Show the history of mining it at P paris ar A city div tj early photo of the ontario where the discovery of ore br brought light an influx of to utah for the development of the states resources ealta editors rs note this elih li Is the sixth of a series of clithia articles reir ardIng tin the his hl tory tary ot of path park city pioneer utah mining district discovery ct the ontario mino mine in 1472 gave tile the park paric city bisti district let the impetus that was needed toi for the further development of resources capital ot of course was much needed in the early days and thoOn the ontario tarlo brought that according to early legend the the interests ot of newspaper tame fame who were ware then successfully operating on the comstock lode at virginia city nevada heard of the possibilities that utah offered and sent a scout into this region he was attracted by reports south couth ot of park city hut but after examination thought the water problem there more than offset the ore ere possibilities bili ties Ho however weyer on returning to parleys park he took a shortcut oyer over tho the mountain at the summit of ontario ridge he saw tour four men working near a juniper tree and there was exposed an outcrop ot of ore H he e took samples which were later assayed in salt lake city and carried 75 ounces silver to the ton The scout secured an option on tha LUW ontario no 37 claim for for or a period of 30 days the hearst hearal interests immediately took up the option toi for rector steen who had returned to park city in 1872 in later years wrote to john at 33 boutwell outwell ceolo gist describing the discovery az as follows I 1 calin pod in a brush shanty tor for six months at the branch just below the ontario waiting tor for the snow to melt oft off I 1 went then to what Is called calle the badger mine and about the fath of june 1872 we discovered the ontario mine there stood right near the mine a pine tree and nearby was a fine spring when we discovered this mine we found a little knob sticking out of 0 the ground about 2 inches we sold the mine to hearst and otan ley on the day of august 1872 tor or my partners ferejohn were john kain kaan and gus Al mcdowell cDowell the seventh article la in this series will appear soon in these columns |