Heber City — Wasatch County

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Heber City — Wasatch County

Gold Mining Site UT • Wasatch County County
Description
Along the North Fork and Snake Creek there are numerous old mines that produced a by product of gold from silver mining operations. At Grey Head Mountain, northeast of Heber City, in a region of about 100 square miles lying about 50 miles west of Duchesne in Duchesne County, via U.S. route 40 at Indian Lake, Avintequin and Sams Canyon there are many old mines and prospects for lode gold.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: wasatch_ut.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Heber City. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Along the North Fork and Snake Creek there are numerous old mines that produced a by product of gold from silver mining operations. At Grey Head Mountain, northeast of Heber City, in a region of about 100 square miles lying about 50 miles west of Duchesne in Duchesne County, via U.S. route 40 at Indian Lake, Avintequin and Sams Canyon there are many old mines and prospects for lode gold.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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