The Frisco Charcoal Kilns BY PHILIP F. NOTARIANNI
west of Milford, the San Francisco Mining District embraces about seven square miles on both flanks of the San Francisco Mountains. The district was organized on August 12, 1871, and became prominent as a producer of silver and lead beginning in about 1876. Water in the area was considered "very bad and scarce."1 In time, this same observation was made regarding wood for fuel. The town of Frisco became the commercial center for this district and the terminus of the Utah Southern Railroad extension from Milford. In 1880 the population numbered about 800 people.2 At that time the two largest mining enterprises were the Horn Silver Mining Company and the Frisco Mining and Smelting Company which built the five LOCATED IN BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH, SOME SEVENTEEN MILES
Dr. Notarianni is a historian with the preservation research section of the Utah State Historical Society. This study was prepared as part of a National Register of Historic Places nomination. 1 D. B. Huntley reported on the mines in Utah in U.S. Department of the Interior, Tenth Census, 1880, vol. 13, Precious Metals (Washington, D.C., 1885), p. 464. 2 Ibid. The remains of five charcoal kilns built near the smelter at Frisco, Beaver County. USHS historic preservation photograph.
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