Water Lily Shaft

	Water Lily Shaft
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Eureka, Utah
Coordinates	39°59′4″N 112°3′13″W / 39.98444°N 112.05361°W
Area	less than one acre
MPS	Tintic Mining District MRA
NRHP reference No.	79003489
Added to NRHP	March 14, 1979

The Water Lily Shaft near Eureka, Utah was dug during 31 days in 1921 and won a "World Champion Shaft Sinking" competition. It was drilled by Walter Fitch Jr. Company using Waugh Clipper Drills, and set a record of "427.5 feet of vertical, three-compartment shaft" being dug in a 31-day period.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 and is in the Tintic Mining District.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Water Lily Shaft". National Park Service. and accompanying photo

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-2] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Water Lily Shaft". National Park Service. and accompanying photo

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