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Show j PARK CITT PICKINGS. ; , j Mining Notes of the Great Camp Tom Brennan's I'earfnl Death j on the Cage Etc. : Correspondence Democrat. . Frank Hoffman was up this week on mining business. - . Commissioner McKay visited the Park this week. The last dividend paid by the Ontario swells the amount paid by this company in dividends to the vast sum of $6,875,000. The weather boBs tried hard to give Park City a storm last week, but failed. The weather is just too lovely for words. Colonel William M. Ferry, Frank E. James and others, who spent last week in Salt Lake attending court, returned home Tuesday. ' ' -' . ; - 1 The new city hall is rapidly hearing completion. The brick work will be finished fin-ished in a week, and in three weeks the building is expected to be completed. At Mackintosh's sampler an immense ore shed, 50 by 125 feet, is being erected. This building covers the ore floors and is built to protect the ore and workmen from the snow. - . : At the Ontario No. 3 a large new ore-house ore-house is built. This will be a great convenience con-venience to ore-haulers and a saving to the company. It is situated below the dump, and the ore will be sent down through a large chute. Park City will be well represented at the New Orleans Exposition. Nearly all the principal mines have forwarded fine specimens, the Ontario especially sending send-ing a splendid collection. Park City will not fall behind any of her sister camps in showing up her wealth. Your correspondent paid a visit' last week to the McIIenrj'and Glencoe canyons. can-yons. Nothing is being done in Glencoe canyon, but in the McHenry, just below the Lowell mine, tho Wilson& Barrett claim is doing considerable work; New buildings have been erected and a force of men are at work sinking the shaft. The Lowell is lying idle. ; The manner in which this place is building build-ing up is a wonder. Dwelling houses and business places are going up on all sides. The sound of the carpenter's hammer can be heard in every part of the town, and where building is not going on improvements improve-ments are taking place. Business is increasing in-creasing constantly and the future of Park City is indeed a promising one. The Democrat's enterprising business manager, Mr. J. B. Wilson, spent Thursday Thurs-day and Friday in the Park in the inter: est of the Democrat. The people here are awakening to the fact that the Democrat Demo-crat is one of the liveliest, newsiest papers for a thousand miles in either direction, and their appreciation of this fact is shown by the constantly increasing increas-ing subscription list. ' - Nothing new has been developed in the Morgan group of mines difficulty. George A. Meears is at present in possession, and from appearances is liable to continue so. The crowd of seven men that went up last week and ousted Meears' men were arrested ar-rested and taken before Justice Archibald for trial. A change of venue was granted and the case was taken to Wanship, where it will come up for trial next Tues day. ' : Something of interest to the people of Salt Lake, as well as of the Park, is the fact that the popular stage firm of Kimball Kim-ball Brothers has reduced the fare between be-tween here and Salt Lake for round trip tickets to $3, instead of $4, as has been heretofore. The fare for a single trip remains re-mains as before $2.50. This is a good move, and no doubt will increase the per cent, of travel over this popular line. Lectures seem to be in order. Last Wednesday evening we were favored by a lecture from Rev. T. C. Iliff, on "Egypt and the Nile." The manner in which Mr. Iliff handles his lectures, and tells the story of his travels is well known now to both the Salt Lake and Park publics and needs no praise. On Tuesday, the 10th, Rev. Mr. Prior, of the Congregational church, delivers a lecture on the "Wonders "Won-ders of Astronomy," which will, no doubt, be a treat. ; "One more unfortunate gone to his death." Edward Bvrne died at hia home last Monday night, of pneumonia, brought on by excessive drinking, leaving a wife and family of small children in destitute circumstances. Mr. Byrne has been in Park City for a long time, ha vine-come vine-come here from Sandy, where he resided a number of years. He was in the boot and shoe business, and was well thought of by all, but, like too many other, unfortunates, unfor-tunates, loved whisky too well. : His sad death and the helpless condition of his family have called forth many expressions of sympathy, the most substantial, perhaps, per-haps, being a subscription from the Ontario On-tario miners. . The output of ore for the last week is something immense. The large amount of 2,613,925 pounds passed through the Crescent and Mackintosh's sampling mills, and was divided in the following lots: Crescent..... .........1.644,975 Ontario 625,290 Apex : 34 960 Daly 245.120 Sampson... ......63,680 These weekly statements embrace only those lots of ore that are sent out of the j camp for working and there sold to outside out-side parties. They sav nothing of the hundreds of tons that keep1 the Ontario mill working away day after dav and year after year, nor do they mention the large output of the Daly, which is being piled up around the mine. When these are counted in, the amount of ore that is produced in and around Park City would be astonishing.- No camp around the country can put forth a weekly statement state-ment approximating to the above, i v Park City is to-have-the electric liht Marcus Barnes!-'W.' W:"Davy,- W. S1 Sharp, Wm; Brother anil F; B. King hive organized a cqmpany. for the purpose of furnishing the; Park and vicinity with the incandescent'! light.';' Manv .'-points of superiority, are-elairned .for- the incandescent1 incan-descent1 system overr other -light, Jbut whether or not its claims are just, anything any-thing in that line will be welcomed with-joy with-joy by the people w ho now trudge their weary way homeward upon dark nights. The streets of the town have no small number of boulders lying here and there over their area, and anything that would keep the unsuspecting foot-traveler from placing his toe in too close contact with one of these boulders on some moonless night, would no doubt, greatly increase the morality of the place as regards innocent little " pet phrases." By all means let us liave the electric light. The officers of the eompany are : President, W. S Sharp; Vice President, W. W. Davy; Secretary and Treasurer, Wm. Brother; with F. B.- King as General Manager. The capital stock. .is divided into 3,000 shares, of the par. value of $10 per share. A most sad and distressing accident occurred oc-curred last Saturday night at the No. 2 shaft of the Ontario mine, in which Thos. i Brennan lost his life: The- accident hap- J pened upon the cage while loaded with men COminc nn for fmnnnr at midninrht It seems that, the cage, which has a double-deck, started from the 1000-foot level with a load of men, among whom, on the top deck, was Thomas Brennan. ;At the 900-foot level the cage stopped, took on some men, and started again for the top. At thjs place Brennan was seen and appeared to" be all right. Nine men were on the upper deck, and Brennan, being on the outside, was holding to the cross-bar in the top of the cage. Near the 600-foot station he was felt to let i go - his hold on ; the bar, and slip away. - The man standing beside - him, . reached for ' him , but too late ; he had fallen through. When falling, fall-ing, he brushed by the men on the lower deck, and as the cage left the station he was caught by the neck between the cage and the lining boards of the shaft A jar was felt by the men on the cage, and not knowing what really had happened, thought perhaps that the cage had jumped the guides, or that something had fallen on them from" above. Crazed with fear at their own fate, if such ! were the case, the men began shouting to the engineer to stop the age. As soon as the engineer heard the shouting he stopped the cage, when about ten feet from the surface. A light was secured, the cage examined, and on the lower deck, between the floor and the lining boards, the head of Tom Brennan protruded through the small space of two inches, the distance between the cage and the wall of the shaft, with his vhin resting on the floor of the deck and his back to the wall. It being a dcuble-compartment shaft, a cage was immediately lowered in the other compartment, com-partment, the lining torn out and the body removed and brought to the surface. But one reason can be given for the unfortunate un-fortunate man's falling from the cage, which is that from some unknown cause he fainted. No shout, no noise was heard, and the cage happening just at the time to pass the 600-foot station, he slipped off, and as the station was left he was caught by the neck between the cage and the wall of the shaft, and carried to the top, a distance of 600 feet. Death must have been instantaneous, for upon examination the body was found to have received a number of ghastly cuts and bruises, besides having the neck and one leg broken. v The Remains ;were taken to the home of the unfortunate fellow in Em; pire Canyon, and an" inquest held by Frank E. James, Police Justice, the verdict ver-dict being that of accidental death. ' The Ontario Company were exonerated from any blame, no cause being given -in the testimony for his falling from the cage. The deceased was an npright, hard-working man, and a loving father and husband. It is not known that Tom Brennan ever 1 had an enemy in the place, and the sad death has -cast a gloom ; upon the camp. He leaves a wife and two small children. His wife is in a delicate condition,- and it is not known how the horrible accident will affect her. Let the good people of Park City comfort and console Mrs. Brennan and her children in their great distress, for such affliction comes not often. To have the husband and father leave home at night in good - health Uo put in his usual shift, to provide the comforts of life for his family, and to feed the mouths of his little ones, -and before morning to be brought home a mangled corpse is something indeed horrible and distressing, and the sympathy sympa-thy of the entire community is extended to Mrs. Brennan and her children in their grief. Nothing should be left undone to give them consolation, if such a thing be possible. Deceased was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and will be buried by that institution on Monday; Mon-day; from their hall. " I |