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Show INDIVIDUAL SITES IN THE TINTIC MULTI RESOURCE DIS1RICT I. EUREKA CITY CEMETERY, Eureka, Utah . Owner: Eureka City, Eureka UT 84628 Description: The city cemetery, of approximately ten acres, located to the west of Eureka. Date: Placed into its present location in 1894. UTM References: A) 12/401960/4422140 B) 12/401940/4421990 C) 12/402210-4421980 D) 12/402210/4422130 Significance: Although an exception to properties normally listed on the National Register, the Eureka Cemetery represents an integral part of the Tintic Mining District. Its contents provide insights into the types of people, cultures and social organizations that inhabited the area. Grave stones reveal nationality, as well as various cultural symbolisms which reflect values. Dates of death also aid in identifying periods of disease and misfrrr-tlme. In addition, various fraternal organizations have separate plots Which aid in understanding their role· as, in part, seeing to a decent burial for their members . . ,II. KNIGI:IT GRAIN ELEVAlOR, Knight (West of Eureka) CAmer: J. G. Bennett, 4794 South State, Murray, UT 84107 Description: A 50,000 bushel concrete grain elevators located west of Eureka in Tintic Valley, off U.S. Highlyay :~6. Date: Constructed in 1915 by the Union Grain and Elevator Company of the Knight Investment Company. UTM Reference: 12/397970/4421860 Significance: This structure was part of ·the Knight Farm, owned by Tintic mining entreprenuer Jesse Knight. Essentially a dry farming venture, the farm represented one of the largest in the Tintic Valley and illustrates Knight's concen} and involvement in all aspects of life in a mining area from mines to power plants, mills, smelters, railroads, drain twmels, and fanning. III. . FITCH CEMETERY, Eureka, Utah Owner: Cecil F~itch, Jr. et.a., 1481 Blaine Avenue, Salt Lake City, UT 84105 Description: A private cemetery, less than one-half acre in size, loca ted southwes t of Eureka north of U. S. Highway 36. Date: Placed into use in approximately the early 1920s. UTM Reference: . 12/401580/4421220 |
