On South 3100 East south of Granite Woods Lane, on the left when traveling south.
In the 1860's, a town named Granite was located at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon by ore miners of Alta, Silverton, and Tannersville. Its desertion began as the mines closed about 1882. The surrounding country had been settled by Latter-day . . . — — Map (db m37468) HM
On 9000 South (State Highway 209), on the right when traveling east.
The Mingo Smelter was the largest single producer in Utah of metals such as gold, silver, and lead. When it began in 1873, it was known as the Mountain Chief Smelter and was renamed the Mingo smelter in 1876 when it was expanded. By 1881 it produced . . . — — Map (db m35765) HM
Near East Little Cottonwood Road (Utah Route 209) at South Watsatch Boulevard (Utah Route 210).
The granite used in the construction of the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City was quarried from a large field of huge boulders covering this area broken by nature's forces from adjacent cliffs.
The quarrying of these boulders was begun about . . . — — Map (db m44176) HM
Near East Little Cottonwood Road (Utah Route 209) at South Watsatch Boulevard (Utah Route 210).
Stones for the walls of the Salt Lake Temple of the LDS Church came from this area. As construction began on the temple, Church authorities selected the rock in this canyon as the “best material that can be furnished in the mountains of North . . . — — Map (db m44180) HM
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