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| Coordinates:40°31′30″N112°05′47″W / 40.52500°N 112.09639°W /40.52500; -112.09639 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Salt Lake |
| Founded | 1866 |
| Abandoned | 1978 |
| Named after | A prospector named Lark |
| Elevation | 5,541 ft (1,689 m) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1437617[1] |
Lark is aghost town located 4 miles (6.4 km) west ofHerriman in theOquirrh Mountains of southwestSalt Lake County,Utah in the United States. Lark was founded and settled by miners due to its location nearby several (now defunct)copper mines.
The discovery ofgold inBingham Canyon in 1863 brought a rush ofprospectors, two of whom were namedDalton andLark. Settlements with these names grew up around themining claims. Eventually the settlement of Dalton was merged into Lark.[2] The town of Lark was officially established January 3, 1866.[3]
The town had enoughLatter-day Saint residents by 1918 to be made award, but by 1923, the ward was reduced to a branch. It had 234 members in 1930.[4]
By 1929, Lark was acompany town of the United States Smelting and Refining Company, which expanded the town through the 1940s and 1950s. At its peak, the population exceeded 800. Then the nearby non-copper mines began to close, and the town went into decline. The last silver, zinc, and lead mine closed about 1971. In 1972,Kennecott Copper bought the land, and on December 14, 1977, the company announced the termination of the 51 families' leases on the land where homes had been built, and gave them notices of eviction.[5][6] The company wanted the land to dump large quantities ofoverburden from nearbyBingham Canyon Mine. The population was 591, and Kennecott helped move people and some homes, even preparing a subdivision in nearbyCopperton.[2] By 1978, Lark was dismantled.[3]
Lark's most famous citizen wasVina Fay Wray, who portrayed Ann Darrow in the 1933 movieKing Kong. As a child Wray lived in two locations in Salt Lake City, and also in Lark, before her family moved to Los Angeles.
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