Silver City Cemetery (Utah)

United States historic place


Silver City Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Nearest city	Mammoth, Utah
Coordinates	39°54′08″N 112°07′59″W / 39.90222°N 112.13306°W / 39.90222; -112.13306 (Silver City Cemetery)
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1870s
MPS	Tintic Mining District MRA
NRHP reference No.	79003473
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).

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."

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. The Sunbeam Mine and the Tintic Smelter Site, also legacies of Silver City, were also listed on the NRHP on the same day.

References

^ "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

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