TREASURE HOUSE RELICS Project
Eclipse Mine

 

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Large compressor at the old Eclipse Mine site c.2004   Donald K. Winegar - Tintic Images

Location data

QUICK LOCATION PATH: Utah / Salt Lake County / Big Cottonwood District / Big Cottonwood Canyon / Days Fork / Upper Canyon

 
Approximate GPS Location:

40.36.148 N - 111.38.291 W  (field)

 

Approximate Elevation:

9603'  (field) 

 

30 x 60 Minute Map:

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

 

7.5 Minute Map:

DROMEDARY PEAK, UTAH

 

 

Mineral Survey Plat

Below is a copy of the Mineral Survey Plat for the Eclipse Mining Claim, Big Cottonwood Mining District, Mineral District #5, Survey #56, Lot #92, Dated December 23, 1877. The original claim covered just under 18 acres of ground.

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Base Plat is from originals scans by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
Modified digital map image Copyright 2011 - THRP - Tintic  Images
 

What remains

No structures remain standing at this site, however, a number of pieces of machinery are still present. Having said that, only the large compressor shown in the first image is readily accessible. The old hoist is present near the rim of the collapsed shaft collar, but it is partly buried by dirt and rock sluffing off of the hillside from above.
 
Three boiler or steam tanks are present but they lay jumbled as they are slowly sliding into the depression created about the old shaft collar. In time they will be swallowed completely by this ever growing depression. Around the area you can find bits of scattered metal of all sizes and shapes.
 

Note: The shaft is not visible, but a large depression marks its location. It is not fenced, and caution must be used at all times. Though closed and filled with debris, do not trust that it will not cave-in. Do not venture into the depression for any reason! 

Boiler & tanks in the widening depression c.2004
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View looking west in the upper bowl c.2004
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Iron door panel from boiler at Eclipse Mine c.2004
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