Utah west

BLM campground at Baker Dam, near Veyo, UT. Very pleasant campground.

View from BLM campground at Baker Dam, near Veyo, UT.

In the village of Elberta, east of Eureka.

'Downtown' Eureka at about 3PM on a weekday afternoon. When I was there in 2003 there had been some effort to convert the buildings into places that may be of historical or tourist interest, but that didn't seem to be going very well.

The largest town in the Tintic Mining District is Eureka (and it's quite small). Like many mining towns, the mines were quite close to town (notice the top of the street light in the lower corner of the picture).

Interesting to see that the power came directly out of the building on ceramic insulators.

What appears to be a more recent mine in Eureka.

A surprisingly modern looking remodeling -- though note that the windows appear to be original.

Eureka city hall, built in 1899, including fire department. A fire truck that appeared to be from the 1950's was in the fire station and visible through the side window. Photo taken in June, 2003.

Remains of an older electric station in Eureaka. From an older photo taken in 2003.

It turns out 'jeans' were called 'waist overalls' until well after WWII. There's an interesting history on the Levi's website that explains much of what is in this old sign.

Eureka post office, built in 1923. Eureka was the largest city in the Tintic Mining District, which was active in the late 1800's and early 1900's.

Union Pacific freight headed south (west) near Eureka, UT.From an older photo taken in June, 2003.

Grave stones with my family name.... In abandoned town of Frisco, UT.

One of the most interesting abandoned mining towns in southwest Utah is Frisco. There's a number of structures still left and it's fairly easy to tell the size of the area that it once covered. From the cemetery you can still see mine buildings (the black shapes over the railing) and open pits off in the distance. What was particularly interesting about this grave was that it was for an infant with my last name -- Barrett.

(See Frisco description in nearby pictures)

Looking back over town from the charcoal kilns. The dark buildings on the left were some sort of mine buildings, the rock and brick to the right were probably commercial district, and it looks like housing stretched some distance across the plain.

The charcoal kilns above town.