Emery County Gold Locations

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Emery County Gold Locations

Gold Mining Site UT • Emery County County
Description
Unknown Locations In 1916 the U.S. Bureau of Mines recorded a small amount of placer gold recovered in Emery County. Nobody, even state mining historians, have been able to agree where it came from. Some people say it was mined in the Emery or Lost Springs District and was placered as surface erosion from lode mines found there. Other experts say this placer was found on the Green River. Placer gold was found here in the depression years, but it was credited to Grand County.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: emery_ut.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Unknown Locations In 1916 the U.S. Bureau of Mines recorded a small amount of placer gold recovered in Emery County. Nobody, even state mining historians, have been able to agree where it came from. Some people say it was mined in the Emery or Lost Springs District and was placered as surface erosion from lode mines found there. Other experts say this placer was found on the Green River. Placer gold was found here in the depression years, but it was credited to Grand County.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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