Nussel Snouts Wrote:
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> Well done Chris
> I followed the tail of the wye and it ended in
> area that appeared to be surface mined. From that
> clue a discovery was made of a business by the
> name of the Chicago Pumice Co. which had mining
> operations at Black Rock Utah in Milford County as
> far back as the 1890's. Directly east of the area
> containing this wye there is a current but
> undeveloped Pumice claim by the name of the
> "Stellar Claim".
> I do not know enough to claim that this wye and
> operation had anything to do with the Chicago
> Pumice Co. for it looks to me like a later
> operation.
> Viewing the area around Black Rock one can see
> other abandoned railroad grades diverging off the
> main that also end it what appear to be surface
> mining operations.
>
> Closer to the ghost of Black Rock this grade can
> be followed to another surface mining operation.
>
> Just south of Black Rock simply an ancient wye.
>
> A current operation by the Graymont Lime Plant
> just up the line from the Place Spotting Quiz
> location can be viewed here.

Thanks Nussel, Google Maps is a great boon for the armchair railfan.