Eureka Lilly Headframe

Eureka Lilly Headframe
Looking south along Dividend Road (formerly SR‑159) at the Eureka Lilly Headframe, May 2016
Nearest city Dividend, Utah
United States
Coordinates 39°57′09″N 112°04′07″W / 39.95250°N 112.06861°W / 39.95250; -112.06861Coordinates: 39°57′09″N 112°04′07″W / 39.95250°N 112.06861°W / 39.95250; -112.06861
Area less than one acre
MPS Tintic Mining District MRA
NRHP reference # 79003487[1]
Added to NRHP March 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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. ↑ Google (23 Mar 2018). "Eureka Lilly, Natural Feature" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 23 Mar 2018.

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