Talk:Spring Canyon, Utah

A fact from Spring Canyon, Utah appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 October 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Spring Canyon, Utah, the largest coal mining town in Carbon County, Utah, was abandoned in 1969 and nothing remains of the town except a railroad trestle?

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Demolition

Why were the remaining buildings demolished? Were they mostly wood or brick/stone? Is the debris still there? PhilUK (talk) 17:49, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not entirely sure. I do know that the Utah Fuel Company tore them down while looking for coal in the area, but I'm not sure why. None of the structures remain; everything, including the debris, was salvaged except parts of the trestle. The Utahraptor ^{Talk to me}/_{Contributions} 19:56, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

History

In an extract from his autobiography George Storrs who built the town and the railroad, refers to Jesse Knight as his uncle. I can find no such relationship between them and I assume that Jesse must have been some kind of family friend.Optymystic (talk) 23:04, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Jesse Knight was affectionately called "Uncle" by most of the people who knew him. It was a nickname. The Utahraptor ^Talk/_Contribs 03:23, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]