- Settled: Established in 1899
- Origin of Name: Miners and early settlers in the late 1860s observed the abundance of bright yellow sunflowers in the hills and along the creek that flowed through the valley.
- Notable History: In 1899 and 1890 several gold ore-rich strikes were mead in the Raft River Mountains. Golden was the principal site associated with those strikes. Gold and later silver were taken from the area, with up to 1,00/ton from these mining camps from 1910-13; at one time an estimated five hundred workers mined the area; its largest mine was the Century Mine; the Panic of 1907 caused an economic collapse, greatly damaging the mining industry, the general sstore moved to Park Valley and the miners left
- Notable Features: At Golden’s peak, buildings included a store, postoffice, assay office, saloons, cook kitchen, and tool sheds. A saloon was named “Hurry Back,” for the large number of freighters and teamsters who stopped in the area; ore veins began to dry up and after an earthquake in 1934; miners claimed the fault in the earth slipped and concealed the veins even more, ending Golden’s era of prosperity
- Location: This gold mining town was twenty miles north from the Central Pacific Railway station at Terrace and six miles west of Park Valley in western Box Elder County
- A true Northern Utah ghost town, with no known inhabitants
- Photo Credit: Some Dreams Die: Utah’s Ghost towns by George A. Thompson page 159
Golden, UT
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