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Ophir (Utah)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Donna D. Beesley photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1671
Abstract This collection contains material related to Enos A. Wall (1839-1920), the Utah miner involved in the 1903 establishment of the Utah Copper Company, as well as images of the Wall and Jeff families and Wall's historic home on 411 East South Temple.
Dates: 1900-1999

Ophir, Utah photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P2182
Abstract Ophir, Utah is a former incorporated town, now a census-designated place, in Tooele County, Utah. Initially eastablished as a mining camp in the 1860s, Ophir's population grew and collapsed in concert with the boom and bust cycle of the mining industry. The Ophir, Utah photograph collection contains 1 print of a stamp mill in Ophir.
Dates: circa 1870-1900