22 Sunday Feb 2015
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Homansville was a small mining town established in 1872 at the head of Homansville Canyon, two miles northeast of Eureka. It was named for Sheppard Homans, a member of Captian J.W. Gunnison’s party during the 1870’s. The population was about 300.
The town was abandoned prior to 1900 and today is a ghost town site.
29 Thursday Jan 2015
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Dividend
First called Standard, in 1918 the new camp with about 200 men was called Dividend because the mine paid dividends regularly. Structures including a store, school, homes, boarding houses, etc. were owned by the company. It was indeed a company town.
The Tintic Standard Mine produced ore from 1913 to 1954. Total of 2,327,157 tons of ore containing 85,860 oz of gold, 51,788,528 oz of silver, 18,337,708 lbs of lead and 9,547,748 lbs of zinc. The gross value of this ore is said to exceed $80,000,000.
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12 Tuesday Nov 2013
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Big Canyon takes you from the West end of Goshen Valley (west of Elberta) up to Eureka, there are many mines in the hills and a lot of fun area to explore. A favorite place to stop with the kids is the old railroad bridge on the abandoned railroad line that goes through there, you can’t miss it just off to the left as the Canyon starts if you’re going up it (west).
