View of the Scottish Chief mine as the new compressor (under tarp) is being installed - c.1902
THRP - Winegar Collection - Tintic Images
Almost identical view of the same site just over 100 years later,
the same compressor now half covered in dirt and rock and the
building then being constructed in the upper view now collapsed and rotting in this lower view c.2005
Donald K. Winegar - Tintic Images
Location data
QUICK LOCATION PATH: Utah / Salt
Lake County / Big Cottonwood District / Big Cottonwood Canyon / Scott Hill
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Approximate GPS Location:
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40.37.356 N - 111.34.165 W (field) |
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Approximate Elevation:
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9767' (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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BRIGHTON, UTAH
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What remains
The old compressor shown above, a number of fallen logs that once were the boarding house, boiler shed, and compressor
house. The partially collapsed inclined adit, and a number of metal bits & pieces. No structures remain standing at this
site.
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