The pitfalls of owning old mining sites in Salt Lake's Wasatch canyons
Deseret News Some residents say government puts them in a “nightmare’ chokehold Share this story Cyle Buxton, left, and Jake Slater, an engineer for Reaveley Engineers, tour a mine tunnel opening on property that Buxton owns in Cardiff Fork of Big Cottonwood Canyon on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. Buxton hired Slater to inspect his property, as well as a mine tunnel opening and structures that are on public land in the canyon. Spenser Heaps, Deseret News COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS — Cyle Buxton wanted to close an abandoned mine on his property in Cardiff Canyon because of what he said was a steady str...