Silver City Cemetery (Utah)

The Silver City Cemetery, near Mammoth, Utah, dates from the 1870s. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

Silver City Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Mammoth, Utah
Coordinates	39°54′08″N 112°07′59″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	c.1870s
MPS	Tintic Mining District MRA
NRHP reference No.	79003473[1]
Added to NRHP	March 14, 1979

It 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 .5 miles (0.80 km) east of U.S. Highway 50 / Route 6.

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

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Philip. F. Notarianni (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.