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I ii is . the .e.enth e.enth eenth seventh seventhof . tcvcnthof .e.enthof . of a .er er ser > . er cs c e > . or of ( e a eht ght a 1 t clea ciea de . on the hl'torT hltorT history hl'torTof historyof hlitoryof ' of tho the th mctnl metal m n nc nil ng induitry Indu.try Indutry industry . in Utah ) Bingham The first fust dlsco\ dlsco discovery dlscoery \ ery after Bing ham was by prospectors procpectors ; whoflocked who whoflocked whoflocked flocked to the Was Wasitch 'Itch Itch ' range of ofMountams ofMountains ofMountains Mountams Mountains and d scovered the fa famous famous famous mous Emma mine at Alta Four Fourprospectors Fourprospectors Fourprospectors prospectors sanka sank a shaft through throughthe throughthe throughthe the hard rockon rock on the north nm rim of ofthe ofthe ofthe the now famous Alta ski slu basin and andafter andafter andafter after 10 mon hs strucka struck a rich vem vein vemof veinof veinof of ore This TIns was in 1868 and the theore theore theore ore earned such high values In Insilver insilver insilver silver that it was dragged down downthe downthe downthe the precipiteous preClplteous Little Cottonwood Cottonwoodcanyon Cottonwoodcanyon Cottonwoodcanyon canyon on hides htdes From there It Itwas itwas itwas was shipped to Ogden by 0 ox > " team team"here teamwhere teamwhere "here here where " it was routed to Swan Swansea sea seaWales Wales SwanseaWales around Cape Hor Her nfor smelt smeltmg smelting smelting- smelting smeltingThe mg ing ingThe - herboom The . .Id Id ld . Emma mine had her boom ) ears and her lean ) ie ears rs as asdId asdid asdid dId all mines of the district dlstnct At Atone Atone Atone one time Alta had a population populatJon of of5 5 000 persons and a hundred busl buss buslness bussness business ness buildings Its mines for a ahme atime atime hme time pouredout poured out its metals with a alaVIsh alavish alavish laVIsh hand producing more than than37 $37 37 ? $ 000 000 largely from rich near the surface deposits But the hIgh highgrade highgrade I grade day da ; s are gone and Alta 1 I ke Ice keother Iceother keother other mining d stncts stricts is seekmg seeking seekmgout seekingout seekingout out the lower grade rade ores further furtherbeneath furtherbeneath furtherbeneath beneath the ' earth earths s crustSpurrc.d crustSpurred crust crustSpurred Spurred Spurrc.d Spurrcd . by the discoveries at atAlia atAlta atAlta Alia Alta prospectors swarmed over the themountainS themountains themountains mountainS to Park City on the theeast theeast thecast east and American Amencan Fork Canyon Canyonon on the so ] ith th where ne v mines mmes were weredIscovered werediscovered weradiscovered weradiscoveredWh dIscovered dIscoveredWh Wh le Ie the first f1rst dscoverles dscoveries d scoTenes scoverles scoveries at atPark atPark atPark Park City are the subject of some somed someqagreement somed somesagreement somed d agreement qagreement sagreement the location of the theWalker theWalker theWalker Walker and Webster claims by Ru Rufus Rufus Rufus fus Walker were among the fIrst fIrstThIs firstThis firstThis ThIs was in 1869 and by 1872 nu numerous numerous numerous merous other filings f1lmgs fihngs " , had been beenmade beenmade beenmade beenmadeThe made madeThe The incident that reaelly stirred stirredPark stirredPark stirredPark Park City to life hfe as a mining dls dis dlstrlct district distnct trlct trict did not come until 1872 Thiwas TIus This TIuswas Thiswas * was ' \ when 'l\hen 'l l hen George Hearst then a amlnmg amining amining mlnmg mining scout bought the Ontano Ontario Ontanomine Ontariomine Ontariomine mine for $27 27 $ 000 and qUIckly qUIcklyplaced quicklyplaced quicklyplaced placed productionHearst the mine mme in m production Hearst a Califomian CalIforman Californian was the fa father father father ther of William WIlham Randolph Hearstnoted Hearst , noted iiULeu Publ i.iiui&ner i.iiuiner iiiuiner . sher & ( The iie eighth J IILJL ana anaconcludmg and andconcluding iinu iinuconcluding concluding concludmg article in m this series senes wIll wIllappear willappear willappear appear soon in m these columns ) |