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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, August 17-19, 2016 The Park Record W GREEN TIPS AY WE WERE Curbside dos and don’ts A tale of two Deer Valleys By MOLLY BROOKS Recycle Utah Recycling with the Summit County curbside service is a great way to reduce your environmental impact, but it’s important to place only items accepted by Republic Services into your bin. Non-acceptable items can cause contamination and interfere with the singlestream recycling process. This can jam up machines, cause damage to recycling equipment, or cause an entire load to be rejected, sending it instead to a landfill. The items you can place in your bin are: PARK CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM, HIMES-BUCK DIGITAL COLLECTION Looking back at Lake Flat’s better days, circa 1890. By the end of the decade, all that remained were abandoned buildings and mines. By DAVID NICHOLAS Researcher The history of “upper Deer Valley” begins with Silver Lake and the area originally called “Lake Flat.” When prospectors first arrived around 1870 there was a large, shallow, “simmering” lake. The surrounding mountains were covered with almost impenetrable pine, spruce and aspen forests. These were soon clear-cut to provide fuel and construction material for the growing hamlet and surrounding mines. The earliest mines of Park City were in the Lake Flat area and included Flagstaff, Lady of the Lake, Nail Driver, the New York, McHenry and others. Eventually Lake Flat evolved into a small town with approximately 700 residents. It was a harsh existence; winters were brutal. Of greater difficulty was the primitive infrastructure. The main road -- McHenry Road -was no more than a steep and treacherous wagon path. Faint remnants of “Old” McHenry Road are visible at the cul-de-sac on Antenna Hill at the end of Rossi Hill Drive just above where the Ontario and Judge loading stations stood. In its day McHenry Road forked in a neighborhood now called Eagle Court: the right fork headed to lower Deer Valley, the left into Park City. Exploring the trails today will lead you to some of the best panoramic views of Old Town. Look for the Judge aerial tramway towers visible to the left when facing southeast. Another challenge facing miners and financiers of Lake Flat was that most of the early mines produced little ore and therefore little money. Though both the Nail Driver and New York generated significant amounts of waste rock, the area was considered minor in the larger Park City District. Discovery of more significant ore deposits below Lake Flat and ensuing development of the Ontario, Judge and Daly West mines signaled the beginning of the end for the scrappy community. By the late 1890s all that remained was a collection of abandoned buildings and mines. The lake, too, was gone, drained by the Ontario #2 drain tunnel completed in 1894. Free from human interference, the forest began to regenerate. By the early 1960s, the mountains were again densely covered. The area was isolated and almost forgotten, occasionally visited only by local Boy Scouts and adventurous teens traversing Old McHenry Road A-13 to hunt squirrels and build huts with wood scavenged from the numerous ruins. The only resident was a lone sheep herder in the summer months. Access to the top of Bald Mountain was near impossible due to the forest and with no road. This changed in 1971 when Mountain Bell made a crude road and installed microwave reflectors to improve phone service. The area remained in slumber until the development of Deer Valley Resort. Today the topography of the original Lake Flat area is nearly unrecognizable, obliterated by the development of Silver Lake Village and supporting infrastructure. Only the lawn in front of the Royal Street Cafe provides a clue that there was once a lake in upper Deer Valley. Future articles will explore the history of “lower” Deer Valley. Plastic: plastics #1-#7, caps and lids can be left on bottles (all containers should be emptied and cleaned) Cans: aluminum beverage cans, tin cans (labels can be left on the cans) Paper: newspaper, junk mail, corrugated cardboard, paperboard, phone books, office and notebook paper (all boxes should be broken down and flattened) The following items cannot be placed in your curbside recycling bin, although many unacceptable items can be dropped off at Recycle Utah instead: Food Contaminated Items: pizza boxes, paper towels, paper napkins, food and beverage related Styrofoam Styrofoam: solid Styrofoam, packing peanuts (accepted at Recycle Utah) Glass: brown, green/clear, blue (accepted at Recycle Utah) Green Waste: tree/shrub trimmings, grass clippings, yard waste, organic food waste (can be composted in a home composting system) Miscellaneous: thermometers, small appliances, wax coated cardboard, scrap metal, batteries, plastic bags (accepted at Recycle Utah) Recycle Utah, your community non-profit drop-off recycling center, provides these weekly tips. Visit their website for more information – www.recycleutah.org. Lions OK after acid leak in Hogle Zoo exhibit Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY – Fire officials say no lions or humans are injured after hydrochloric acid leaked in a building in a Hogle Zoo exhibit. Salt Lake City Fire Department spokesman Jasen Asay says crews were called at about 10:45 a.m. on Sunday. He says an employee entered the basement of a building in the lion enclosure and noticed a 5-gal- lon drum of hydrochloric acid used to treat ponds was leaking. The employee flushed the area and was later evaluated by medical personnel, but wasn’t transported to the hospital. Fire crews were determining how to neutralize a cloud of acid vapor that’s contained in the basement. They closed a small portion of the zoo and moved some gorillas that were downwind of the building. Asay says the lions were outside and weren’t affected. AUGUST 26-28 AND SEPTEMBER 2-5 FREE DINNER Immediately following our free seminar Presented by wellness leading experts: Regan Archibald, LAc and John Lawrence, M.D. Overcoming Adrenal Fatigue, Autoimmunity, Brain Fog and Thyroid Issues. August 23rd at 6:30pm and September 6th at 6:30pm Red Rock Brewing Company 1640 Redstone Center Dr., Park City 84098 You will learn how hormone imbalances can affect your sleep cycles, carbohydrate cravings, and fat burning — Why “Counting Calories” does not work with belly fat — Learn the biggest mistake that people make with exercise that prevents weightloss — come learn what REALLY WORKS for reversing autoimmunity, restoring energy and correcting thyroid imbalances. All by doing it safely and healthfully! RSVP by calling (435) 640–1353 www.acueastwest.com Ticket booth sponsor For tickets and info visit www.PCShowcaseOfHomes.com VIP night sponsor |