TREASURE HOUSE RELICS Project
Golden Gate Mill
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The Golden Gate Mill in Mercur, Utah - THRP - Winegar Collection
 

Location data

QUICK LOCATION PATH: Utah / Tooele County / Camp Floyd District / Mercur or Lewiston Canyon / Mercur

 
Approximate GPS Location:

40.19.340 N - 112.12.306 W  (topo) 

 

Approximate Elevation:

6963'  (topo) 

 

30 x 60 Minute Map:

RUSH VALLEY, UTAH

 

7.5 Minute Map:

MERCUR, UTAH

 

Brief history

The Golden Gate Mill was the largest mill in the entire district. It was the first mill in the state to be electrified using power from the Telluride Plant near the mouth of Provo Canyon, and it would be a landmark for decades.

The image below is from a stereo-view showing "BURLY DRILLS AT WORK" as men are excavating the hillside for foundations of the Golden Gate mill. 

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Getting there

Mercur Canyon is closed to access at this time.  

What remains

Only the foundations of the old mill remain today.
 
Land all around the foundations was open pit mined by Barrick-Mercur and other companies and is now in the process of being reclaimed. Once the reclaimation work is complete, those foundations will remain at they are already listed on the National Register of Historic Sites. As such, they have been protected. it is not known how accesible the site may be after the reclaimation work is complete.

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