Eureka Lilly Headframe
Appearance
Eureka Lilly Headframe | |
NRHP reference No. | 79003487[1] |
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Added to NRHP | March 14, 1979 |
The Eureka Lilly Headframe is the surviving
Tintic Mining District in Dividend, Utah, United States, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Description
The headframe is a "wood four-post type headframe with one sheave instead of two. . . and stands twenty-five feet [7.6 m] high. . . ." It is the only four post headframe of its type within the Tintic Mining District. The headframe is located just east of Dividend Road (formerly
(Some of the additional framework of the mine extends down the slope and west to the edge of Dividend Road.)From 1909 to 1949 the mine produced primarily gold, lead, silver, and zinc, but also copper and bismuth and even some manganese and arsenic.[5][6]
The headframe was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 14, 1979. At the time of NRHP listing it was owned by
Kennecott Copper Corporation.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eureka Lilly
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Eureka Lilly Headframe". National Park Service. June 1977. Retrieved April 4, 2019. and accompanying photo from 1977
- ^ Google (March 23, 2018). "Eureka Lilly, Natural Feature" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
- ^ "Eureka Lilly Mine". westernmininghistory.com. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
- ^ "Eureka Lilly Mine". mrdata.usgs.gov. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
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