Salt Lake City — Salt Lake County

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Salt Lake City — Salt Lake County

Gold Mining Site UT • Salt Lake County County
Description
There is a rumor that on the due east side of Salt Lake City, on the mountainside a short distance above the Pioneer Monument, a large cement slab seals the entrance to a tunnel which, rumor has it, is an undeveloped, extremely rich lode gold mine owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as a reserve should they ever need it. If you go southeast of Salt Lake by 20 miles you will be in the Cottonwood Mining district. This district produced over 30,000 ounces of gold at Little C...
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: salt_lake_ut.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Salt Lake City. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. There is a rumor that on the due east side of Salt Lake City, on the mountainside a short distance above the Pioneer Monument, a large cement slab seals the entrance to a tunnel which, rumor has it, is an undeveloped, extremely rich lode gold mine owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as a reserve should they ever need it. If you go southeast of Salt Lake by 20 miles you will be in the Cottonwood Mining district. This district produced over 30,000 ounces of gold at Little Cottonwood and Big Cottonwood camps.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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