Show PARK CIYYo Park City always a colossus In tho t diggings of Utah smashed all previous 0 records during the year l o and with L oulfapparcnl exertion rose to the stature stat-ure of a veritable leviathan The tonnage ton-nage of its mines and the crop of dividends 1 divi-dends rose to unprecedented figures with the metallic contents of its ore c maintaining an average with which IC that of few camps of the same class compares All the while the dlbclplcs 7 of I the full dinner pal have seen i their persevering ranks Increase wages i have been such as to preserve the most cordjal relations between the miner and mineowner while on the payrolls the year closed with an army of more 13 U than 1200 persons employed The activity 79 ac-tivity with which the older mines have Ire prosecuted their operations and the In zeal with which the vaults of new ck ground have been stormed Is equally Unprecedented while the orebearing It I area has expanded until there Is I scarce prescribing an Intelllgenl limit to Its 1 boundaries PropoallioiiH long and despondently neglected have been rehabilitated OS Cfpondenly 0 In habilitated machinery whose brakes Indefinitely whistled down with e was Indclnely whlstlet wih Ii Se the closing of the mints upon silver has el r t been lubricated and is I again moving St with characteristic hum new shafts 3 wih going down and tunnels being Iii I a driven while the New Year opens with j ii forces In lino thai cannot but lead to C 11P nc t I most magnificent triumphs It Is only II riie within the previous eighteen months Indeed that thlu pecrlesH producer of I o led and silver ores with Us astonishing VV ruI astonish-ing Increase In gold and copper has rd i undertaken to equip Itself with me 111 thanlstal energies so ossfiiillal to Its llwbial lope1 essenlal dev5opmenl I is on Under It power lie W 1 IC Ie 1 furtplKnts of machinery have been In fll itnts machlnen sfl J sialJpd Mammoth mils of great capacity fnr ca-pacity have been reared and more Inexpensive iatc t5 r expensive outlets for the ores of the tat camp have been established The result l sult is an era of remarkable productiveness fi r produc-tiveness With this but initialed the l I t J revealed most astonish Cu13 oulput of U9 a r cl big Increase for during that period in i I IDt InE I atIej wlIch the work of equipment en I I I te crouched so seriously upon that of the cell active extraction and reduction of ores ucLon is 1 extracton Ili I ber the camps production based upon the I I fr total value of thc melals was 2S1 par d n of the total production of thee the-e iU Stale Of lead its output reached a S toiill of I02SI207 pounds or 1173 per < cent of the States entire yield of that 1 metal while 303764 ounces of sliver jfl I or 302C per cent of the Stales oUtput 1 or the I white metal VVJIH derived from f Park City alone While the great carp iff was pouring these metal into the lap 1 of the world there came with it 8SC1 I 37 t ounces of gold and jBlJCfl pounds of t m t copper or 617 per cent of the red metal I oc qjcClC J l produced In the State during the year II o UtrtJ 3899 with u total valuation for all the alt n motaly produced by It amounting1 to I 3J9oG91lo I To these figures reference 11131 utah Is made simply that the oldest Inhabitant I 1 I or Inhabi-tant may appreciate what equipment I 11tldc and mechanical devices have already ftd done to stimulate the growth of his o amp Before this era of equipment was Inaugurated and the miners of the Park began to cast about for means with whlrh to muster the lower grades olilt bC of ore the Ontario and Daly mines were practically the only ones that had il provided themselves with mills and Cb c the oiHjrations of the former were with results that were woefully indifferent Indeed from its tailings was subsequently subse-quently derived over 143000 As the mechanical engineer developed his methods and his processes however the miner continued to appeal to them and when the year 1900 drci i Us curtains cur-tains It was with no less than SEVEN INDEPENDENT PLANTS upon the ground with others assured Nor has the erection of mills with which to economically convert the lower grades of ore into commercial form been the most interesllng nor the most important feature of the campaign cam-paign of equipment Recognizing Us duty to the camp which had done so much for the road the Rio Grande Western railway by which the narrow and angular pathway between the properties of the Park and thc smelt Ins plants of the valley was acquired during the year converted it Into a broadgauge with broadgauge equipment equip-ment and Us powerful machines moving mov-ing to the music of broadgauge time while the Union Pacific to promote Us connections with the bonanzas extended ex-tended Us tracks a distance o three miles to n terminus al the mouth of the OntarioDaly drain tunnel from which tho output o the great Daly West mine has been shot and loaded Into the cars of the railway whence Us riches are whirled over the backbone o the divide and dumped into the furnaces fur-naces of the smelter below Nor was this accomplished without opirosltlon On the contrary when It was projected those who had the commercial welfare of the camp at heart feared lhat the construction of the new line sounded nothing less than the death knell of an industry that had developed with the teaming of ores between tho bonanzas and the loading stations upon ihe tracks below The alarm was fortunately fortu-nately false for careful computation at the close of the year finds the leunibter yet cracking1 his blacksnaku above the steaming coals of his slxInhatul and the Industry from which he has long derived a living for Bets and the babies is as nourishing as at any lime since it wan founded While those slops have been taken to simplify the means of transportation between the mines and smelters the aerial tramway has made Us advent In camp and of the features of a year at the lark none Is more striking perhaps per-haps than the bucketline now undec construction by the Silver King Mining Mi-ning company and by I which It establishes estab-lishes a perpetual connection between its property and the Rio Grande Western West-ern railway a distance of 7200 feel Yet all this Is but an exordium In what Is promised for while this panorama of improvement has been going Holng on upon the surface of the earth away down beneath Us stubborn crust Improvement Improve-ment equally ns essential to the future fu-ture and tie longevity of the tU Ind longcvl I great camp havo been progressing A few yearn ago fqrtuneS were being annually swept away by the Niagara of water that rose as the hand of the miner reached deeper Into the pockets of the earth for Us wealth In the effort to control Rs resistless volumes hat swelled with everIncreasing energy enormous pumping plants were Installed In-stalled and operated at cqualy enormous enor-mous expense by day and night Upon the earnings of the mines Us ravages were appalling In the effort to control it 30 per cent of the production was exhausted The stranger who visited the camp shuddered HM he watched the vain struggle and turned away to seek now fields Us presence was the one blighting condition that overhung1 the cump Then It was that the Onta rio and Daly companies by which millions lions of dollars had been wasted upon the ceaseless struggle with the element i t dO l 1 1 0 < > it t I o < I r ii i i TF 1 Uw ii 1IIiz 1 Th Silver King Mill J Park City I capital has begun to embrace its long capial rejected opportunities and new tern tory is everywhere being opened up What the Ontario drain tunnel has done for the central portion of the zone the tunnel projected by Mr James McGregor and his associates promises to those whose stakes have been driven upon what is commonly known as the Crescent zone This undertaking un-dertaking that promises to be one of the most important In the operations of 11101 at Park Oily will begin at a point in Nigger l hollow above Nelsons ranch ant wlllpenetralc the one on which is localed many of the most I promising prospects in the camp for a distance of over two miles while connecting con-necting with the ore bodies In Trea cent ground proper at a depth of 2700 feet This accomplished a new empire em-pire of dry ground Iho merits of which have already boon demonstrated must be rapidly opened up Indeed many are so confident thai the MpGregor tunnel will be accomplished that already I I al-ready they have begun the opening I up of their territory believing that be I fore their upper levels have been ex Uplel hausled and greater depth IB required that they will bo drained by the tunnel tun-nel Nor is this the only project that to fructifyin 1101 The promises tuctf 11 lpe owners own-ers of ground In Tlmyno8 canyon which Is just now engaging KO much at more lonlion I have cancelvou an easier and moreECONOMICAL OUTLET for their ores than over time present route which pastes Ihiough Park City und propose to unite In the copHtructlon of a trannnyuy that will < urry their I I product to the banks of time Provo rlvor I hero abundant water for milling purposed pur-posed Is to be had and where connection may eslnbllshed with the Rio Grande Western at Heber City With such a carrier the com of transportation nniHt o tanspotaton be materially reduced andjnlnlnq upon that portion of the zone greatly simplified sim-plified I Whih all this hits been done and much more projectedfor the promotion r I their shadow athwart the busy gulch Indeed there Is no more lawabiding or enlightened community In the Vest mid with Us almost peerless properties lve the daily becoming more productive new year at Park City dawns upon a future resplendent with prom e indeed In-deed not a few of those eoTlvoraint with conditions underground hae registered reg-istered a prediction that Ihe tonnage In IflOl will double that of lie previous I year I II MILLS AND PLANTS The mills of Park City arc Just now I exerilng an influence upon the future I of that camp as Is 1 the exploration and dtvtrlopment of new territory and with I their crushers lolls and tables the inequality in-equality of the ores of that camp Is I being rapidly wiped out With their assistance Indeed there are few ores I in the camp that cannot be put into commercial form and where nature In < the moving of its comifuunds has run I short of ptthstancc concentration has conic to Its relief With thcac accessories acces-sories the miner has found it I I SHlble and at nominal exptnKc to make a I highgrade concentrate out o K low grade ore while eliminating the lOfiuc I tory properties or reducing them HO as to avoid the penalty exacted by Ihe I bmolters In UK subsequent treatment of the product In tie cinnp at present are no less than eight mills in addition to 1 sampler which latter In Us way serves some of Uio purposes l of concen tratlon These plants afford inploy inont for nearly 200 persons at ihe surface sur-face and are the direct means of furnishing fur-nishing many hundreds employment upon the milling ores below The Mar I sac mill constructed many years ago by ihe Daly company was the pioneer and while It taught that the lower grades of ore could be profitably mined I I with the aid of u mill It was through the leaching of them rather than ultra I concentration In more recent years I hot 01 concentration has afforded 1 the avenue through which so much ore w iijfe J required at the mine and so he I carted them up the hill himself Ho IossesMed the will of a giant and no obstacle however slubborn ever staggered I stag-gered him lie never asked assistance In the task cortfucnee in the resources re-sources of plain unpretentious Tom Keains forbade It But thrre welt those wel-t to volunteer and with the aid of David Kelih who had nol then amassed the fortune of loday the work he had sol out unaided to accomlpiiili was lightened Gradually the ore bodies of the Sliver King began to expand and as gradually those whose admiration ita masters forliiude had aroused began be-gan tc rally about it Long before Hie man who had been wotking for wu ts In somebody elses bonanza had thiowr up his job to dIscharge the more important responsibilities that now stir rounded the Silver King And thus the Silver King was developed < Who Is thvje to challenge Mr Kearnss right to uryihlng lhat may come to him from its empire From that simple beginning begin-ning the great Silver King mine of Park City has developed until today it occupies a class of Its own I has been said of it that It is the biggest proposition of Its kind on earth and none of the many who havo had access to Us workings have risen to deny i Indeed it ia claimed that Its ore bodies are more powerful than any ever en couniered In the Stall and that in sght at this lime are ores enough with uliidi to maintain the present output for twenty year But the folIC fol-IC of expansion which has chnractcr wd the management from the founding found-ing o the company to the present has enhanced the value of 11 possessions as much prrhups as have the oro bodies uncovered With perfect knowledge of the vein and Its meandcrlngs the company com-pany has followed It up acquiring1 at practically nominal cost one link uLtr another until Us boundaries sprtsid out over thousands of acres The most Important Im-portant development at the Silver King during the year was lhat which look Pliuc upon the 1200 foot 1 vol l where the vu1 which was left O feet above was |