Show ir me history king a t RA cifer LJ 1 I 1 1 TM 41 IM FM 4 4 pa q i M k 4 e g 94 aj I 1 5 10 m A mit kc 2 4 aw 1 i VA me t jearly early day aln rs are seen ln in this old picture prospecting for ore at park city note the cont contrast rast in sear gear compared with mcclern miners with hard h hats a t editors Edi torn note 1 toe tills is the fifth of a acrie of of itt aril articled cies rO gArdi ti the history of park city pi neer utah maming digit rid just when ore was first discovered at park city is not dafin definitely ettely known however tho the discovery descove r y of the walker and webster claim in 1869 by rutus walker and tho the subsequent find of ore in the bummer ot of the tha same year by ephram lunig aie ra tile tha earliest notices on record according to flies files ot of the park record Ife records cords of the recorders dern of wasatch summit counties chow that the first location was the easterly extension tons on of the tha young american loder lode made on december 23 1868 and the young american lode lo de yellow jacket lode and the green monster lode were located the tha jol following lowing month carly state that the first s shipment hip ment of pro oro from tho the region was vm 40 tons for or we alia month ot of july 1870 but no mention s Is made of the mine later records place the first shipment to the credit ot of tile mine in 1871 R W nay ilay mond in his S bristles os ot mines ines and alenin notes that for or the same yo r that tile the chion in 1871 hada had a ig laigo 0 o body of 0 maluia and carbonato ores in thestine the sama saine year year tho flagstaff walker webster lyald ald nill rocky bar and othene were ivere located all were ald 0 d to haye have haen been lead mines an even event occurred which i made park city one on of the tha noted mining camps campa in tho the country it was tho the discovery of the ontario mine aud I 1 the tha influx of outside caff tal supplies and aid mn men the tha combing of which meant industry it was the beginning of an industry in park city that thai was to endure for generations mie alia sixth article in a this seris willi will appear in these columns um nalson eoon n |