Tyng's Grave

[Meat_]

Badger and I tried for Tyng's Grave today....

Ran into several trees along the way.... here's Badgers lumber jack impression

 

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Several winched and some driven over trees later we found the end of the road...

 

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Hiked across this

 

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a short distance to see the grave

 

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on the way down we took the side trail to the old cabin and wouldn't you know it, we found another tree

 

[fattodog]

What is the story behind this Tyng's Grave? KENNETH !!

 

[dunatic67]

George Tying was a newspaper guy who came west in the early 1900's to prospect. An avalanche hit his cabin and he was inside and was killed- sometime around January. They couldn't find him until April or so. I have heard his claim was a pretty good one in it's day. There is more to it than that- that's all I can remember. Some of the shafts he mined were still accessible about 15 years ago.

 

[Kris K]

Looks like alot of fun.

 

[James K]

where is it?

 

[DevinB]

where is it?

X2

 

[Spork]

Never been there but found some info...
http://gallery.mecworks.com/American_Fork_Canyon_20031018/pa180025

http://www.utahwest.com/Truck/amerfork.htm

 

[utahxjer]

where is it?

Instead of turning right to cross the river and go up to Forest Lake, you take a left there.

 

[James K]

Instead of turning right to cross the river and go up to Forest Lake, you take a left there.

oh, its been along time since I went up that road.

 

[V-DAWG]

Instead of turning right to cross the river and go up to Forest Lake, you take a left there.

You drive right past the trail for it when you head up to mineral basin. I have only stopped by there once, but it was an interesting monument where the grave is at.

Is that little cabin really where he stayed? I kind of thought it looked newer than 1900.

 

[V-DAWG]

Never mind about the cabin. I just looked at the link and realized which one you were talking about. Have you ever seen the one that is only about 200 yards up the hill from the trailhead that has the register in it everyone signs? That is the one I thought you were talking about.

 

[my4thjeep]

More info on George Tyng

 

[Meat_]

Sorry I just assumed everyone knew where it was.

Instead of turning right to cross the river and go up to Forest Lake, you take a left there.

Nope, that's grave yard flat. The trail takes off behind the Pacific Mine right at the bottom of Mineral Basin.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Tyng was leasing the Miller Hill Claims when he was killed in cabin doing paperwork (nail peirced his skull). He was taken down the canyon in the snow (presumably to the Deer Creek Cemetary, possibly Forest City Graveyard) when they discovered his will was to be buried near his cabin... He was hauled up the hill and buried in the spot know today. His family still visits the site every couple years, rebuilds the gravesite, etc... I have a couple books about Tyng too, he has an amazing story...

(Read about it in my book )

 

[cruiseroutfit]

on the way down we took the side trail to the old cabin and wouldn't you know it, we found another tree

Hard to tell from the pic... but I believe that is the Texan Mine area (mine is collapsed in the trees). Tyng had some affiliation with this mine too...

Anyone guess who owns the majority of Miller Hill these days?

 

[Kris K]

Anyone guess who owns the majority of Miller Hill these days?

Umm you????