Frisco (Utah)
38.456388888889 - 113.25833333333Koordinaten: 38 ° 27 ' 23 " N, 113 ° 15 ' 30" W
Frisco is a ghost town in Beaver County, Utah. Here was mined from 1875 high silver bearing ore. The city of Frisco existed as a mining town until 1929. Then it has been left to decay and become a ghost town. Since 2002, the ore is mined in their mines again. Access to the site has since been confined to the cemetery and the charcoal kilns, which are listed since 1982 on the National Register of Historic Places.
Location
The city is located in the summit area and on the eastern slope of the San Francisco Mountains, from which is derived the name. The metropolitan area is grazed by the Utah State Route 21 at the Frisco Summit.
History
1875-1885
Other than that, only about 8 kilometers to the west in the Wah Wah Valley located Newhouse Frisco flourished in the 19th century, as were found here in various mines of gold, silver, zinc, copper and lead. In September 1875, the prospectors James Ryan and Samuel Hawks discovered during investigations in the field of Galena Mine Erzknollen, whereupon they staked out a claim. Since other occurrences of the San Francisco Mining District had turned out to be little mineable, they sold their claim immediately - here later about 22,500 tons of silver-rich ore were promoted. Other mines in the area - especially the Horn Silver Mine - delivered large quantities of ore, which is why it came to the construction of a metallurgical plant with associated charcoal kilns. The city grew rapidly, a post office was built and extended, 1880, the Utah Southern Railroad from Milford to Frisco. The city was the undisputed center of the San Francisco Mining District, the number of saloons, brothels and other Amüsierbetrieben contributed to the dubious reputation of the city at. In 1879, the United States Annual Mining Review and Stock Ledger described the Horn Silver Mine as the most significant, conceived in exploitation silver mine in the world.
February 12, 1885
The February 12, 1885 altered Frisco abruptly - the morning shift of the Horn Silver mine was asked to wait with the retraction because strong vibrations of the soil were felt. The night shift was asked to leave the mine. A little later this collapsed to the seventh sole - reason for this was the inadequate security of the tunnel, which could no longer bear the additional complained by melt water and rain overburden. The collapse of the mine was also felt in almost 25 kilometers away in Milford, here went window panes broken. Due to the prudence of the mine operators - who immediately operated to evacuate the mine - there were no personal injuries.
After 1885
Although the mine was opened until the end of the year, but never reached it again nearly the delivery rates of the time before the mine disaster. From around 6000 inhabitants in 1885, the population declined by the turn of the century to about 500; 1912 were counted only 150 inhabitants. Since 1929, Frisco is uninhabited.
Since 2002, ores are mined in the mines again, but the yield is compared to the decade from 1876 to 1885, were promoted as ores in the then value of 60 million U.S. dollars, rather low.
Tourism
Due to the resumption of mining activities to minimize the possibility of a visit to the cemetery and the charcoal kilns, which are listed since 1982 on the National Register of Historic Places.