Eureka Lilly Headframe
The Eureka Lilly Headframe is the surviving headframe at the Eureka Lilly mine[2] in the Tintic Mining District in Dividend, Utah, United States, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Eureka Lilly Headframe | |
Looking south along Dividend Road (formerly SR‑159) at the Eureka Lilly Headframe, May 2016 | |
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Location | Dividend, Utah United States |
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Nearest city | Eureka |
Coordinates | 39°57′09″N 112°04′07″W |
Area | less than one acre |
MPS | Tintic Mining District MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 79003487[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 14, 1979 |
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 Utah State Route 159), about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Eureka.[3][4] (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]
References
- "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
- "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Eureka Lilly Headframe". National Park Service. Jun 1977. Retrieved 4 Apr 2019. and accompanying photo from 1977
- Google (23 Mar 2018). "Eureka Lilly, Natural Feature" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 23 Mar 2018.
- "Eureka Lilly Mine". westernmininghistory.com. Retrieved 4 Apr 2019.
- "Eureka Lilly Mine". mrdata.usgs.gov. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 Apr 2019.