| Show FROM OLD RECORD FILES w 75 YEARS AGO Saturday Sept 3 From the Territorial News John Creamer made an un unsuccessful unsuccessful unsuccessful un- un successful attempt to kill Jerry Richardson a son of Jerry Richardson the Crescent lessee of Park City at Salt Lake on the evening of the of August in front of the Walker House The shooting is the sequel to a scandal that stirred up Salt Lake five years ago At that time Ella Creamer the daughter of the man who did the shooting came to Salt Lake an innocent girl from a mining camp in Idaho to attend St. St Marys Mary's Academy She soon became acquainted with a crowd of young sports of wh whom 0 m Richardson was a member It was soon discovered that she was about to become a mother and Richardson and another person or two took her herin herin herin in s a hack to a house in the Tenth Ward She caught cold on the journey journey journey jour jour- ney in the hack was confined shortly after and died The affair leaked out an inquest was held and a terrible scandal scandal scandal scan scan- dal was the result The child died and the mother and child were buried together Richardson Richard Richard- son skipped but was caught and brought back and acquitted of the charge Creamer arrived in Salt Lake from Arizona on the and met Richardson and accused him of killing his daughter Some hot words passed between the two when Creamer armed himself and started out to kill Richardson Only one bullet took effect making a bad flesh wound in his right hip Creamer was held in the sum of to await the action of the grand jury On and after Aug August Aught t 1892 the Ontario and Daly mines at Park City Utah will be closed to visitors except on Wednesdays Wednesdays Wednesdays Wednes Wednes- days of each week between the hours of 1 and 5 pm p.m. No visitors will be taken underground at any other time and then only on presentation of cards of admission admission- which can be obtained at the office of the company No meals will be served to visitors at the boarding houses of the company The management has been forced to this action as the entertainment of visitors has become a serious hindrance and expense in operating the mines R. R C. C Chambers Supt Salt Lake City Aug 12 1892 CAMP CROSSCUTS There is isnow isnow isnow now strong talk of the Glencoe mill being moved down to the Provo River where plenty of water will be assured to keep keepit it moving the year around So far developments in the mine has not increased the flow now of water at all and the mill was forced to close down Dave Condon has been experimenting experimenting experimenting this week with one of Prof Kimballs Kimball's mineral locating locating ing batteries and is ready to testify to the fa fact c t that the machine will locate ore without fail He does not say whether he has located a big ore chute in the Creole or not The Dal Das Daly No 2 has completed her big water tank laid all piping and placed all hydrants and is now read to fight fire in a systematic manner should an occasion occur The ThA Daly No 2 is one of the best equipped plants in the world Dr LeCompte received his Cornish rolls this week and expected to start up his plant at once but when it came to placing the rolls some large wood screws were found missing missing missing miss miss- ing hence a further delay was made necessary The plant willbe will willbe willbe be started early next week Jerry Richardson has en enclosed enclosed enclosed en- en closed his concentrating plant in Thayne's Canyon in a neat building and now has everything everything everything every every- thing in ship shape Jerry is on the high road to prosperity and stands a good show to tomake tomake tomake make big money He is supplying supplying supplying supply supply- ing matters so that he will be beable beable beable able to keep his mill mill running all winter WC Hall Co of Salt Lake have become interested in the theIron theIron theIron Iron Horse claim at the head of Bonanza Flat and have commenced commenced commenced com com- de development vel 0 p men t work under the supervision of Thomas Thom Thom- as Wilson The old Iron Horse will be sunk 52 feet deeper which will give it a total of feet and it is thought that such stich a depth will show the property up to great advantage As it is now it is looking fine and has an apparently bright future before it The Silver is rapidly nearing completion and is a fine structure being in keeping with the usual first- first class style of doing such work in this camp The gallows frame is now being framed and will soon be placed in position while the new and elegant hoisting machinery is expected to arrive during the present month The Silver King is certainly making extensive preparations for the future and andis andis andis is going to be a rich producer for years to come Sam Thompson who has a alease alease alease lease and bond on the Alice Mining claim located in Woodside Woodside Woodside Wood- Wood side Canyon and owned by Charles Charles Charles Char Char- les Barnicott and William Perigo Perigo Peri- Peri go is pushing developments on that property with a vim The shaft he is sinking is now down about feet and two shifts are being worked As soon as the new common sense whim arrives and it is expected daily another shift will be put to work Mr Thompson is backed by a Chicago capitalist and the in intention intention intention in- in is to prove the value of their lease The shaft is being well timbered and every everything everything everything thing in connection therewith is first-class first in every particular Some fine looking vein matter has already been encountered and the leasers feel certain that dept is all that is necessary to find a good mine REX REXA A SERIOUS ACCIDENT 1892 A jolly and merry party left Park City Thursday for the Hot Pots but before the goal was reached mirth and laughter gave place to grief and and nd tears The party consisted of Mrs A. A B. B Emery and daughter Mrs M. M B. B and grandson who occupied a carriage and the Misses Nellie Bransford Ella Berlin Mr W. W G. G Lamb and Mr Roy White on horseback Just before reaching the resort re resort resort re- re sort Miss Nellies Nellie's horse shied very suddenly at a piece of paper and threw her to the ground with great violence She struck on her head and was rendered unconscious the right side of her face being fearfully fearfully fearfully fear fear- fully bruised her right shoulder injured and her right wrist sprained She was picked up by Mr Lamb and laid out on the grass grassby grassby grassby by the roadside water procured procured procured pro pro- cured and everything done to relieve her pain but she re remained remained remained re- re in a stupor from the time the accident occurred occurred- 1030 am a.m. a.m.- a.m. until nearly 5 o 0 o'clock o'clock clock pm notwithstanding that Dr Lindsay worked with her almost constantly She recovered at that hour and the danger of concussion of the brain tided over She passed a fairly good night and yesterday yesterday yesterday yester yester- day was brought to her home in the Park and is now confined to her home though rapidly re recovering recovering recovering re- re covering from her injuries The young lady has a badly bruised face and it will be some days before the marks of her accident are effaced Her many friends sympathize with her in her injuries and at the same time are pleased it was no worse PARK FLOAT Sept 3 1892 Mary a you young n g daughter of Mr and Mrs James Kearns fell off the retaining wall in front of her home yesterday and cut a frightful gash from her forehead down across her nose to the left cheek bone It was an ugly wound and required six stitches to draw the edges of the cut together The doctor thinks it will leave only a slight scar A fire occurred at the Anchor tunnel last night between 11 and 12 o'clock that destroyed the shedding over the ore bins and andover andover andover over the track leading thereto A horse belonging to James Farrell Co that was tied up in a stall adjoining the bins was pretty badly burned about the head and back before he could be removed The brute had to be tumbled into the ore bins and then forced to jump to the ground below that being the only exit open for The damage was only nominal and will be entirely repaired in a few days From September 10 1892 Important Lease Dr Le LeCompte LeCompte LeCompte Le- Le Compte Leases his Deer Valley Mining Claims to Ten Ontario Miners The Driving Rod Rod to the Big Cornish Pump Broke Sunday Night Last The Mayflower Hoisting Engine Engine Engine En En- gine B Breaks rea k s Down Down- Ore and An important mining deal was closed up this week whereby Dr LeCompte leased his Deer Valley group of mining claims eight in number lying just east of the Ontario mill for of 18 months and gave a bond bondon on the same in the sum of The deal was made through John Potter and F. F P. P Pierce for a company of ten men all Ontario miners and they propose propose propose pro pro- pose to push developments on the ground for all it is worth Each man has put up cash and work will be commenced commenced commenced com com- within the next twenty days and continued from that time forward on an average of days in the year The gentlemen who have the lease feel reasonable sure that they will strike a body of good ore long before their lease and bond expires and being so well acquainted with the workings of the Ontario they should have some definite knowledge upon which to base their Work it is understood willbe will willbe willbe be done by means of a shaft and it will be sent down to the depths where good ore should be found if it exists in the ground Camp C Crosscuts r 0 s s cut s Ezra Thompson has two teams and a force of men at work repairing the Daly Road Hoad The deep ruts are being filled in and other improvements made Th May Flower en engine gine broke down Sunday last and caused the engineers and carmen carmen carmen car car- men to lose a couple of shifts The went to and from their w work 0 r k through the old Woodside tunnel and the regular tonnage of ore was broken down The break was repaired in short order and ore is now being hoisted at the mine as rapidly as ever PARK FLOAT 1892 9 Len Kimball had quite an exciting exciting exciting ex ex- ex- ex citing experience Thursday last which resulted in one of his horses getting a couple of ribs broken besides being badly cut and skinned u up use He was coming down one of the steep grades on the road from the Crescent upper works to the Richardson concentrator and run on to a large boulder that had either rolled into the road or had been placed there by I licious person One of his brake-blocks brake flew out Kimbal Kimbal Kim Kim- bal was thrown from his seat and the team got the start of him For a time t things hi n gs looked but one of the wheelers fell down and the harness being strong the accident saved the whole outfit from possible destruction destruction destruction des des- by acting as a drag- drag anchor and stopping topping the load at the foot of the grade The horse is pretty badly injured Willie son of Mr and Mrs Henry Newell left this week for Philadelphia where he will attend the Shelton College ten miles from the city The lad makes the long journey along the reason being Mr Newell says that he is on grand jury and could not leave and he was afraid to have the boys boy's mother take him as she would be sure to bring him back One year ago she took him there but could not steel her heart to lea leave ve him and so brought him home again This time to make sure he sent the boy off alone and feels satisfied that he will go through without trouble Waddie Street son of Judge J. J L. L Street of this city and who is well known to all old has recently completed completed completed com com- a work of art in the form of a drop-curtain drop for Hooly's theater Chicago of which institution Waddie is the scenic artist The design is entitled the Flight of the Fairies and if the Chicago papers are to tobe tobe tobe be believed the young man i te is fast inscribing his name on the scroll of fame The Record extends extends extends ex ex- ex- ex tends congratulations and hopes to hear even more flattering reports of his genius |
