Ruins

The western deserts of Utah contain some impressive ghost towns. The image above is of a huge smelter operation that is now of ruin. This particular ruin was part of Silver City, Utah.  Here is a description of the ghost town from Wikipedia:

Silver City is a ghost town located at the mouth of Dragon Canyon on the west flank of the East Tintic Mountains in northeast Juab County in central Utah, United States. It was a silver mining town approximately 90 miles (140 km) south-southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah. This area was considered part of the Tintic Mining District and also produced bismuth, copper, gold, and lead. Settlement began with the first mining strikes here in 1869. Silver City was inhabited until 1930 after the mines ran out. Jesse Knight, known as the "Mormon Wizard" for his ability to find ore easily, decided to build a smelter in Silver City because it had the flattest ground in all of the Tintic Mining District. Silver City had several mines in 1890, but the mines hit water and were abandoned. Now there is nothing left other than a few holes where mines were, and a number of tailings piles.

 It is interesting how quickly the desert takes over and the cement walls of the smelter take on the patina of the desert. When I view something as strange as this ruin spread over acres of land, I have a tendency to view the entire subject as an abstract. Here, the walls of the smelter have lost their identity as a human artifact and have become organic.