Gold hill mine originally called the western utah mine gold hill mine was created in the 1890s and expanded with the arrival of the railroad in 1917 mining ended in 1925 when the market for arsenic collapsed the mine will likely be permanently closed in the near future. The gold hill mining district is one of the oldest in utah it was discovered around 1857 by travelers heading to california through overland canyon located just 6 miles south of the town of gold hill rich lead silver surface deposits were discovered and the area was inundated with prospectors and miners. The gold hill quadrangle is in west central utah and is limited by parallels 40 and 4015 and meridians 11345 and 114 this area includes the north end of the deep creek mountains one of the ranges in the great basin. Utahs clifton gold hill mining district includes 1256 nearby claims 416 active and 840 closed and 245 nearby mines 131 occurrences 24 prospects and 90 producers quick facts located in utah