Silver Reef Museum, Leeds, Utah

On February 2nd Dixie Paranormal Society had the privilege of investigating the Silver Reef Museum (http://www.silverreefutah.org/).

We had a great investigation, and the museums staff were great. We have been going through the evidence and should have it ready to show the museum staff in the next week. We will then post our findings on our Facebook and Youtube pages, so stay tuned.

History:

Silver Reef was discovered between 1866 and 1870 (There are many different stories about the founding of this town) However in 1874 a man named William T Barbee is credited with getting the mining going. In 1875 he had 22 claims here. In 1876 Silver Reef became an established town. Main street was over a mile long.

Silver Reef had over 2000 people living here. There were hotels, 9 stores, 6 saloons, a bank, several restaurant, a hospital, 2 dance halls, 2 news papers, a china town and 3 cemeteries.

In 1891 the last mine shut down, about 25 million dollars worth of ore had been taken from the mines here. Between 1891 and 1901 another $250,000 of ore was taken out of the area. The old Wells Fargo Express office is on the National Historical Register and is now a museum. The old bank is now a gift shop. Some of the area has been preserved for its history and is worth visiting. A lot of the surrounding areas of the old town are now homes and housing developments and are restricted to public access. (http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ut/silverreef.html)