Winter Quarters, Utah

Winter Quarters
Ghost town
Winter Quarters is located in Utah
Winter Quarters
Winter Quarters
Location of Winter Quarters in Utah
Winter Quarters is located in the United States
Winter Quarters
Winter Quarters
Winter Quarters (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°43′14″N 111°11′16″W / 39.72056°N 111.18778°W / 39.72056; -111.18778
CountryUnited States
StateUtah
CountyCarbon
Founded1879
Abandoned1930
Elevation
[1]
8,084 ft (2,464 m)
GNIS feature ID1447486[1]

Winter Quarters is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. Coal was discovered in the area in 1875, and later that year, the Pleasant Valley Coal Company began coal mining operations. A group of coal miners was delayed during an early winter storm in 1877, which led to the town's name of Winter Quarters.[2] On May 1, 1900, an explosion in the Winter Quarters Number Four mine killed 200 miners. Despite the mine explosion, the coal mining operations remained active until 1922, when the opening of a new mine in Castle Gate caused many people to relocate there. By 1930, Winter Quarters was abandoned.[3]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Winter Quarters
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