Posted by Pubah on September 09, 1999 at 17:06:22:
In Reply to: Silver City, UT posted by Spencer on September 07, 1999 at 19:29:15:
: Can someone give me some information on Silver City in Utah. I've visited there and I would like to get some in depth info on that town.
Two short articles on Silver City can be found in The Histoical Guide to Utah Ghost Towns, by Stephen L. Carr, and Some Dreams Die, Utah's Ghost Towns and Lost Treasures by George A. Thompson. An Article on the Tintic Mining District of which Silver City was a part is found in chapter 8 of Boom Towns of the Great Basin. These can be found in most large public libraries. For more in depth information two other books deal specifically with the Tintic Mining District: The Towns of Tintic, by Beth Kay Harris pub. 1961, and Faith Hope and Prosperity by Philip F. Notariani, 1982. Both books deal with all of the Tintic area with the emphasis on Eureka, Utah (a semi ghost), but there is good information spread through both on Silver City. The accounts of the mine wars in the 1870's at Eureka In Beth Harris's book I thought was really interesting.