| 词条 | Peerless, Utah |
| 释义 |
| name = Peerless | settlement_type = Ghost town | image_skyline = Peerless Mine.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Filled-in mine shaft at Peerless, August 2010 | pushpin_map = Utah#USA | pushpin_label_position = right | map_caption = Location of Peerless in Utah | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Utah | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Carbon | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1916 | extinct_title = Abandoned | extinct_date = 1953 | elevation_footnotes = [1] | elevation_ft = 6447 | elevation_m = 1965 | coordinates = {{coord|39|41|39|N|110|54|40|W|region:US-UT|display=inline,title}} | blank_name = GNIS feature ID | blank_info = 1437655[1] }} Peerless is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. It is located just {{convert|3|mi|km}} west of Helper. HistoryIn 1916, {{convert|440|acre|km2}} of land were purchased by William and Charles Sweet. They immediately began to develop coal mining operations. In 1917, the Sweets sold the property to the Peerless Coal Company. Coal shipments began over the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in 1918. As the mining continued, the population grew. At its peak, the town's population was about 300,[2] half of which worked in the mines. The community included thirty homes, a store, a school, the mine office, a post office, and a poolhall.[2] Coal production peaked in World War I, when 2,000 tons of coal was mined daily.[3] In 1938, coal mining activity began to decline and people began to leave. By World War II, the mine was operating very little, and only a few people remained. The mine closed in 1954, and the rest of the residents left.[2] A few foundations and filled-in mine shafts remain. See also{{stack|{{portal|Utah|Mining}}}}
References1. ^1 {{gnis|1437655|Peerless}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite book |title= The Historical Guide to Utah Ghost Towns|last= Carr|first= Stephen L.|authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 1986 |origyear=1972|publisher= Western Epics|location= Salt Lake City|isbn= |page= 76|pages= |url= |accessdate=October 2, 2010}} 3. ^{{cite book|title= Some Dreams Die: Utah's Ghost Towns and Lost Treasures|last= Thompson|first= George A.|authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 1982|publisher= Dream Garden Press|location= Salt Lake City, Utah|isbn= 0-942688-01-5|page= 102}} External links{{commons category-inline|Peerless, Utah}}{{Carbon County, Utah}}{{US-ghost-town-stub}} 4 : Ghost towns in Carbon County, Utah|Populated places established in 1916|Mining communities in Utah|Ghost towns in Utah |
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