DEATH CANYON
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DEATH CANYON |
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NAME: Death Canyon COUNTY: Tooele ROADS: 4WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Hot and dry in summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Spring/Fall |
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Death Canyon is located at the extreme southern end of the Simpson Mountians. We went on the 4th of July weekend and didn't see one person on the entire trip. The best way to get there is to turn south at the bottom of lookout Pass on the Pony Express road, follow the range aroud to the southern end, and then turn north up the canyon. There are several old log cabins along the way and dangerous mines everywhere. None of the structures looked vandalized other than a few old beer cans. It appeared that there would be much more to find with more time to hike around. REMAINS: Mines and a few standing and collapsed cabins. |
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I know nothing about the history of the area. Everything looked fairly old, possibly early 1900's. It didn't appear as if there was an actual town, just scattered miners cabins and mines. If anyone has information about the area I would love to hear it. Submitted by: Ryan Crockett I visited this ghost town on April 17, 2010, and sadly the log cabins have all burned down. The mine entrances are still available and intact, and a small structure built into the side of the hill across from the mine entrance is intact as well. There is also a cool old rusted out truck in a pit near one of the mine entrances. The only thing left of the old log cabins are the cement foundations, and the spring base of the chair featured in some of the old Death Canyon ghost town photos. There are a ton of beer bottles a makeshift fire pit near one of the foundations, which very well may have been the reason they burned down. Sariah Meadows |
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