Show Early Day Park City Mining Activities W. W By Kelly Continued Locations continued thick and fast fas fasin in August of or 1872 On August 12 72 a miners meeting of claim holders wa was held at W. W H H. Kimballs Kimball's hotel ho l In Par Par- Parleys Parley's Parleys Parley's Parleys Parley's leys ley's Park Joseph H. H Black was elected recorder later Alma J. J Johnson was ap ap- appointed apI ap- appointed appointed I pointed deputy recorder At this meeting I the local mining laws were changed to conform with United States mining laws lawsin in regard to size of claims Instead of the feet wide and feet in length the new law cut the length of or claims in half haIr now being by 1500 feet First claims located were by feet but each kin of or locator was al allowed al- al allowed allowed lowed a claim taking in family or re relatives re- re relatives es of or locator In 70 70 the boundaries were again changed to by 1400 feet and in 71 to by feet August was also the month J. J M. M Wallace and H H. Buden and others paid on a option on the Ontario claims later bought outright for the price by George Hearst of San Fran Fran- cisco Locations before and after the Ontario sale were a headache to the recorders May Flower August 1 I 72 Situated d about feet from the bed of the creek on the Ontario mountain facing to the southwest and about 60 feet below a stump which is about 12 feet high which has been broken off ort and north north- northeast northeast northeast east of the Ontario mine about feet Located by William Larson Samuel Hamill IIa Henry Scofield E E. E E E. E Elliott P P. E E. North West Ext Ontario August 1 I 72 Discovery and monument on a stump which Is 15 inches in diameter at the discovery hole this claim is situ situ- situated situated situated west of Ontario hill hili about 75 or feet west vest from the bed of or the creek about feet reet north of or the Stein spring and above near an old drag road Located by Samuel Hamill E. E E. E Elliott William Parsons Henry Scofield P P. E. E E Beark Beark- mans Ore Mill and Tunnel site August 3 3 72 Situated at the outlet of White Pine lake at the head of or Robins canon Located ed by Silas Reed Henry M M. Rogers John B B. B Thomas Henry G. G Hay Cummings lode August 3 3 72 Situated about or 1000 feet northwest from tho the lake Located by John Company OBrien O'Brien lode August 8 IS 5 72 Situated about one mile above steam saw mill miU about feet above the forks of the creek on the left fork and on right hand side of ot the creek going up opposite to a large rock which Is close to the creek Located by Leroy Hobbs John OBrien O'Brien James Mahoney Tho The OBrien O'Brien claim Is the original location loca loca- location location tion of the old Empire Mining company later the Massachusetts now Silver SUver King Coalition property The north end of the OBrien O'Brien claim Is the location of the mouth of the Alliance tunnel Cavo Cave lode August 5 72 Situated in Laughlin's cannon close to the creek and about feet down the creek below belowa a large rock which Is on the opposite side of or the creek and about one mile above steam saw mill and near to the road that goes to the Walker mine Laughlin canon is now Empire canyon saw mill mUl was located a little above where the service station stations Is s located at the head bead of Main street The Cave claim was near what is now the mouth of ot the Alliance tunnel Located by Leroy Hobbs John OBrien O'Brien James Mahoney I Jessie lode August 5 72 Situated on east era of Scott hill bill and about feet above the Minnie tunnel site Located Loca d by C. C S. S B B. B Farnham Minnie Tunnel August 11 72 Situa Situa- Situation tion tion feet teet on the east era of or Scott hill about feet above the Jessie loca loca- tion O. O S. S S B B. B Farnham Both of or these locations were on the hill hUl a n little above and southeast of Sha Sha- Shadow Shadow Shadow dow lake In canyon Eureka lode August 6 6 72 Situated about 1500 feet northwest of the Black claim in U. U M. M D D. Located by August O. O W W. Owens S S. S C. C Karrick I rated Keno Mining Co Co- August 8 72 Situ- Situ Situated about one halt the mile mUe southeast from a Red White and Blue lode halt half and one one- I mile mUe east of the Wild Bill mine I I Located by W W. H. H Langford Prank Frank Cain I Wild Rover August 8 8 72 Situated on Ontario hill about ut feet north ot of the Ontario mine Located by i I Abrahams J. J L. L Pierce 1 Parleys Parley's Park lode ode August 9 72 Situated on Ontario hill bill about feet teet more more f or r le less northeast of or the Ontario mine running parallel with the Ontario ledge I Located by Robert Paxton C C. C C. C Perkins James Harrington The old Parleys Parley's Park shaft that was sunk on j 1 I this location on Lake Flat In the early eighties Is still marked by the waste waste- dump The shaft was later connected d with the level of ot the Ontario I Gopher lode August 9 9 72 Situated about feet north from the Ontario I discovery stake and about 30 feet about west I of ot the creek near a fir tree 18 15 Inches through and blazed on the east side Located by O. O 0 W. W Owens L. L C. C Karrick Pinmon lode ode August 9 9 72 Situated about t feet easterly from the R. R B B. W W. lode monument at the foot of ot the hill hUl I east from the tho creek gulch and about 1500 feet south from Summit lake Located by O. O W. W Owens L. L C. C Karrick Calusa lode August 9 72 Situated about quarter one-quarter oil a mile north north- northwesterly northwesterly Northwesterly westerly from the lake on Ontario hill bill and about 35 or 40 feet north of a stump stump- which is about 20 feet high and two feet in diameter which has been burnt Located by Dan John Alex Alex- Alexander Alexander ander j. j J L. L Pierce American Flag lode August 9 9 72 Situated at the head of ot Deer Valley about 75 or feet south of a clift of quartzIte rock on the left lert hand side of the trail tran going to the McHenry camp Continued c ed on Page Five Early Day Park City Mining Activities Continued from Page Four from Deer Valley Located Loca ted by William William WUll 1 Barratt Dave Marchant Louisa lode August 12 12 72 2 Situated about feet on the west side of ot the road rood leading to the he head d of Silver Creek and about feet northeasterly of the Walker mine Located by August cA Leh Loh- Lohman Lehman Lehman man Fred Prec Dalberg lb rg Humbolt lode August 12 72 Situated about feet on the cast east aide side of ot Silver creek and about 4 4 to feet teet northeasterly north north- northeasterly northeasterly easterly of the the- Walker W mine Located by Lehman and Dalberg Hayden lode August 1472 14 72 Situated on the first ridge north of Deer Valley about three quartets of ot a 0 mile mHo north of spring In Deer Valley Located by byI I Harry R B. Wells Henry Corrigan James Wood William Corrigan Rob Roy lode August 14 72 Situated about one-half one mile east of Pine canon on first ridge and southeast of Braz- Braz zees zoos stone saw mill about one-half one mile Located by Thodore S. S Lee William J. J Kisby W. W B. B Sullivan W W. G. G Dodge Robert E. E Lee lode August 14 14 72 Situated one-half one mile north of the Hoyden lode Located by Lee Kisby Sul Sul- livan Evening Star lode August 14 14 72 Situated In the first canon east of Buz- Buz Buzzee's zees zee's steam saw mill a little over one one- mile southeasterly of the quarter of a road that lead from Snyders Snyder's ore house one one-I to ta McHenry's mine on the left hand side of the tho canon going up and about feet from the head of the creek and directly above a n dead forked Red d pine pinetree pinetree tree which Is burnt black up nearly to the fork feet said tree being about 18 Inches In diameter Located by Joseph Steller st John Lewis Smith J J. J D. D D Thompson and Company August 16 16 72 Claim ledge vein on the left lefthand lefthand hand band side of the trail running from Deer Valley to the road between Kimballs Kimball's and McHenry mine and Is Ls on a B cliff of ot rocks about a 0 quarter mile mite east of said road Clara May lode August 17 17 72 Situated Situ Situ- Situated yards of the forks of Laughlin canon and above II W. W Briz- Briz uw's mill Located by N. N T. T Moore H H. H Barnum A. A Ramadan Ramsdall Ontario Tunnel August AUgus 17 72 Situ Situ- Situated Situated Situated about feet from the Ontario mine northwest and 75 feet from the I creek creek c ek Located by nector Stein Herman Buden J. J J IL Kane rome Ontario Option August 20 72 Con Con- Contract Contract tract JW J J. J W V. Wallace with H. H Buden and I Received from J. J M. M Wallace Wallac the sum being part payment on the t sum turn of or which J J. M. M Wallace agrees to pay us on be certain deed as title j papers conveying conveying all our rights title I In Ie arid and Ontario lode Buden JH J. J 1 H Kane tane Augustus A Dowell Dowel Rector Stein sl ln l I porno Tunnel August 22 22 72 Lees Loca- Loca-I Loca I n Commencing at this post marked markedA A A said eald poet being th th the of-the On On- tor about ib ut feet et more more or te lM I to cut the tb Ontario lode e lUll hill all other blind leads on Ontario O n George Hearst R. R C. C Chambers M M. Kirk Kirk- Kirkpatrick I patrick This was the tho location that clinched the sale of the Ontario proper- proper properties properties ties tics to George Hearst Ontario Transfer August 23 72 Be Be- Between Between Between tween Herman Buden James H H. Kane Rector Stein Augustus Dowell of Sum Sum- Summit Summit mit County Utah Territory and George Hearst of San Ban Francisco California for transfer of the Ontario lode mining claim situated on Ontario hill about quarter one-quarter of ot a mile from the lake opposite Steins Stein's spring also Ontario water right and spring known as Stein I spring and mill site of five acres of I b bland land also the tho Ontario tunnel feet feet I from the Ontario mine That was the beginning of ot the opening up of the great Ontario workings Early Day Locations Continued |