Frisco - Utah Ghost Town

FRISCO

NAME: Frisco
COUNTY: Beaver
ROADS: 2WD
Grid #: 7
CLIMATE: Cool winter with possible snow, warm summer.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime.

COMMENTS: Right off the highway. Some land is marked no trespassing. The kilns can be visited but everything else is off limits.
REMAINS: Too much to list, make sure to see the 5 Beehive Kilns.

Silver ore was discovered here in 1875. The town of Frisco soon followed and was named Frisco after the San Francisco mountains where the mine is located. A smelter was built here and charcoal ovens were built to make fuel for it (see photo). The town had 23 saloons. Gun fights and killings were common. Water was scarce here and had to be hauled in. In 1880 the railroad built to the town. The population of Frisco was around 6000 people. There was a hospital, hotels, churches, school, news paper and many stores. In 1885 the mine caved in and the town soon all but died. (No one was killed in the cave in). Up to the time of the cave in the mine had produced 54 million dollars worth of ore. A few people stayed and dug new shafts after the cave in but most was gone and only a couple stores stayed open. The mine made another 20 million dollars by 1913. By 1920 everyone had moved away and the town was dead. Submitted by Bob Bezzant. Frisco Courtesy Dolores Steele Frisco Courtesy Dolores Steele Frisco Courtesy Dolores Steele Frisco Courtesy Bob Bezzant Frisco Courtesy Bob Bezzant Frisco Courtesy Bob Bezzant Frisco Courtesy Bob Bezzant Frisco Courtesy Stacy Aiken Frisco Updated 2013 Courtesy Stacy Aiken Frisco Courtesy Stacy Aiken Frisco Courtesy Stacy Aiken	Frisco Frisco Frisco Courtesy Bob Bezzant Charcoal Ovens Courtesy Dolores Steele Frisco Courtesy Dolores Steele Frisco Courtesy Dolores Steele Frisco Courtesy Dolores Steele Frisco Courtesy Bob Bezzant Frisco Courtesy Bob Bezzant Frisco Courtesy Stacy Aiken Frisco Stacy Aiken Frisco Updated 2013 Courtesy Stacy Aiken Near Horn Silver Mine Courtesy John Newsome Blacksmith 1979 Courtesy John Newsome

Silver ore was discovered here in 1875. The town of Frisco soon followed and was named Frisco after the San Francisco mountains where the mine is located. A smelter was built here and charcoal ovens were built to make fuel for it (see photo). The town had 23 saloons. Gun fights and killings were common. Water was scarce here and had to be hauled in. In 1880 the railroad built to the town. The population of Frisco was around 6000 people. There was a hospital, hotels, churches, school, news paper and many stores. In 1885 the mine caved in and the town soon all but died. (No one was killed in the cave in). Up to the time of the cave in the mine had produced 54 million dollars worth of ore. A few people stayed and dug new shafts after the cave in but most was gone and only a couple stores stayed open. The mine made another 20 million dollars by 1913. By 1920 everyone had moved away and the town was dead. Submitted by Bob Bezzant.