WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
BUCKEYE MILL (aka PIONEER MILL)
Silver Reef, Utah
LOCATION
Located just west of the Silver Reef town site on the other side of White Reef.37° ??' ??" North Latitude, 113° ??' ??" West Longitude
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HISTORY
The Pioneer Mill (from Page 119 of Alfred Stucki's August 1966 BYU Thesis entitled"A Historical Study of Silver Reef: Southern Utah Mining Town".
"The Pioneer Mill, owned by the Christy Company, was built and running by October, 1877. It was a
three-stamp, steam-powered mill located below Leeds. It ran until June, 1879, when it was purchased
by the Stormont Mining Company and was dismantled. Parts of it were used in the Stormont Mill."
PHOTOS
WCHS-01165 Photo of the Pioneer Mill below Leeds