Frisco is a ghost town[1] in Beaver County, Utah, United States.[1][2] It was an active mining camp from 1879 to 1929.[2]
At its peak in 1885, Frisco was a thriving town of 6,000 people.[3]
Frisco developed as the post office and commercial center for the San Francisco Mining District, and was the terminus of the Utah Southern Railroad extension from Milford.[1][2] The Horn Silver Mine was discovered in 1875,[1][2] and had produced $20,267,078 worth of ore by 1885.[2] By 1885, over $60,000,000 worth of zinc, copper, lead, silver, and gold had been transported from Frisco from the many mines in the area.[1]
With 23 saloons, Frisco was known as the wildest town in the Great Basin. Murder was common, and drinking water had to be freighted in.[4]
Frisco's fortunes changed suddenly on February 13, 1885, when the Horn Silver Mine caved in completely. It was an unconventional mine, an open pit Шаблон:Convert deep braced with timbers, and could have collapsed at any time.[5]
In 1905 a Mormon ward was organized, but in 1911, with the closing of many of the mines, so many church members had left that the ward was discontinued.[6]
After many years of desertion, another company made an attempt to mine here in 2002.[1]
