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Front of you on the right side of the road (north) are the
charred remains of a log cabin that served as Bullion City's
school and meeting house. Josiah Gibbs, a noted Utah
journalist, is said to have lodged here around 1900. It
was in this cabin that Gibbs wrote a controversial book called
the Lights and Shadows of Mormonism.
In the spring of 1994, the building was found to have burned
to the ground. Evidence found in the ashes suggests that
the burning of the cabin was person-caused either by intention
or carelessness.
 Turn
to your left and look across the road. These foundations
are said to have supported an ore bin belonging to the Deseret
Mine. From the walls continue to turn to your left until
you are facing slightly downhill. Look closely and in the
grass just above the road, you will see a graded surface that
was the bed for the railroad that carried gold ore from the
mines in the area to the Dalton Mill. The sleepers and
rails are gone but the grade can be followed to the mill site
(stop 4) One of the cars that ran along this grade is on
display at the Miners' Park (stop 9).
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