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Show ' , '' --' I n. i y r Jy.- SUMMIT isL- , , lJVk j fjL 'X 'V HOUSE .;.. ,rs ' . VA 7 "x-n ride SmiW -p)i nJ STOKERS BROWN ""i-SSlSol C LODE fef H0USE IMNSp Ij Jr Sl 1 THE TOWN OF PARK CITY emerged over ioo years ago during one 2sLitj ft 'X i fk v of the wildest mining booms In the history of America. High grade mineral ffizFl 7- ., ,. I-JvVvKX deposits were discovered In 1869 by three soldiers of Colonel Conner's AfflrTV t X UTAH jrffA Salt Lalie command. - I tfM . X 'M"7!-'iVl Parfc city became a mecca and a melting pot for immigrants from A Mmxt&- P HAL sa'a !1 aU comers of -the earth. An "instant frontier i)oom toun resulted which II TjIftfCfk I jJT 1-L T i V. Tl boasted of five breweries, zr saloons, a number of bawdy houses, a China I dS'Vi'lS Q' AND V (R 1 Town, and numerous churches, hotels and restaurants In an i nHLJi V s LUMfiER t(Klwl abovt "ofTs producing silver, lead,zinc, qold and copper, amount- IjSy AV h ,LU " V$3w4-" m9 to over i5mUUon tons of ore, creaUnq at least life millionaires and IwJfcM&a v x urjiriM LfcWl an estimated one binlon dollars uorth of minerals. Present-day geotogists far'VT? X HtXIUAiM T claim the old miners left that much behind! Little wonder that some of VT N-IINi y" ThU II FOftfl Llfllifl mines are still active. . Yf"4'fl x 1 yuu JM , Much of the ortqinal "Parb City remains todau. Narrou ulndtnq streets, I riY S WmwA qabled houses, and old-1 mines dominate the scene. One can feel a litfle of C.5lr-fl E 1 fflli, l'A ihatUvtno uas all about at the turn of the century. The town with Its 13 Pk IilIU I miPM ! famous Mafn street and business district stilt retains ai8fc9 flavor mlng- VSisJS VlI ft Ham "J 'fe1 UUX C C0SrnOPli'ta'n VCIieeT 8 burseason resort" p nild check our convention facilities lrri |