Show IK KNOW UTAH L 8 By ALBERT L F F. PHILIPS t Summit county Park City and this district were wele settled wh when n Samuel Snyder r built his s sawmill In l Parleys Parley's Par Par- ares ar- ar ley's leys es park in lS 1853 3 Park ParI City is feet above sea sealevel sealevel sealevel level V almost feet higher than Salt Lake and with its railroad facilities and its modern motor vehicle ye ve ve vehicle hicle hide service forms a convenient point for the producing producIng producing pro pro- mines on th the slopes o ot of the three three- canyons canons that lead southward from Parleys Parley's park The Park City district lIe lies between the precipitous cliffs clites and ind ledges that mark marl the main crest of the range and the theer verdant verdant ver er dant mountain meadows of ot Heber Kamas and Parleys Parley's Par- Par lej's leys that lie along its eastern aStern f foothills The Park Parle City quadrangle contains near the middle of the western west em ern border the Junction of tho the Wasatch crest with I the Weber Provo divide which is the most prominent prominent prominent nent spur on the east slope slope- of ot the tho central Wasatch and which forms a part of the boundary between Summit and Wasatch counties and a connecting link between the Wasatch and Uintah ranges This di divIde divide dl- dl vide juts boldly boldly- forth from the main crest a a. mile north of Cl peak penland and tl tI nce runs eastward for three and one-half one miles to the knob south of Bald mountain where it V turns abruptly northward The TuG south north-south part of the divide divid together with a spur extending southward from the elbow form a linear ridge that tends extends across th the quadrangle V These main crests form the boundaries of the three principal slopes which drain dral to the east south and north respectively The Tho long and gradual eastern eastern east east- ern era slope e deeply incised by canyons descends from the Bald mountain ridge toward the intermountain loT 10 The Tho southern slope is occupied in great part by Bonanza flat the floor of an extensive glaciated glad glad- basin which there is q steep acclivity to the tho crest of the Provo Weber divide The n north rth slope which lies in the elbow of this divide is is' is s deeply cut by four narrow sided gulches Thayne's Thanes Woodside Woodside Wood Wood- side Empire and Ontario which drain to East canyon canon canyon can can- yon on creek creele and the main branch of ot th tho S Weber river On this slope lie He Park lark City and on one of the fhe principal l mines of the Park City district a a Disc Discovery very ery of ot precious metal In the Park ParkS City district dis- dis dis lis- was ivas made in 1869 when Rufus Walker of Walker Webster uncovered silver sliver and their their claim claim in the district is the first authentic one of record Th The discovery discovery discovery dis dis- covery was v-as as followed later in the summer of the same sam year ear by Ephraim Hanks The first location was the tle easterly extension of ot the Young America lode December Decem Decem- bar ber 23 1868 and the next three wore were the westerly extension of ot tho the Young America V lode the YellowJacket YellowJacket Yellow YellowJacket Jacket lode and V the Green Monster lode lod in January 1869 V Lode mining in the district however dates from June 15 1872 when the famous Ont Ontario rio ledge o was discovered b by Steen Since 1882 the pr property l erty of the Silver King Coalition Mines l company company and of its predecessors has been und under r constant development I and production From that date to 1928 it has hs produced pro produced gold silver sUver copper lead and zinc of a a. gross value of These Thes metals were obtained tons of o ore OC e. These facts are obtained from What Mining 1 Means M ans to Utah issued b by the Salt Lake Lale chamber of commerce Frony From the im impressive impressive impressive im- im total cited there has been expended in I wages supplies materials taxes freight treatment and other charges the sum of all of which has pone gone one into the channels of or industry The balance of represents the profit of or this enterprise and arid includes s th the return return 0 of or cap capital tal V V Mining it should be pc remarked e is called a de devastating de- de indUStrY b because cause it reaps a cop op that V never grows again and when the profitable operation ends the whole property is worthless This is seen by the abandonment of f the old Mercur 1 mine at old Camp l Floyd oyd The dividends or profits returned V are tre re in ih part a a. return of principal V VV a a V VV V V s Statistics c complied compiled in m What hat l Ii Mining 1 to Utah shows that during luring th the five five- year five ear l period from 1923 to 1927 1921 inclusive siv the operations of the Silver King Coalition Mines company have shown the thc gross glOSS yield from th the V property rt at V o of which V was paid ald for freight smelting and treatment treat treat- ment nent charges taxes payrolls 34 material and anel supplies uP lies purchased The total dividend nd paid was and arid of this this' total 66 p per percent percent r cent was was r t Utah Ufah Stockholders a total of 3 3 V For several years the Silver King Co Coalition UtIon Un 1 Mines s company has paid 26 per cent of or the tot total tax 0 of Summit county V |