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Show In 3C ..It would seem that, at most ski and snowboard resorts around the country, attention is most often paid to what is new rather than what is old. However, at Park City Mountain Resort, while they're constantly working to provide the best resort experience possible, they also believe this doesn't always mean promoting upgrades and improvements. In conjunction with a group called the Historic Mine Sites Committee, 17 historic interpretive signs were installed last spring at various locations around the resort where buildings from Park City's silver-mining era were once located or are currently standing. The signs include explanations of the significance signif-icance of each site or building, as w ell as a photo of the same spot in the late 1800s or early 1900s Park City's silver sil-ver mining heyday. "We believe that these signs not only bring attention to a very important part of Park City's heritage, but enhance the overall resort experience as well, said Laura Murphy, resort marketing director direc-tor and a member of the Historic Mine Sites Committee. The Historic Mine Sites Committee was formed two years ago, soon after the Keith Kearns Mill was removed from below the Pioneer chairlift by United Park City Mines, the company from whom Powdr Corporation leases land on which Park City Mountain Resort operates. The mill had been deemed unsafe, but its demolition raised a very important issue about the preservation of Park City's silver mining min-ing history. "The removal of the Keith Kearns Mill made us realize that guidelines needed to be established if we w ere to preserv e the remainder of Park City's historic structures," said Sally Elliott, chairperson of the Historic Mine Sites Committee and past president and current board member of the Summit County Historical Society. As a result,1 Elliott and other local historic preservation advocates, including Park City historian Hal Compton, Summit County Historical Society board member Marianne Cone, and Sandra Morrison, direc tor of the Park City Museum and Summit County historian, brought together a group of community leaders to develop a map for historic mine site preservation and restoration. The group met regularly for more than two years and, according to Elliott, was able to successfully combine the interests inter-ests of local development and historic preservation. "Through the efforts of the Historic Mine Sites Committee, United Park City Mines has agreed to never, ever demolish a historic mining structure located on their property without a full public process," said Elliott. The Historic Mine Sites Committee also agreed to apply for a Restaurant Sales Tax grant to fund the creation of interpretive signs to be irstalled at 49 locations in and around Park City. The group was awarded the grant and various vari-ous members of the committee wrote . . " "" ''- -"? 7 " - H '--"""-jf' : ' I I - f ' ' J! ' j , rS .1 " i i 4 f I f S- ' w ... -- " i I : , 1 ' -r jj! Sally Elliott, Hal Compton, Sandra Morrison and Marlanno Con chock out tho California Comstocfc Mino (locatod at tho baso of tho Koystono Run), ono of tho 17 historic structures and or sltos at Park City Mountain Resort for which thoy'vo kolpod croato Intorprotivo signs. text and designed the layout for the signs, 17 of which were produced and installed early last spring at Park City Mountain Resort The text, photos and layout for the remaining 32 signs arc finished and the rest of the signs will be produced when more funds become available. "It made me so excited to see the completed signs posted at Park City Mountain Resort," Elliott said "It is the greatest feeling to know that the history of this area w ill not be forgotten." Historic areas and buildings s well the Historic Mine Sites Committee's interpretive signs located within the resort's 3,300 acres of terrain are indicated w ith pickaxes on the resort's trail map. Information about Park City's silver mining history can also be found on Park City Mountain Resort's Web site, located at wwwparkcitymountain.com. 0wor!dci(p tea ltibn |
