Show Silver Ki King g Aerial Serial Tramway Moves Brings Back Memories Park City residents were great greatly at ly Iy surprised Thursday morning to see the Iho Silver Sliver King Coalition aerial ore tramway In motion Ceased In 52 The Tho tramway which carried ore I front from the Silver King mine to the lower terminal and coal and supplies supplies sup sup- plies of ot all 1111 kinds back to the mine ceased operation In August 1952 when the company began beganI I transportation of their ore re by I rail roll and truck I The buckets which carried carded the theore theore theore ore from the mine were left In place on the wire rope and the 90 buckets which hung th there re In place and Idle for the past 10 years represented a hazard and the company decided to remove them thus lessening the danger of ot their falling on anyone In the hills or In Park City This job was done by the shop crew of the United Park City Mines Minoo Co over Thursday Friday and Saturday and the buckets were stored at the lower terminal In Park City Wonder of Visitor Visitors The smallest tower No 2 called called call ed the Baby Tower and th the e tallest tower about abou 75 feet teet su eup- eup p ported this aerial ore tra tramway and was the wonder of visitors visitor i In n our city during its long tong years year i of ol operation I The towers and end cable will be left Intact at the present time I The tramway y was wan built by th the e Silver Sliver King Mining Co In 1898 The material for the towers and j wire cable able for tor the tramway w were e furnished furnished by A. A Sons I St. St L Louie Missouri this company is fa still in business To those of at us living In the shadow of ot the tramway It represented represented a vivid part of our dail dally dailY y living Grease from the mach finery moving the buckets often tell fell down and where did it land lan you gU guessed Med It slap shW dab on your our best linen tablecloth or fancy percale per cale cats sheets Vivid Way of Living The noise of the mot moving mo Ing buckets buckets buc buc- was part of the music of or industry and was o a welcome sound pound as it meant work ork for tor the miners and those thosa employed at the upper tipper an and lower loner terminals When the tramway ran a night nightshift nightshift nightshift shift due to emergency shipping stripping of ore it kept the residents living near It ft awake but the noise was WM always accepted In good part The towers Ith their steel ladders lad lad- ders were a 11 great ireat t temptation t to our growing buys Boys and sometimes even girls who would climb up and scare a years year's growth out ot of the loving mo mothers hers The Thu story told of one daring young lad d doing g a tight rope stunt by walking the tho cable cubic and jumping into a i bucket Knowing lad well we be be- Clove It U although we did not witness the ac act End Encl of Era lira l I It brings 4 a tinge of remorse to see sea the definite end of the tramway tram tram- way as a. we knew it and the end of Qt an era in Park ark City also To illustrate the fine material used In this wonderful phase of ore transportation m three quarters of at the tramway track rack cable Is isI I tUl In service since being Installed Install Install- ed in to 1899 better than 60 years Once In awhile the wire cable would br break ak and some buckets would fall tall scattering their ore over over the hillside causing a lot lotof lotof lotof of noise and excitement excitement but noone no noone noone one was wait wais' fever eyer injured red Mr George Morse sEr a fine big portly man who maintained the tramway would ride a bucket on a tour of inspection his head and out one way and feet and legs out the That was ithe the fay day the children had bad a circus circus' Batching him So ends enda a very wonderful l job well done donee doney y By the famous old Silver King aerial tramway in Park City Oty |