Silver City Cemetery (Utah)
Silver City Cemetery | |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003473[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | March 14, 1979 |
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]
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
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ 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.
External links
Media related to Silver City Cemetery (Utah) at Wikimedia Commons
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