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Eureka Lilly Headframe

Coordinates: 39°57′09″N 112°04′07″W / 39.95250°N 112.06861°W / 39.95250; -112.06861
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Eureka Lilly Headframe
Looking south along Dividend Road (formerly SR‑159) at the Eureka Lilly Headframe, May 2016
Eureka Lilly Headframe is located in Utah
Eureka Lilly Headframe
Eureka Lilly Headframe is located in the United States
Eureka Lilly Headframe
Nearest cityDividend, Utah
United States
Coordinates39°57′09″N 112°04′07″W / 39.95250°N 112.06861°W / 39.95250; -112.06861
Arealess than one acre
MPSTintic Mining District MRA
NRHP reference No.79003487[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 14, 1979

The Eureka Lilly Headframe is the surviving headframe at the Eureka Lilly mine in the Tintic District in Dividend, Utah, United States. It produced gold and also lead, silver and zinc.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NHRP) in 1979.[1]

At the time of NRHP listing it was owned by Kennecott Copper Corporation. It is a "wood four-post type headframe with one sheave instead of two."[3] The headframe is located on the west edge of Dividend Road (formerly State Route 159).[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ http://westernmininghistory.com/mine_detail/10020836
  3. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Eureka Lilly Headframe". National Park Service. and accompanying photo from 1977
  4. ^ "Eureka Lilly, Natural Feature" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 23 Mar 2018.

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