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Silver
City Ghost Town Back
To Utah
Historical Sites 
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Located approx 2 1/2 miles south of Eureka Utah, you will come to a
small sign marking the turn off to Silver City. Silver City
was once a bustling mining town with a population of 1500
people. The first silver mine was discovered in 1869 and
produced a substantial amount of profit for its British
owners. Silver City had many rich silver producing mines until
1890 when most of the mines encountered water. As the town's richest
mines began to close, the town slowly faded out. Just as
Silver City was about to become a ghost town Jesse Knight of
Knightsville, Utah built a huge Ore Sampling Mill, soon the town
began to flourish again. Knight built the East Tintic Railroad
into Silver City and built new homes for his many employees.
Sliver City continued to survive until 1915 when Knight's Ore
Sampling Mill was closed down. 
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Not much of the town remains today, beside a few old foundations,
mine tailings and some old mining equipment. As you explore
this site be very cautious of mine shafts, we were hiking on top of
one of the old mine tailings piles and discovered an air shaft that
was very deep. If we had not been paying attention to our
surroundings we could of easily fallen in. We are not sure if
this shaft was one that they missed when most of the mines in the
area were blocked, or if it opened back up due to erosion around the
hole. Please respect private property as there are still
active mines in the area today, and I have to say this, if you
find an open mine please do not enter it. These mines are very
dangerous, and can contain bad air, and shafts that may not be
seen. If you do enter these mines you do so at your own
risk. We have taken our kids to Silver City several times, it
seems to have a air of nostalgia that they enjoy, not to mention it
is a historical site. On that note don't forget the rules of
collection, the iron pyrite is abundant and shiny, but keep in mind
it is just FOOLS GOLD, and leave it were you found it. 
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