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Consumers is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. It is located in the Gordon Valley near several other former coal mining communities that also are now ghost towns. It is less than a mile from the ghost town of National, and also quite near to Clear Creek, which has dwindled to a population of 4.
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- ↑ "National, Utah". Ghost Towns. Retrieved March 26, 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- 1 2 "National". Legends of America. Retrieved March 26, 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ut-carboncounty2.html#Consumers
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