K. Winegar - Tintic Images
Rusted metal, broken glass, and other items neatly stacked on an old
railroad tie at the Silver King c.2007
Donald K. Winegar - Tintic Images
What remains
Nothing. No structures remain at this site. Only the dump and the
caved portal mark the site. Bits and pieces of wood and metal can be found all about the area (as shown above), but nothing
notable.
