Show The History o of Mining at a Park El H ft City uty I II I 1 J M r i k s ravY t t R u M MEarly Early Day miners are seen In this old picture prospecting for ore at Park City Note Noto the contrast In mining gear compared with modern miners with hard hats Editors Editor's Note Tl This s 1 b Ls the lb fifth firth of a aeries of eight articles regarding the J his his- tory of Park City CUT pioneer Utah district t. t Just when ore w was s first discovered disco Bred ered at Park City Is not definitely known However Howe the discovery of the Walker and Webster claim In 1869 by Rufus Walker and the subsequent sub sequent find of ore in the summer of the same year by Ephraim Hanks are the earliest n notices on record I according to files mes of ot the Park record I Records of or the recorders of Wasatch Summit counties show that the first location was tho the Easterly Easterly Easterly East- East erly Extension of the Young American Ameri Amen can Lode made on December 23 23 1868 and the Young American Lode Yellow Jacket Lode and the Green Monster Lode were located the following month Early records state that the first shipment of ore from the region was 40 tons for tor the month of ot July 1870 but no mention is made of the mine Later records place the first shipment to the credit of the Flagstaff mine In 1871 R. R W. W Raymond Raymond Raymond Ray Ray- mond In hi his Statistics of Mines and Mining notes that for tor the same sanie year that the Pinon in 1871 had a large body of galena and carbonate ores In the same me ye year r the Flagstaff Walker Valker Webster Wild Bill Dill Rocky Bar and other prospects were located All were said to have been lead mines discoveries an event occurred which made Park City one of the most noted mining camps In the country It was the discovery of the Ontario mine and the influx of outside capital capital capi tal supplies and md men the combing of which meant industry It was tho the beginning of an Industry in Park City that was to endure for generations The sixth article In Inthis inthis inthis this series will appear In these columns columns columns col col- col- col soon |