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Show t P ARK CITY : , . . . ; . . a FAMOUS ' SILVER SILVERrr CITY OF UTAH T rr f . + _ _ * 9 . ! > . . . - . . . ) . 1 . W ' 4 ' . Y t r 't t ' I Ord OrdW W d Z Z2a 11 t ti i : ) . 2a 2aY 2av Y ' ? , . : b- b b'i $ - 'i i " ' 1- 1 1u ; - " ' u I v < > _ ' 6 s ( .y y . .t t . , : 7x Lr r 1 w L , " r.6 r6 ; . $ ' .A A Jw- Jw > - . JwI.n I.n In " < : ; . . c + By HOWARD V . ALSTONdE ALSTONi ALSTONVERY ALSTON i dE : rE r rvaluable r-iVERY r iVERY - VERY county in utah L tah contaIns containsf1 E valuable valuabie minerals mmerals It Is ! s cal calculated calculated calf calfculated culated th tint tht \t t tt \ almost halt haIr half the thepeople the"people thepeople .people people . " of the state normally depend 'on on " ' ' " 'on on ' on mining for their livelihood l1velihood It Itfturnishes itfurnishes Itfurnishes fturnishes ! furnishes the largest industrial mdustrlal paybtOllS payolls pay payrolls ! rolls olls and m mire more re than three fourths fourthst fourthsr fourthsf btOllS t t r f the total freight ti fl eight tonnage 01 oigi oigiated oigii/nated oigii nated gi / ated in the . estate .state state atate It pro pros provides"cash providescash ' ides idescash { idesQcash Qcash " cash markets mnrkets for the state's states ' otherl'products othertproducts other otherproducts l'products lproducts tproducts ' -products products - and disburses " within "ithin ithin slthln the thestate .state state . atate more than three fourths ofIts ofits of oft Its t total gioss gloss income for labor , , 1upplles applies supplies i , , taies taxes and other sen servicesi servicesPark services ices Park City Cit Cft > ) , in the Wasilch Was\lch Was lch Wasatch ' \ moun mounafns mountains alns afns 42 miles southeast of Salt SaltLake Salt/Lake Salt Lake , / Lake Citv CltV City , alone has contributed ' ' $326,000-000 $326,000 326000 000 $326,000'000 326000000 < $ 326,000000 326000000 , , * ' - of ot which investorsave Investors Investorshave . have ave ve received about 25,000,000 25000000 $25,000,000 $25,000,000he ? $ 25,000,000.The , , , , _ -.The .The - . he aveiage a.elage aelage average . net Income is con conattderably conJlldenbl alder'lbl alderlbl attderably - = ' } ) less than 5 percent or of orfOSS offross fOSS ross proJuction production proJuctionIn productionIn [ In earl earb early ) dl\ dl dlsPark dass da : \ sPark s Park Cit Cits City ) \ was sas \ as a aI aere aere ariere I ere s\ s sh s s\han s han \ h Is an glen It recen recent receded ed its itsI itslame itsame itslame I ame from a grass\ grass grassy grasspark \ park sur surounded surounded surounded ounded by a gl giove giose 0\ 0 0e \ e of or quaking quakingspen quakingIspen I Ispen I spen Discharged soldiers tiomhe flom front flome fronte lame e command of Gen Pah Patiick Patrick Ich . Con Con'or Conor Con\or Con or 'or or ' \ or at Fort Douglas were the first firstfind firstb find mineials minerals mmel als in 111 iii the sicuuty \ licinit licinit.lufus ICllut ) . .lufus lufus . located . ufus Walker , as fiS eaily eally early as lSb9 1Sb9 18b9ocated , located the Walker andYebsler and \Yebsler Yebsler Webster Websterlatms \ Websterlaims laims latms Others staked the Youngr Youngmerican Young YoungAmerican r American mencan merican , Yellow Jacket , Green Greenonster GreeniMonster ! Ionster onster , Flagstaff and McHenry McHenrylodes McHenr McHenrlodes > lodest lodesBut lodes t * But mining mlDing really began when r irn -An An - ( automatic griddle gnddle has been beenented beenrented ented to bake c\kes c kes cakes c ' \ kes foi hotels hotelsk hotelsVJd k re&tauiants retauiants re.taUlants retaUlants restaurants & : . at the rate of 500hour 500 500hour 500labour 500labourpio } . , hour , pio two o French englneeis engtneels engineets ha\e ha e hate \ in- in innted innted in-ated in ated - - nted : : an aerial aenal torpedo for transrtfng transting trans- trans transting - - rtfng ting letters and package p\ckagc p ckagc packages ' \ ' < : at aeed aied a eed ied ! ed of nearly 300 miles mlles an 9n hour hourIpproximatels hourpproximately Ipproximatels pproximately 48 48750 750 people ha has ha\een ha een \ , e een een fPprOXlmatel : en courses ; from the University UniversityUtah UniversityUtah UniversityUtah Utah extension ehtension sen serf ice since it itfounded its founded In 1912r 1912 r . 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HRector - Rector Steen , a prospector , tound found founda tounda a lich llch rich specimen of or silver slIver ore on a amountain amountain amountain mountain trail With Wllh bis his partneu partners partneisJohn ; , John Kain nnd and one McDo\\ McDo McDowell McDoell McDosell \ ell , he helocated helocated helocated located the Ontario An offer ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the ] claim caim tor for $6000 6000 $6000as $6 6 ? $ G 000 spas \ was \\as as \ disregard disregarded ed , but buta but a scout scoul for San SanFrancisco San Francisco Franciscobankers Francisco Franciscobankers Franciscobankers bankers put up his Ius last $20 20 $ bill bHl foia fOl for fOla fora a 30 d day lY < option He Interested Interestedsome Interestedsonic interestedsome some sonic Calitoinians CaUfolDlans Californians and in AuguSt August,1872 August1872 , 1872 , Hearst , Haggin Haggln , Tevis and andChambers andChambers andChambers Chambers paid $24,000 24000 $ , toi fOl foi the pros prospect prospert prospect pect pert The Ontario Ont1rlo Ontiirio pioved ploved proved ilch llch rich in insHver insilver insilver sHver silver In nine sears 5 ) ears It produced producedmOl producedmoie producedmoie mOl moie e than four million dollars dollars'north dollarsworth 'north north ' orth of ore For six : years more moreIt moreit moreit It ' was 'nas nas as the only shipping shipPlDg mine In Inthe inthe inthe the district dlstnct Profits from its oper operat operations operalions at ations IOns furnished much of the themone themoney themone mone money ) needed for de\ de der deelopment de \ elopment of ofother ofother ofother other prospects The Daly West WestNaildriver , NalldrIver Naildriver , New York fork , CI Crescent descentAnchor escent , , Anchor , MI M\ M Mfower M'ty Mty ' \ ' } ] flower fower . , Alliance A11Iance , Mc McHeD McHeni3 MeHem HeD Heni3 ! i ) , Sih Siher Silver er \ King I\mg I mg : and other othermines othermines othermines mines were sere ere opened in succession successionIn In the late 'SOs SOs ' 80s Dald David Da , id Keith KeithThomas KeithThomas KeithThomas Thomas Keirns Keuns Kearns nnd and Col W M MFerry MFerry MFerry Ferry took tooh a lease on 25 acres ofthe or of orthe ofthe the old Mayno\\ Mayno Mayflos Mayflower Maynoer \ \ er workings orhings 1D in 1DWoodside inWoodside inWoodside Woodside gulch Without capital capitaland capitaland capitaland and with lth much prn prnation prisation ahon these IDen men mensank mensank sank a shaft at a point pomt they theythought theythought theythought thought to be mmeiallzed rmnetalized mlnel alized After AftergOlDg Aftergoing Aftergoing gOlDg going about 700 feet they fin\lly fin lly finally finallystruck finillystruck ' \ struch struck an ore bearing bearlDg i s \ ein ern This Thisdlsco Thisdiscos Thisdiscovery dlsco\ dlsco discos dlscoer \ ery er led to the orgaDlzation organization organizationin orgaDlzationin in 1892 1592 of or the Silvel Silver King l\Ilmng l Ilmng Mining lIlmngcompan Miningcompany \ Miningcompany compan company ) . . - I i iA A new automatic crossing crossl11g gate gateintended , I untended mtended to be opeiated opelated operated by the ap- ap approach ap-pioach ap pioach - plOach proach of a train tram is 15 jointed Jomted so that thatIt thatit thatit thatitill 11 ap11 11plOach It It111 \\ill ill \\111 111 will \ \ not damage a ' vehicle 'erucle erucle sehicle It ItI Itml itmight itmight I ml might ht happen to stuke strike in m descent descentR descentI - R E Lasley , an engineer engmeer ofI ofLiberty'trlle of ofLibertyulle I Libertyulle Liberty'trlle Libertytrlle Llbert "le le " ' ] 111 IU Ill , is the Inventor of ofI ofa ofa | a gasoline turbine turbme airplane motorthat motor I | that he claims has a third greatercruising greater greatercruising cruising radius for the amount offuel of offuel I fuel than anv any piesent pIC"ient pICient present " airplaneengme airplaneeirgme airplane airplaneengine engine engme eirgme .w'daN70 .wdaN70 wdaN70 . 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' - . . - From n a nucleus nuc1eus of ot tour four claims claimsthe claimsthe claimsthe the original origmal company has htS : grown grownthrough grownthrough grownthrough through purchases and consollda consolida consolldatlons consolidations consolldatlons tlons tions to a property propert with thousands thousandsof thousandsot ot of surface acres and more than than200 200 miles of underground orklngs sorkings sorkingswhich \ workingswhich ' \ orklngswluch wluch which ha\ ha has ha-ve ha ve hae \ - e y ) yielded ielded lelded appro\lm\tely appro lm tely approamately approximitely$100,000,000 approximitely100000000 ' \ ' \ $100,000,000 100000000 $ $ , , , " worth "orth orth of oreBut ore oreBut But foi for Park City and other roln min rolning mining mining ing camps Salt SaIl Lake Lahe City Cit Clt ; ) might mightstill mightstill mightstill still be i 'i a ' struggling strugging ] village vllage ] in lD the thedesert thedesert thedesert desert Such buildings bUlldmgs as the Mc McC01DlCk McCornick MeCoinick C01DlCk Cornick , , Kearns , , Ness Ne < ; s , Utah ba\ ba Sas baIngs Sasings baiings \ Ings 8 & . . Trust , Judge and others others"ere otherss otherswere "ere ere sere s " built tit \ with \ lth ith money mono mone } ) from Park ParkCll ParkCity ParkCity ] Cll City ) ' . . These buildings and other othercity othercity othercity city property improved b by ) ' mine minere mineresenues minerevenues re\ re reenues resenues \ enues toirn fOlm foinr a substantial basisfor basisfor basis jfor for present and future ta taxationSeveral taxation taxationSeveral aUon aUonSeveral Several western estern mining mmmg districtsafter districtsafter districts Iafter after periods penods of flush ploductlon production pi eductiontided , C\ded C ded Bided ' \ into ' ' ghost camps ' ' Not so sowith sowith with Ith Park City Acth Activity Actisity It ) and population pop population population ulation necesuly necessaiily neces < ; ' < ' \ iiily \uly uly ha\ ha ha\e ha e hae base \ e vanedwidel variedwidely varied vaned Iwideb widel widely ) as mine mme production has in increased increased Increased creased or diminished dimlDlshed Ho How Howeierattci e\ e es eer \ er , aItel aftei each boom peilod pellod pei iod thel thei theie e a has hasremamed hasremained hasremained remamed remained sufficient ore deposits depositsand depositsand depositsand and pi piospect ospect leids le'lds lelds lends ' to keep a good goodly goodly goodly ly number of men emplo\ emplo employed emploed emplosed \ ed , e\ e een esen esenthough e ' \ en enthough enthough though profitable PloductlOn pioduction pi eduction was wastempol wastempoiarfly wastempoiarfly tempol tempoiarfly arny curtailed or entirel entirely entirelydiscontinued entirelydiscontinued entirelydiscontinuedPeihaps ) dlscontmued discontinued discontinuedPeihaps Pel Peihaps haps the most noteworthy noteworthyehample noteworthyexample noteworthyexample ehample example of CUI cuitailment curtailment tallment occun occurred occurredduring occunedduring ed eddurmg durmg during the recent depression depresslOu Col Collapse Collapse Collapse lapse of the metal market made madenunIDg mademining mademining nunIDg mining an industry mdustry of loss For the . , , . . , or . ; . . _ . time in the hisiory history of ot . 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City Citydire Citydire Citydire dire want nant ant and PO\ PO POert poserty po \ ert erti ) stalked stalkedthrough $ stalkedthrough talhed talhedthrough through the streets One large largecomp'1n largecompany largecompile comp'1n comp1n company ' ) chose to operatet operate it \t t 'it ' \ ' a loss lossand lossand lossand and prm pros proiide Ide a tev fev few . , deelopment de\ de des deelopmentjobs \ elopment elopmentjob elopmentjobs elopmentjobs job jobs " , rather than add to the gen general general genoral eral misery miser } ) This company in inthree inthree inthree three years i ) cars car5 ' ' time lost thl thiee ee 1OilIion million 1OilIiondollars milliondollars milliondollars milliondollarsFor dollars dollarsI'or For ror I'or Ior ' man mnni many ) ) seiis yens e'u eu ' s the popula populatlon populatlon population tlon of Pal Paik Path h City Cit Clt } ) Ing hs his h \s s ' \ varied be be- bet beteen between - t tween teen een 4000 and 5000 D Dselhngs Dwellingsstoics " , elhnbs , , St01 stoics es , theat theaters .rs rs < . , , ore loiding 101dmg ter termin'lls terminds terminils min'lls minlls minds ' , schools , , cbuiches chutches CbUl ches and and de depots depots depots pots had to be constructed to house houseand houseand houseand and sen sers serve e a I lapidly apidly a pldly gro\\ gro growing gromg grossing \ \ mg n nutn nutnher numher u m mber ber her of ot people ' ind 'lnd lnd and to care toi tOL hoc their theireconomIC theireconomic theireconomic economIC economICnd ' \ ind \nd nd mnd soclil sochl soclilelfare \ \\elfare elfare selfare \ selfareThe \ elfare elfareThe elfareThe The people of the Clt citi city are and andal andals andalways al\\ al als ala \ a ay ) s hale ha \ e been a cultured and andcosmopoftan andcosmopolitan andcosmopolitan cosmopoftan cosmopolitan ] group They com coin comprlse coinprise cornprise prlse prise every ever ; ) phase of civic , , reHlous religious reHlousand religiousand religiousand ! ; and political opinion opmlon First settlers settlersC'lIDe settlersc'tme settlerscime C'lIDe ClIDe c'tme ctme ' ' fiom flom from the Pacific Coast , , Salt SaltLake baitLake baitLakeviHey alt altLake Lake Lakeley ' \ -viHey viHey s'illey silley - \ley ley , \ ' ] , eistein e'lstem elstem e3stein ' and mid midwestein west westem western em ern United Umted States Slates These weie were \ el e fol followed foilowed 10\\ 10 10ed lowed \ \ ed by b > ) northern Europe- Europe Europens Europeans Europeanschiefly - > ns , , chien chiefly ) Irish Insh and English to be beJomed bejoined bejoined Jomed joined later by a sprinkling sprlnhlfng of ofDaues ofDanes ofDanes Daues Danes , Norvegians Nor Norv . eglans egJans and Swedes Sedes Ssedes S\\ S SsedesPiesent SwedesPiesent \ edes edesPI PI Piesent esent ltu laige large ge metal ploducers producers ploducersare producersare pioducersare are Sih Sils Siher er . King h.mg hmg Ling Coalition Mines MinesCo MinesCo MinesCo Co , Park Utnh Ut'lh Utlh Utah ' Mines Co Pal Paiic PaiicCity PaikCib Ie IeCft Cft City ) Connd Con ' \ iiid \nd nd Ind Paik Path Pal k City Develop Veelop Detelop- Detelop Ve\ Ve Detelopment Development \ elop- elop elopment - - ment Co A ne\\ ne newcomer necomer nescomer \ comer , which hich Is IsJ isjust isjust J just st beginning begmnmg to ship slllp , , is the New NewParI NewPark NewPark ParI\ ParI Park ParI1Imlllg \ . Mining 1\Imlllg 1 Imlllg \ Co Their prmC'lpal prmClpal principal prmC'lpalproducts principalproducts principalproducts ' products are le leid le\d le d ' \ id , , slh silt siher er and zinc . . |