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- Lark, Utah - Wikipedia
Lark is a ghost town located 4 miles (6 4 km) west of Herriman in the Oquirrh Mountains of southwest Salt Lake County, Utah, United States Lark was the location of several copper mines
- Survival in the Lark Mine Cave-In - Historic Utah
The history of Bingham Canyon and its supporting communities is fascinating in and of itself, but our story today focuses on the former town of Lark, located about three miles south of Copperton and on the eastern edge of the current mine
- Mining Memories | Cover Story | Salt Lake City Weekly
Lark sat on a hillside with spectacular views of Salt Lake Valley "It was right on the corner of the valley," says Lark historian and former Kennecott geologist Richardson "You could look out and see the Wasatch Mountains "
- RioTinto | Kennecott - Lark History
The town of Lark, Utah was located 3 miles south of Copperton and about 3 5 miles west northwest of Herriman along the eastern flank of the Oquirrh Mountains (Van Cott 1997) In 1977, Kennecott Copper Corporation bought the town from UV Industries Incorporated, with plans to expand to mine into the Lark area
- Company Towns · Ghost Towns · J. Willard Marriott Library Exhibits
A similar fate overtook Lark, a small town on the southwest side of the Salt Lake Valley that was dismantled in 1978 to make way for overburden from the Bingham Canyon Mine At its peak the population was around 800 Another company town related to mining is Sego in Grand County
- Kennecott Copper Mine | Tour the Utah copper mine | Utah. com
Information on Kennecott Copper Mine, the world's largest excavation and open-pit copper mine, located west of Salt Lake City, Utah
- Lark - Utah Ghost Town
LARK NAME: Lark COUNTY: Salt Lake ROADS: 2WD Grid #: 2 CLIMATE: Cool winter with possible snow, warm summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime COMMENTS: A true ghost REMAINS: A few buildings Around 1971 people started moving away after the last mines were closed In 1977 Kennecott who had built the town began dumping its tailings there
- 1950 — July 16, U. S. and Lark Mine (lead-zinc) and smelting refining co . . .
Historical Summary of Mine Disasters in the United States – Volume I “July 16, 1950: Lark Section – U S and Lark Mine (lead-zinc)…Lark, Utah, 5 killed ”
- Lark, Utah History
Lark was three miles south of Copperton and three and one-half miles west northwest of Herriman on the eastern slopes of the Oquirrh Mountains It was settled on January 3, 1866, as a small mining community
- Lark, Utah, Oral Interviews - Archives West
Lark, Utah is a small mining town next to the Oquirrh Mountains, which run along the west side of the Salt Lake Valley The earlier settlers of Lark chose the area specifically for its timber and constructed a saw mill near the mouth of Bingham Canyon
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