OPHIR

NAME: Ophir
COUNTY: Tooele
ROADS: 4WD
GRID: 2
CLIMATE: Proably elevation of 5,000. pinion, junipers, assume snow in winter.
BEST TIME TO VISIT:
Summer, fall, spring
COMMENTS: Just off Highway 73, private property, a few current residents that don't like people, general store thats rarely open, many "no" signs!
REMAINS: Stone foundations & walls, graveyard, old mines, many old buildings with private property and no trespassing signs.

Soldiers of the U.S. Army discovered that which created Ophir in 1865. They noticed that Indians in the territory were using bullets made from silver. The soldiers soon found the source and proceeded to dispatch the Indians. They named the location St. Louis. When the find became public, the site quickly became a town with no official name. In 1870, it was officially named Ophir after the rich mines of King Solomon. During its heyday, a number of ornamental homes and buildings were constructed which, after the silver was exhausted and the town died, became mute testimony that good times do not last forever.


Old Ophir City Hall - built 1870
Courtesy Dolores Steele


Ophir
Courtesy Dolores Steele


Outhouse
Courtesy Dolores Steele


Ophir
Courtesy Dolores Steele


Ophir
Courtesy Bob Bezzant


Ophir
Courtesy Bob Bezzant


Ophir
Courtesy Bob Bezzant


Remains at Ophir
Courtesy Duane Armijo
Mining Cars on Track with a Beautiful backdrop
Courtesy Duane Armijo


Mine Entrance
Courtesy Duane Armijo


Mining Cars Oncoming. July 2007 State of.
Courtesy Duane Armijo


Thru Tunnel
Courtesy Duane Armijo


Ophir
Courtesy Bob Bezzant


Tintic Lumber Company
Courtesy Dolores Steele


Ophir
Courtesy Dolores Steele


Ophir
Courtesy Dolores Steele


Stone Building
Courtesy Dolores Steele


First Post Office - later used as a tavern then a drug store
Courtesy Dolores Steele


Trees Taking over the house
Courtesy Dolores Steele


A very Friendly place. Dennis and Jenny Palm, 3/10/2003


Ophir Mine Tracks "State of July 2007"
Courtesy Duane Armijo


Mining Cars
Courtesy Duane Armijo


Further down the tracks
Courtesy Duane Armijo


Mine Entrance
Courtesy Duane Armijo


Mine Entrance
Courtesy Duane Armijo


Thru Tunnel
Courtesy Duane Armijo

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