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town's name. The crystals were in fact common quartz. Instead of diamonds, it was silver, gold, lead and copper that were discovered.

Diamond was a town of the 1870s. The population peaked around 900-1000 inhabitants. The business establishments included 5 saloons, 4 stores, 3 hotels, a post office, a small school, and two churches. The town even had its own newspaper called The Rocky Mountain Husbandman. It also had an undertaker.

Diamond began to dwindle between 1875 and 1890 with many of the houses being moved to Mammoth and Eureka, the last one being moved in 1923. Diamond's population in 1900 was 264 and the Utah State Gazeteer (1903-1904) listed Diamond as having only 3 business establishments as compared to Eureka which had 90 listings for the same year. While many people moved away from Diamond, many died there and were placed in the cemetery with biodegradable markers!

The final demise of Diamond was water. Water encountered in the mines at the 300 foot level forced the mines to close because it wasn't economically viable to pump the water out.

Today there is hardly anything left of Diamond. The cemetery is in shambles only a few grave markers remain, and these are not original.

No one knows who lies under the markers - not for certain, nor how many graves there are. Soon, the town will only be remembered because of the lost souls who stumble across it in their wanderings - or which wander at night, seeking to be remembered.