Mining Town Artifacts Discovered in Utah - Archaeology Magazine

Mining Town Artifacts Discovered in Utah - Archaeology Magazine

Photograph of Alta, Utah, in 1873 Intact bottle of alcohol ALTA, UTAH—According to a report in The Salt Lake Tribune, construction work at the Alta Ski Area in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains has uncovered 150-year-old artifacts left behind by late nineteenth-century residents of the booming mining town. Archaeologist Jeremy Moor of the U.S. Forest Service, Utah Public Archaeologist Ian Wright, and volunteers from the Utah State Historic Pres…