Silver City Cemetery (Utah) Explained

Silver City Cemetery
Coordinates:39.9022°N -112.1331°W
Built:c. 1870s
Added:March 14, 1979
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:Tintic Mining District MRA
Refnum:79003473

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).

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."[1]

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

It was listed on the NRHP March 14, 1979. 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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=79003473}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Historic Resources of the Tintic Mining District ]. National Park Service. Notarianni. Philip. F.. October 1977 . 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 .