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(Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Late-fall scenes in the Tooele County town of Ophir on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017. (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Clouds streak the sky over the Tooele Valley near Ophir, Utah on a silvery day in late... (Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Late-fall scenes in the Tooele County town of Ophir on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017. (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Virgin's bower and rabbitbrush put on a year-end show of plumes outside Ophir town Nov... (Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Late-fall scenes in the Tooele County town of Ophir on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017. (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) A sign on a home warns passers-by in Ophir, Tooele County. Photo taken Nov. 20, 2017. (Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Late-fall scenes in the Tooele County town of Ophir on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017. (Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Late-fall scenes in the Tooele County town of Ophir on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017. (Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Late-fall scenes in the Tooele County town of Ophir on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017. (Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Late-fall scenes in the Tooele County town of Ophir on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017. (Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Late-fall scenes in the Tooele County town of Ophir on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017. (Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Late-fall scenes in the Tooele County town of Ophir on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017. (Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Late-fall scenes in the Tooele County town of Ophir on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017. (Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Wild turkeys forage in the fall leaves outside of Ophir in Tooele County on Wednesd... (Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Wild turkeys forage in the fall leaves outside of Ophir in Tooele County on Wednesd... (Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Wild turkeys forage in the fall leaves outside of Ophir in Tooele County on Wednesd... (Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune) Wild turkeys forage in the fall leaves outside of Ophir in Tooele County on Wednesd... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rocky cliffs slope up Ophir Canyon in Tooele County. Photo taken Nov. 20, 2017. (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Signs mark public and private property in Ophir Canyon. Photo taken Nov. 20, 2017. (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Signs mark public and private property in Ophir Canyon. Photo taken Nov. 20, 2017. (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Virgin's bower and rabbitbrush put on a year-end show of plumes outside Ophir town Nov... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Virgin's bower and rabbitbrush put on a year-end show of plumes outside Ophir town Nov... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Virgin's bower and rabbitbrush put on a year-end show of plumes outside Ophir town Nov... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Virgin's bower and rabbitbrush put on a year-end show of plumes outside Ophir town Nov... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Virgin's bower and rabbitbrush put on a year-end show of plumes outside Ophir town Nov... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Virgin's bower and rabbitbrush put on a year-end show of plumes outside Ophir town Nov... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Virgin's bower and rabbitbrush put on a year-end show of plumes outside Ophir town Nov... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Virgin's bower and rabbitbrush put on a year-end show of plumes outside Ophir town Nov... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Virgin's bower and rabbitbrush put on a year-end show of plumes outside Ophir town Nov... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Old mining structures and city buildings line the Ophir Canyon Road, monuments to the ... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Old mining structures and city buildings line the Ophir Canyon Road, monuments to the ... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Old mining structures and city buildings line the Ophir Canyon Road, monuments to the ... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Old mining structures and city buildings line the Ophir Canyon Road, monuments to the ... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Old mining structures and city buildings line the Ophir Canyon Road, monuments to the ... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Old mining structures and city buildings line the Ophir Canyon Road, monuments to the ... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Old mining structures and city buildings line the Ophir Canyon Road, monuments to the ... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Old mining structures and city buildings line the Ophir Canyon Road, monuments to the ... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Old mining structures and city buildings line the Ophir Canyon Road, monuments to the ... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Old mining structures and city buildings line the Ophir Canyon Road, monuments to the ... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Clouds streak the sky over the Tooele Valley near Ophir, Utah on a silvery day in late... (Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rabbitbrush and grasses line an empty streambed under a heavy November sky as life in ...