Spring Canyon (The White Lady)

Spring Canyon above Helper in Carbon County was home to a string of coal-mining camps, including Storrs, Standardville, Peerless and Latuda, where families lived and worked from the 1890s. The canyon's legend is the White Lady, a woman in white said to wander the wash looking for her baby, her husband's body or revenge; in some tellings she lures miners toward disaster and in others she saves them. Carbon County tourism lists the canyon, and the stories vary widely. The ruins are crumbling, so take care.