Tintic Standard Reduction Mill

Tintic Standard Reduction Mill
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Tintic Standard Reduction Mill
Nearest city	Goshen, Utah
Coordinates
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1916
Built by	Madge,W.C.
NRHP Reference #	78002700
Added to NRHP	September 13, 1978

The Tintic Standard Reduction Mill—also known as the Tintic Mill or Harold Mill—built in 1920, and only operating from 1921 to 1925, is an abandoned refinery or concentrator located on the west slope of Warm Springs Mountain near Goshen, Utah, in the United States. Metals processed at the mill included copper, gold, silver, and lead, all of which were received from another mill near Eureka, Utah. The metal content of ore was increased through the process to make transportation less expensive. The reducing process used was an acid-brine chloridizing and leaching process which became outdated, leading to the abandonment of the site in 1925. At the mill's highest productivity it processed 200 tons of ore yearly from the Tintic Mining District.

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Looking down on the Goshen Warm Springs

What remains of the mill are foundations for water tanks, crushers, roasters, iron boxes, leaching tanks, and drain boxes. The site dominates the surrounding landscape with its size and unique colors and shapes.

It was designed and built by W. C. Madge. It is significant as the only American mill using the Augustin process during the early 1920s.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

It has been speculated that the mill may be the contributor of heavy metal pollution in the Goshen Warm Springs which lie below it.

References

• Warm-Water Interim Hatchery Facility - Environmental Assessment. Utah Reclamation Mitigation Conservation Commission.
• National Register of Historic Places

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• The Center for Land Use Interpretation - Includes a photo of the site.
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. UT-12, "Tintic Standard Reduction Mill, Warm Springs Mountain, Goshen, Utah County, UT", 13 photos, 4 measured drawings, 6 data pages, 1 photo caption page
• [1] - An early photo of the Mill from the Utah State Historical Society.