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Bingham Canyon, Utah

1863 establishments in Utah Territory1971 disestablishments in UtahCompany towns in UtahFormer cities in UtahGhost towns in Salt Lake County, Utah
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Bingham Canyon, Utah, in 1914
Bingham Canyon, Utah, in 1914

Bingham Canyon was a city formerly located in southwestern Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, in a narrow canyon on the eastern face of the Oquirrh Mountains. The Bingham Canyon area boomed during the first years of the twentieth century, as rich copper deposits in the canyon began to be developed, and at its peak the city had approximately 15,000 residents. The success of the local mines eventually proved to be the town's undoing, however: by the mid-twentieth century, the huge open-pit Bingham Canyon Mine began encroaching on the land of the community, causing residents to relocate. By the 1970s, almost the entirety of the town had been devoured by the mine, and the few remaining residents voted to disincorporate and abandon the community. No trace of Bingham Canyon remains today.

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Bingham Canyon, Utah, in 1914
Bingham Canyon, Utah, in 1914
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