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Show l W1 C" SUMMIT 1, H W P(aK n 1 stokers Jjm mAzJm . 1 Jyii THE TOWN OF PARK CITY emerged over 100 years ooo cfurtnq one t ' VS I V of the wildest mining booms Vn the history of America. High oracle mineral SlWTPj 7V . i-r-iii f-A K deposits were discovered in 1869 by three soldiers of Colonel Conner's fTrfvtt . y UTAH J-ir1$kl Salt Late command. Ill jn'flff" k y T . I'r'W Trfe became a -mecca and a Tneltinq pot for immiorants froTTi A Lin jffY7fc' P (JAL VRl an comers of 'the earth. An instant' frontier Toom town resulted uhtch l FSuiKJh W ' y , ' iv ii'l'S boasted of Ave torevertes, 27 saloons, e number of bawdy houses, a China 111 JiUJW Lj 1 J X AN U V i v3W'fl Town, and numerous churches, hotels and restaurants tn all S,icQM& t 1 x i iiiJinnn tl about 10,000 people, ... j . , if X V x LUnHLH t cu7 1 OveT 100 mines producing suver,lead,zmc, qold and ajpper, amount- lJfttfr",C I S YvvS'V Inq to over i5mVtlon tons of ere, cattrg at east 2fcniUHonalres anil llftc-si wrviP iM UVkt (i 8,1 estimated one billion dollars worth of minerals. Present-day qeotoqists lUf ALWC . . rtXIljm T IP claim the old miners left that much behind! LUtle wonder that some :of - ! This K FOftft i nl!iilH the mines are situ active. Sri. ; f y ""J " ffl'Jj !' IV Much of the original "Barb City remains todau Narrow ulndtnq strwl3, I ZbA-Ltf- M I L Xi gabled houses, and old mines dominate the scene, one can feel a liine of ill n!i l'A.'-V uht tlng uas an ahout at the turn of the century The toun with .ts lilTy lm fornovs Mam street and business district stilt retains a is) flavor mtnq- y WlfcJ VCl ulVh Tle c050?0371 veneer of a four-season resort. XlM ild check our convention facilities TilC-: |