Silver City Cemetery (Utah)

The Silver City Cemetery, is a historic cemetery in the ghost town of Silver City, Utah, United States, that dates from the 1870s and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).[1]

Silver City Cemetery
Silver City Cemetery (Utah) is located in Utah
Silver City Cemetery (Utah)
Silver City Cemetery (Utah) is located in the United States
Silver City Cemetery (Utah)
Nearest cityMammoth, Utah
Coordinates39°54′08″N 112°07′59″W
Arealess than one acre
Builtc.1870s
MPSTintic Mining District MRA
NRHP reference No.79003473[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 14, 1979

Description

The cemetery was deemed significant for its information potential and "as the only remaining evidence of Silver City, at one time (1870-1880s) the Tintic Mining District's center. Grave sites help to document the history of the peoples and cultures of the town."[2]

It is located south of Eureka, Utah about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of U.S. Route 6.

It was listed on the NRHP March 14, 1979.[1] The Sunbeam Mine and the Tintic Smelter Site, also legacies of Silver City, were also listed on the NRHP on the same day.

See also

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Notarianni, Philip. F. (October 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Historic Resources of the Tintic Mining District". National Park Service. Retrieved June 12, 2019. (Linked text is extract from full document here. Silver City Cemetery covered at page 2 in appendix: Individual Sites in the Tintic Multi Resource District.) With accompanying photo of cemetery from 1977.

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