Bingham - Utah Ghost Town

BINGHAM

NAME: Bingham
COUNTY: Salt Lake
ROADS: 2WD
Grid #: 2
CLIMATE: Cool winter with possible snow, warm summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer

COMMENTS: Town has been engulfed by current copper mine.
REMAINS: The cemetery.

First discovered around 1848, by 1873 $2 million dollars worth of gold was dug out. By 1900 gold and silver mining was put on the back burners and copper became king. The Kennecott Copper Corporation soon took over. By 1920 15,000 people lived here. Another town called Highland Boy had also came into existence there. There were 30 saloons in the canyon. By 1972 the town had died, not because of the mines running out which was usually the case but because of the ever expanding mining operations which are still in full swing today. Submitted by Bob Bezzant. Bingham 1956 Courtesy Isabel and Shirl Scroggan collection Just Past the "Road Closed" "Bingham Canyon Entrance July 2007. What was a canyon is now a man made mountain covering what was Bingham Canyon. Just Past the Copper House and the Precipitation Plant. Courtesy Duane Armijo	Bingham in 1990 Courtesy Bob Bezzant Bingham Courtesy Eugene H. Halverson Bingham Courtesy Eugene H. Halverson

First discovered around 1848, by 1873 $2 million dollars worth of gold was dug out. By 1900 gold and silver mining was put on the back burners and copper became king. The Kennecott Copper Corporation soon took over. By 1920 15,000 people lived here. Another town called Highland Boy had also came into existence there. There were 30 saloons in the canyon. By 1972 the town had died, not because of the mines running out which was usually the case but because of the ever expanding mining operations which are still in full swing today. Submitted by Bob Bezzant.

Bingham 1956
Courtesy Isabel and Shirl Scroggan collection

Just Past the "Road Closed" "Bingham Canyon Entrance July 2007. What was a canyon is now a man made mountain covering what was Bingham Canyon. Just Past the Copper House and the Precipitation Plant.
Courtesy Duane Armijo

Bingham in 1990
Courtesy Bob Bezzant

Bingham
Courtesy Eugene H. Halverson

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