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Show FIRE DESTROYS I PARK GIIY NULL Blaze of Unknown Origin I Causes Silver Coalition Loss of Quarter Million ! PARK CITY. Jan. 28 The mill of .t!e Sliver KW Coalition Mining com , pany was destroyed last night by a fire which originated in the hoiler room or the mill The damage wal estimated at 1260,000, The fire started about 8:30 last nljrhf. Eight men were working on the night shift but Ihe flnmeAprea I so rapidly that they were bcWd con-'Irol con-'Irol before ihe mines fir.' fighting ercw could arrive on the scene. ORIGIN UNKNOWN. I The fact that a strong east wind bleW- the names away from Ihe burn-1 ling; building and away from nearby' ! structure. ts believed to have pre ) vented a disaster of greater magnitude. magni-tude. The cause of the fire is unknown. The mill has a daily capacity for treating 800 tons of ore. The rounda-l lion of the mill for ibis historic mine I was started in 1S9S and completed In I 1 1 899. when it began operation. It had I been in almost constant use since that llime and bad handled millions " tons uj ore. In addition to the concentration and! notation plants in the mill, the 1 G , iincnt included complete machine 'shops and a complete carpenter si Jl covered an area of 160 by 500 feetl and was four floors in height When the fire was noticed b men in the mil! the alarm was at once! sounded for the mine fire department, which, responded immediately. But tho woden frame of Ihe building, and! I possibly oil used in the flotation pro-1 I cess, flamed with Htich violence thai It j was some time before effective work 1 could be done, save in the protection' I of adjoinine property FLAMES CONFINED TO MILL The department from Park 'it-, was likewise summoned and made tho 1 run from the town proper, arriving,! however, after the crisis had passed.' 1 More then 100 men fought the fire and through effective work were abb' lo keep the Names from reaching 1 lie j sampler, about 450 feet west of the mill proper While ihe destruction of the mill will not necessitate a shut down of. the mine, it will probably he 1 svo 1 days before work can be resumed The loss of the mill will seriously interfere With Uie treatment 01 low-grado ore. |