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.

This area was considered part of the Tintic Mining District and also produced bismuth, copper, gold, and lead.

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.

In 1869, a cowboy prospector named George Rust discovered the remains of old Native American mines in Dragon Canyon.

[2] Gradually the town grew from a mere tent city with a saloon and a blacksmith shop,[3] to include a claims recorder and assay office, a telegraph branch, stagecoach line, and post office, and eventually numerous stores, hotels, and restaurants.

Due to dropping freight rates, Knight's smelter proved unable to compete with those in the Salt Lake Valley.