Castle Gate Cemetery
A cemetery in Helper, Utah, Castle Gate Cemetery is filed here for what the record attaches to it. Cemetery associated with the 1924 mining disaster. HauntHunt files it with dark history and historic cemeteries. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The grounds are open to visitors. Names, dates and reports are filed together here, so the record stays honest about which is which.
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Is Castle Gate Cemetery haunted?
No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.
The record — long form
Castle Gate is the rebar — the 'plain crosses' that's the markers made, the 'same date' that's the '24 kept. The '172 gone' is the counted — the 'no survivors' that's the blast's whole, the 'rescuer too' that's the gas took. The 'nations mixed' is the crew — the '49 Greeks' that's the largest block, the '15 year old' that's the youngest worked.
The 'coal dust' is the lit — the 'headlamps open' that's the spark made, the 'watering skipped' that's the shift's sin. The 'widows 110' is the left — the '264 children' that's the orphans counted, the 'relief fund' that's the state raised. Castle Gate is the lined — the 'rows same' that's the graves' form, the 'unidentified' that's the bodies' state.
The file keeps Castle Gate: the rebar crosses, the nation's mix, the lit dust, and the widows' fund.
Castle Gate Cemetery is the archive's Utah file — the graves that share one date.
Why this file matters
Castle Gate Cemetery is the archive's Utah file — the rebar crosses all marked March 8, 1924.
A cemetery keeps its date — the file's suggestion being that Castle Gate's hold is the shared: the 'same day' that's the blast's mark, the 'nations mixed' that's the industry's crew, and the 'widows left' that's the cost counted.
Two accounts on file
Cemetery associated with the 1924 mining disaster.
The graveyard of the 1924 disaster—171 miners in one explosion.
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Castle Gate Cemetery is a cemetery in Utah. Cemetery associated with the 1924 mining disaster. County describes commemoration of miners killed in 1924.
Castle Gate Cemetery holds the dead of Utah’s worst mine disaster—the March 8, 1924 Castle Gate explosion that killed 171 miners. The cemetery is a documented memorial landscape.
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Cemetery is distinct from mine portals and later roadside disaster monument. County description of former mine grounds needs cadastral checking; no coordinates inferred.
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Documented history
County describes commemoration of miners killed in 1924. The burial ground's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The record appears in 'Exploring the History of the Carbon Corridor'. The date is part of the site's documented spine.
Verified historyCarbon CountyOn March 8, 1924, the Castle Gate mine explosion killed 171 men—one of the worst U.S. mine disasters. The documented date is 1924-03-08. The burial ground's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. 'Castle Gate' documents the entry. The record keeps it — history, not lore.
Sources on file
- 01Exploring the History of the Carbon CorridorCarbon County · government · A1
- 02Castle GateWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
Cemetery is distinct from mine portals and later roadside disaster monument. County description of former mine grounds needs cadastral checking; no coordinates inferred.