Gold Hill — Tooele County

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Gold Hill — Tooele County

Gold Mining Site UT • Tooele County County
Description
Gold Hill is located in the southwest corner of the county. The Clifton (Gold Hill) district near the Utah - Nevada line had a total production of around 26,000 ounces of gold between 1892 and 1944. There are numerous mines in the area, but the Cane Springs, Alvarado and Gold Hill mines lead in production. In the Deep Creek area there were some small copper - lead - silver mines that had a by product of gold. This area has also produced large quantities of bismuth and molybdenum. Legend has i...
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: tooele_ut.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Gold Hill. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Gold Hill is located in the southwest corner of the county. The Clifton (Gold Hill) district near the Utah - Nevada line had a total production of around 26,000 ounces of gold between 1892 and 1944. There are numerous mines in the area, but the Cane Springs, Alvarado and Gold Hill mines lead in production. In the Deep Creek area there were some small copper - lead - silver mines that had a by product of gold. This area has also produced large quantities of bismuth and molybdenum. Legend has it that placer gold was discovered here in 1858, but the Indians drove the prospectors away. There is no record of these placers ever being worked though.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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