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Show j Roots Grass The From Dividends Paid Park City Mines Fam oat Silver Campt'llittory Date i Back to the Early S it t ie t, and Since Then Hat Produced Many Milhom ARK v - errr. kri to Let4 il rr .4 larad Early hlatory of tha camp la confused aa rtcarda tha Brat mad a In tha diatrlot. Tha fa mona Old Emm mlna of LJttla Cottonwood waa producing Ha honaoM liver ora before I ha dliranry of Dark City. Th ftrat doratirf of all v'beriDgla rock In tolh Oao.Waaatch ( mountain P. B crdltd Connor In pron. Ha plard n Jad-In- f part in tha exploration of luk for mlbaral walih aa outllnd In th btai or y of Bingham. Following th dlonttry of or la Blntham lh aol-dpro prt or undr 0nrat Connor Invaded th mountain to th ooulhraat of Balt Lake. . Aa tatd above, th Brat dtacorary la lh moontaln I rradltod parson-all- y to Unarat Connor and waa mad la Hid at th had of LJttl Cottonwood canyon. Tha AlouaUI Lak dte trlr-- t wa lhn formal to over th hackbona of th Waaatch fatwa th Provo river and Wabar eanyoa. Condition aim liar to tho which' th of Btng-harly lack f trn portal Ion and hlfh of alao hald back Mt mining upplla, th of mlna la th 'Waaatchdrlopmnt mountains for n tlm. It waa not until lltl that Iho flrt or ahlpment from lh Waaatch rant waa mads. Aa waa th eaaa af Bin. waa Walkr brother who for, ham warded th ftrat ahlpment from thia 1 district. It eonalatad of ono earload f talana from tho Uttlo Cottonwood canyon. In till th Union Paclflo railroad waa completed and th Utah Central batwean Ocdn and Balt Lak wa Bnlahd rly th followlnv year. Thla provided much trmniportation which wa required to reduce tn Inina to a eota point which would permit of commercially uccaful operation Th completion of tb railroad had anticipated thourh, ao that lh min of th LJttl Cottonwood district had well by o that they wr opened known to bo of . aoma-wh- '. at lr I ,l lir . Man jdVJiar).,. Jt tltr) .. a Natnlrivar Mlltrcr Kina a Ml 1 tn! I I 441 1,514 m mi 4 i III Iff I. 11 I III I III I 4M i 141 lit it in. 4 ci i.iif ii t M' foal 111, 11, : I 1 It 111 ti I in s dlopmat I f II :i ii I: . . I 111 I.IM 1 . Thro Kin Total ahtpmanl I , I I I I iit .777. .777 laria la th It intiMtd r at htla lh la lh htf.-- r Geology And Mineralization in The Park City District ma Mabe- ! tho quUk.y Trvi Intoill.a blihuliihIuiI la th of Iht la ll,y lrBd drtu.mnt lh trend nf lh bl fwaur ahtrh waa an dlJ I fulr Ktn Th known a lh to b th r'uiid epoch In th camp biatorr and wa on nf mtnlna hilrtf Kf dMMtta Th by lh bl i (lain. or from th d)oikii.f kkflowr and tlx amap rrurd a bond and lsa or. Ihta which ruup thr try qutrfcly paid for and by till they had 41-tha ntal of th diatrut a nun IMW of Mfhrv, Th 111 rant di.re:un ofof Iht f tha mtn ftd fnuat 4Ulr! lu I bldd in lrrd Difficultlei Transportfation . P I And F innCJAi ruzin Solved by Promuing Alt ihr ttr(iuM or fad rtin14eiiiit afryt ri4 40 4 doth htn th i:ufMi:NT of j r driven bolh jnncU and ff off min lh rrry 4 dnep development of tha ora budle The big mlnei of lh district have hern devaloj-ealong two main min-- i eral channel wh.ch strike northeast and souths eat lh Ontario tal lde and th Jvllver King vein, which have been developed to a depth of 1.400 The Ontario channel la mainly feat Assure ore deposit- - and this channel through the Ontario part la entirelyex-tn The eoulhweslern Ike qusrttlte tension of lh channel or Assure w In both quartxlt and lima however beddings so that while thl I regarded aa a Assure or body district mm of drain I 1 1 Pisces in lha diet net. where high 414 deposit have been fund to consol,.,, the able depth, a wltnc which during the past year has Use developing between Its 1.544 and ' foot Irvrls whsf some Irpii.,i , rich or bodies have been found b'll ,re and lewd PmkaitMnai ,r u p..r th most part lh or distrnt ar silver and silver les.1 o,. In th upper workings of th ont.iii most of m ore wa almost etcl., w , rich In sliver, eometlme running n i hundred of ounre of silver to u -A Ion depth ws obtained, tho ,g), considerable lead ram into the .i Most of the other big minrs been for the tnost pari lead silver prTher have been Inatjn.r, oducer. wher the ore have been ver, li gn In the lowest In gold rontent jo. Inga of some of the mines, more no n in lh tlreahly In th propsrtl end of the district considerable in., has also com Into the ore and tf.i haa given the operators ronaldersb of a question to deal with In savlt g lh value In good smelting prodin and Anally resulted In on of thn A Km!! Companies, the Judge Mining tins log. equipping at) electrolltlc smelting plant The ore of the district have her i treated by various Aiethode during the history of the camp. In th ear and Orel atagee th method emplovn wee purely to recover the silver con tent It consisted of chloride roaetlnc Thla proce, and pan amalgamation waa Improved on. and later the Hus sell lyilvtallon process waa used Throughout these period conaldsi able of ths value went Into th tail the l '4 "r distort has bean from lh outset conducted oB a broad, in tha po,lcy. mine of lh (inlaflo davalopmsnt th h: rs! problem of the district ws th draining of lh Thl waa met from lh atari mil. i; ir V !, d lo a load . die-trn- or rtho4 ba ir ihr rr ur Ots-trte- w-- , e B.-n- lk ba 1 nama Or-lar- j lvt, I Wbtr 1 JH d ' er 1 Ontario's bn rat jl lit i it in ti i mi i mi i 11 i ti if in it t: lit. lit I. in u It ndd P 111 1 I I tut ... lt I I 1 fit, lit, 1 ) l M Nw ttuiacy miv.r dll 1 1 .1.114 , Dtitrit Kin ill l.a . . ll) hnlth bt a It and at th klaraac Kill of th .. In 1IM market aa again atKdd. and th famoua KJutncr ntlna a within a ara lima ao that proprlln( In th Waaatrft lift and HJO, latlni bon rut off brought furoard aa on of lha da t Lake Moontaln h from I from man K in a original moontaln orflowd big ihiMitri Vf Ktrry dltrlrt trm thr Part nf th Inin th 4a Ui htg niint mra brought to original location gulche m f lh niah op th 1ark City ara and all lh ha tf tirodudUia tgg It waa natlh dltldM In (III th of th moat prominent tnlna ar ural apti qiioiiotia ahauid om and alartad ocarchlng propcter in lb Uala diUk. did Thy mountain aurroundlng what wa thwi f(iiod in moai known aa 1arley'a park and whirn that 1 I by amtcabla aritimria Two Priori ) Ma Ilnaa rlimtnat- wa tn bcom th 1ark City mini ititvr t th of IcBlures The outstanding in ! liturstioB or by cuaUdaiioa " diatrlrt. f Mmp'of All, di.,nc. .f old Daly Judge, which t. now the divided lot two of Thl happened Tha Park waa net uninhabited at epochs,bisiury Judge Mining A ftmeltlng. have both tbB gilvf th properties and tha Ontario l cr lh dlvld down ,0.flMur, mh Ontario flsaur anj also alorg U. or. grpoalta and large bedding tha tlma the fl ret proepectora entered King wr mine two big canTt.e , Bolllud In Big Cottonwood rlds sra opIt. Bine IBIS aw mill had on leu diTeieal veto and the Crcnt ! In In opened lit nine! and at early The Ontatlo rhannal t the southern yon. erating thr and It waa a particular- course of the development of lb ley 100 minlr.c In the district Development of th property experienced has bean by means of lOansla driven belt of lh two mineral channel and ly favored cattle freeing section. !t big producer wee the epur lhl a ben reilTmt. th steadily pushing to Interaect waa th scatter northeast-- along It are lh Ontario. Daly. Daly ranch througn caused th deealopment of oibar prop- ahead Ktlvar King company prominent by purth Park that upplid provietona. The erties adjacent southwest fissures which travers the West and Judg Mining A Mmeltlng to them. chase and over consolidations took market th to . of th aupply On both channels all of i properties Credit for th discovery ef lh many ef the Crescent ridg propertle. estate waa organised under1 th underground which waa to b provided by lh Influx Th workings of th named company a to la prospector th waa as a th law of glvan Judge t a tow Hector Bteen, 14. 1415. as a mlnra ar connected by long tunnels of miners kept living eot I'tih. April with hla two part- consolidation of tbs oldorganised who Anchor. Joas ao that mlalng la lh district of a number of min Th distance along which th southern ners, la said lo have found a small out- Ht.nanxa ground. Utah and other old consolidationbeen wa very much ncourcd. worked In th eany, belt bas been opened up Is mors than about mine, th Bl!ir King Consolidated which had of lh Ontario lod cropping Th arllt dlacoverlea In what has Juno II. 1171. Ivlopmnt of th guided by Kolon Mplro cam Into being days of lh ramp. At present ther Avs miles and It la poaelbl to go from tngs coma to ha known as tha Park City properly waa watched very cloeely by and J E Bamberger, who had for a ar 77 mining rlalma n In the estat or ona end of It to th other through the wet concentrating procev Korty-oclaims are the underground workings who had Interested long llm been Interested In th dis- th company district ar credited to Rufu Walker, It. C. Chamber resulted In reThe northern belt embraces sueft cam Into use and this end Walker th Heeret and Hagln Internet In om trict. ram Into control of th Ontario. patented and six of the rlalnie held who located lh many of th tailing dumps mines ss the Hllver Kings, which ar treating In th camp which All of thee different consolidations by location ar now being patented. claim, and Ephraim Hepka. Their lo- other proparti th camp Like all other mine In the Alta dis- composed of consolidations of numer- mad In the early hlatory of cations were mad In th summer or lhay turned dowp. Howeeer. th year tended to male for economical minIn two kind Now th camp' output and are among tha arllt loca- after th Ontario discovery they pur- ing operations, with Iho result th trict. th product of the min la an ore ous of the smaller mine which wer till direct smelting ores, of products, tion notice of rewJkln th district. chased the property for 110,000 and ramp ha been explored to great depth containing mainly silver anllrad big producer In the early da) a of which to th amelter In ar shipped on th case ore tht la aa from the some of the flrwt and the camp However, Whether or not thee war th development went rapidly ahead aa the and ranks as on of the big shipping min or concentrate and Halt valley, on this In mine and would the rune of all a Is debattn tea or south copper finds. high tha district channel, districts of h west with prospects for discover result of bonsna silver lower the from under-groungrade ore. derived a connected be nr. are classed la of alao by mor channel M copper on we able qutlon. Information This period particularly maintaining that position for many tb Judge company ara A few ago a rroascut a of Moil of (he development work tn and certain aa to th data of th flrst loca- lods mining and quickly In lh wak of years to com since recent deep deworkings relh property haa hern done along comparatively short distance would completed lie emeltlng plant and lahow-tion which Is credited tn th Waaatch Ontario succees ram th I'ely end velopments In many of the mines that th depth of commercial three main flaeuree known aa th connect the underground working of ducing Ita ore athadthe property, and Summit countp recorder' oltlc the Ialy Weat which propertle ever the plant barely got to a tire two main mineral channel record aa being th Eaaterty Exten-alo- n cloeely linked In ownership with th or bodies la fir from having been City Rocke vein, tjrlxxly and ' I The ore bodies found In the north- successful stag of operation when th veins, and th I'atsy Marley vein. dur- of th Toung America lode mad owner of the Ontario. tapped. farlcea which ing th past year, and all of the de- - ,rn belt, the Kllver King channel, are recent slump In metal Pen. II. till. Throughout th eighties these prop-- 1 war comvelopment work haa been done along' 0f the bedding type. -- The bedded ores followeda the eloeeof of th Th Brat ahlpment of ora from th ertle were heavy producers of rich' output by moet of three vein. the pelled reduction camp, which la called Parlay Park in silver or and from the grass root the mine In th district and thla plant Th City Rock vein ha been deth record, la aald to have been 40 paid dividends amounting to millions Th very recent rise In wa closed veloped through th Solitude tunnel, ton for tha month of July, 1114, but of dollars. ha don th disof metals the from th th In which enter price property no mention U made of th mine proalso Tha Anchor min developed and It la reportmuch good side of trict the very Cortonwood property of alatlatlca to Big It. some and this period properties along ducing according will soon b In operation ore The ed mined this extends h and W. R. plant Raywesterly. and mines fleaure by Silver th surrounding mining King yatu, vein carries high grade from thl again. mond. However later record place original Walker and Webster locat'ons Hlnc the development of th variSome good ore hae been rroBpoctom Attraotod. values th flrst ahlpment to tha credit of th wer developed Into handsome diviOld In the ous sections of, the two main or Tb provlnf of Llttl Cottonwood Flagstaff min. In Hit. vein thla mined from dend payers. channels Is very much the same as th mtna brought nn Influx of old minor Black Beas mine and the work now Creek and Bln Th UlnU. Bnak Then came development late In the under way la confined to that part or proepectora from n!fhbor!nf atat development of a few-o- f the big mines Lady mining districts were formed In Ightlea by a group of men who were of the district the connection between the vein working In (he Ontario lode mine. the tunnel enters the underground workings along the Th Holltud men are outstanding figure In Tha channels la given In th story of th mountain for J.700 feet, where a ralae the development of the ramp. Of thl 117 feet In length connect It with the several Important mines. original group there are only two nonThe Cleaves Cleaves tunnel above living. Exra Thompson and hla eloee HE e In lod enters tha Ontario tunnel Is 2.500 feet long and Ontarl) the movement of ore and would per-th- liquidate a large Indebtedness which friend and associate J. It MurdorUc waa Incurred by securing the propruin mine from the west side of tne n it the Mlchlgan-l'tnhas been opened to a company Mr. Thompson was the first of the the moun- - ng much more of Its product than erties which went Into the consolidarunning east Into to enter the district where he of about 7 700 feet and group depth tion These two tunnels w Ith the raise be moved tinder tha present X engaged ss an ore hauling contractor for a distance of 4, 00 feet tain. a tunnel 4,500 feet lung whlcn It wa the tiope of th directors of which business kept him In close Mu h no assessment th mountain Location of Mine, Bingham, Utah. Capitalisation, 100,000 ahar; rojnpany thatlevied All Icsmh Taken Over. with new developments of the district, along the strike. The mine Is opened goes through the ent're be would evi against the The Orlxxly and Lavlnla veins have, so that he came to be prominently by a number of shafts and long tunM ch- Officers: R. H. Channlng, Jr president; Adolph zatlon of par value, the the From organ eev-t stock, but the banks carrying fb been developed through tunnels the nel of with Identified the Igan-l'ta- h The Consolidated development levels company are A. hunwlaohn, working N. If. second at Insistent he notes became Q. King, company's eral hundred feet long, the tunnels Mr (iixi foot succeeding bonanxas properties. Intervals In the shift, num- - Ing named after the veins whlcn until early lust spring most of the that the Indebtedness be liquidated. Malln, secretary and treasurer. Directors, R. H. Channlng, Jr., SidMurdock went to the Ontario as a of the company's The of the tramway pre- ore from thia part upper workings machlnlst and quickly row to be man- - ru" incline connecting tha varlou they explore The were worked under a leas- ventedwrecking ney Chase, Adolph Lawlahon. Maxwell Woodhull and C. N. King, Main steady shipment being mad of the mine has not been so high grade property bcide the main ehaftm. of the Other ter mechanic. AU of leases group the 4 system. expir- from the mine and the only course ing Office, Broadway, Nw Tork City, N. T. Local office, 00 S' Dooly mere1 cvelopment of the mine wa Mart-- . as that from other places, hut It s ed Inst spring and the company is open ho have now paed to secure funds with which to r rn the outaet on a broad ca)e continuous and this part of the mine now Bldg., Balt Lake City, Utah. beKearna. aho wn a miner at Thom of the all work conducting was to liquidate the Indebtedness consistent reult of the great flow of water has always been a steady,mo're In the property. Pavid Keith, a foreman1 done the Ontario, ing an assessment. lew or less I F'or the first time during the life at the Ontario. John Jiidge, a foreman developed In the mine almost from! shipper. This ore carries However this has been beneficial Both of the consolidation, an assessment the outset of operations copper with silver and lead to the company, since sufficient funds The flrat long drain tunnel driven of these veins have been worked was levied A report Issued were raised this fall. to a 1918 provide working capand 1919. to the stockholders at the time the Into the property was run nn th 400 throughout the year ital which the company has not had foot level. Thla drainage and transCoicra was assessment levied Development. outlined the Output in the paat. This should provide the portation tunnel was driven tn 1481 Some exploration work has been need for the action. It aald that when means for the company to conduct Its from the Ontario mill, a distance of done was the a formed block Paton company the tho large work unhampered by financial strinpast year during 6.J57 feet, to connect with the No. sy Marley vein located on Patsy Mar-le- y of the stock In the proposed com- gency and the coming year should bs 3 shaft, and 500 feet bevond this hill at the head of the canyon pany was taken by Interests which one of prefit, aa the great amount point, thence 2,700 feet west to the In August and September some hign were to make Installment payments. of development work done during the Daly line and waa later continued unore was mined from this vein These payments were not continued j past year has reached a point where It der wofklng agreement between the grade and the was company compelled to gives promise of good results. and this part of the estate will be companies into the DMy and Day further developed. One characteristic West workings. on the Patsy Marley of As development In the shafts ex-t- o Is the work done thpt the ore produced more than tended below thia level a point paid for the development work at this where giant pumps were unable to point, together with the cost of minproperly handle the flow of water, ing. and deeper tunnel was It Is proposed to approach this ore ted anil late In 888 the great projecthrough a tunnel called Lost Tunnel, which trains the mine to the tunnel 500 which enters the hill from tho oppofoot level in the No. 3 shaft was unsite side of the mountain from the dertaken. Thla tunnel Is absolutely workings the ore was found In. This and Is 16,00 reel long It tunnel is now within 18 feet of tlie straight was completed October 7, when fissure and is promising. of- the part driven from the 184, mine shaft Since the outlook In other parts ot was connected with the part driven the mine has been more promising from the portal three miles distant than the showing in the Copper Prince the total cost being abiut S 400.000. It tunnel, which extends northward more Is believed this tunnel, which carries! than 2,000 feet Into the property from a big flow of water, drains most the Little CJottonw'ood side, not mucti Mining of the drainage area, embracing the has been done here for the past few on minas iode the large The total month length of underground The ore is transported from the In the mine exclusive of workings numerous mine by mean of an aerial train to1 3topes and Inclires is about 50 miles Tanners Fut. Which Is three and a1 Tho upper nf the Ontario half miles down the canyon. The ore Room 331 D. F. Wa'ker Bldg. Is In quartxlte, while the lower third Is then hauled by team from the flati Telephone Is In limestone or marble. The fis- to Wasatch, a distance of three miles,' Wasatch 6263. Salt Lake City, Utah sures through the Ontario are large from where it ti hauled by the Salt and persistent with a trend north- Lake A Alta railroad to the L'nitea, east and southwest and dipping north- States smelting plant at Midvale. west. The Ontario workings cut a During the past year the company strong, persistent fissure with two has .been hampered Id making shipsimilar ones which are accepted as ments by two accidents to Its tram. spurs, although some engineers re- The first occurred in March, when gard them as different fissures of a snow slides tore down a large num-different age. There are also two ber of the towers of the tram line and other fissuies of considerable size In created much destruction. The tramthe footwall country rock. The width, way was repaired In the eprlng and strike and dip of the fissures vary operated without a break until last had in different places In the mine. The September, when the company In 411 n:i.T BUILDING, SALT LAKE fractured xone in various parts of considerable trouble securing (TIT, ITAH. the mine Is found to run from two necessatv repair parts from 8t. Louis, A piece of wire rope and a half, feet to a hundred feet In for the tram one mile long was held up by a railwidth. Officers and Directors: road so that it did not reach Salt Lake The ore bodies have all been found for more than a month after It was Norman R . Halre, president and general within the fissures, varying in sixe manager: H. R. MacMillan, This delayed shipping for in different parts of the mine from a shipped N. A. Robertson, fire wreck 1nthe early autumn secretary; C. A. Gillette, Frank B. thickness 7he width of the fissure to eboot F'or several weeksthe tramway has Cook,W, J, Halloran consulting engineer, Robert A. Brown. shoots throughout the breccia with- been working satisfactorily and ore! From th surface to Is in the fissure. coming down In the usual wy. The approximately the 800 foot level, the railroad 'rom Wasatch to Midvale ore was mainly an oxldlxed rich silver excellent service during the year. gave From there to the 1,500 product. Transportation always been the foot level lead came In to It and It big problem of thehas Alta district. Howwas lower in value but still a high ever. there is a narrow gauge railroad grade ore. From th 1,500 level to known as the Little Cottonwood the lowest workings on th 2.000 foot Transportation company which exlevel the character of the or gener- tends from Wasatch to Alta. Negoconally Is lower tn value and carries tiations now underway n?ay result in siderable xtne. th elimination Address all Communications Regarding Smelter Business to wagon haul Location of Mine, Park City, Utah. th for transporting oftheth Michiiytn-UtaThe principal operations at Capitalization 154,000 wharea. h beTar value $100 00. nrnCers and Directors: J. E. are on time carried i I being ores. The proposed plan would represent Eamberger. Ere.; v M. BID WELL, Manager. tween the 1.504 and 3,000 foot levels sult in all Michlgan-Lta- h Ernest Bamberger. Vice-pre- s ore ; being Cohen. Trees, and Oen. Mgr,; Herbert and although th ore generally Is moved to Tanner's over the Secretary; J. L. Tilton, Asst.. Secy.; N, A. Dunvon, T. T, Benjamin, lower grad than It was In the upper tramway, as it la nowFlat, - -- ' from SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 700 McCORNICK BLOCK. handled, Mm. C. Osborne, L. E, Bamberger and Walter workings, aims ahoots of exception- which point It would be hauled by H, Llnforth. Transfer ally rich or hav been found dur- the Little Cottonwood Transportation Office. Trust Bid., 2 Broadway, View Much Tork,, Registrars, Union Trust of yearthe work company for the remaining ing tha past three Co., 30 Broadway, N. T, in the min la now being done bp mile to Wasatch. Buch an arrangelease ra. ment ae this would greatly facilitate . ! fsly Mialng n mi . ! June t'por It a I 7. JtMMlttrt . A hi lul), (.iu, ? alin frm th fui Ur hlpmola from Park City attuned a aa a rault of low mtal prlc, In Job. do la UWr touii, rea, ra4 Hhity of th ailvr we tll4 d th termed th pimp which paid production waa topd tala In July labor troubl mln doting th I from ton root phipmanu tivAnuS from I ha graa production gradually In labl; folio In th ar 1 lh located mlla Th II year given (Mrltl V southeast of aad I. tor faat above halt o Lake City. It la oiluatad on tha aaatarn lop of tha Wasatch rani of moun-Uln- a ' It 1 Mat lh Park City Ore Shipments which lth R f high Itmag) Ontario mtn Halloa tartled th fabulou r4udlu . th t Prectout and Induttnal 1, Workings Down More Than Two Thousand Feet Now Ulah Consolidated Mining Co. ' h mov-proper- ty . f. n t;' j av il i! 4. s n 1 8 American Smelting & Refining Co. 's ? and Garfield Smelting Company b t . I W 1 1 John F. Cowan Buyers j ? T I; t Silver, Lead and Copper Ores i Engineer and Operator two-thir- Michigan Ulah Consolidated Mattes, Bullion and Furnace Products Mines Co. j i i: p' tl ? The Ontario Silver Mining Co. J. . i- Copper Plant at Garfield, Utah Lead Plant at Murray, Utah v, 1 ot |