Ghost Town

Clifton

Tooele County, UT

Approximate location — plotted from published sources, not a site visit, and not a guarantee of access.

Abandoned Clifton Mining District camp at the north end of the Deep Creek Mountains, predecessor to nearby Gold Hill. Gold discovery in the late 1850s–1860s led to a short boom (hotel, saloon, stores) before decline by the mid-1870s as activity shifted north. Surface remains today include foundations, rock walls, an old building/cellar cluster, and scattered townsite traces on public-access dirt roads — field ghost-town visit without entering mine workings.

Facts

RegionTooele County, UT
Coordinates (approx.)40.1044, -113.8172
ARPAArtifacts & structures are protected by federal law (ARPA) — take only photos, leave every relic in place.
CountyTooele
DistrictClifton / Gold Hill Mining District
Peak erac. 1869–mid-1870s
RemainsFoundations, rock walls, cellar/structure ruins

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