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Ophir: Utah's 19th-Century Gold Rush
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Ophir: Utah's 19th-Century Gold Rush
IntroductionOphir, located in Utah's Oquirrh Mountains, developed within the larger mining history of the Tooele Valley and surrounding Wasatch Front. Although Utah is particularly associated with silver, lead, copper, and later large-scale mining operations, gold also played a role in the territory's nineteenth-century mineral economy.Ophir's history demonstrates that western mining districts rarely depended on one metal alone. Deposits could c…
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