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Show as we went..Now in comparison compari-son it would be an hour and half drive. Dad died, 17 March- 1922 (he was presiding judge). At sixteen years of age I went to work at the Silver King Mine, to help mother. Later 1 worked at several of the other mindes in Park City, as a hand mucker $2.25 a day. I was a mule or horse skinner, and can hoist at the Kevstone mine for Andy Hurly. " "Bea", ask me what I did after leaving Park City. I'll touch lightly on this subject. I went to work at the Mr. Con. & Blk. Hawk mines in Butte, Montana, then to Bingham, worked with Gilbert Carter, at the Apex (Bea's father). Met and married Thelma Nelson. We had two sons,. Kay and Gene. Later (div). Boulder Dam, there we built bridges, and drove tunnels for eight companies. Battle Mr. Nev. dug water wells, in the area of the white river, in southern Nev., leased several gold and copper mines, none of them paid off. Elton Tunnel, Tooele, Duchesne. Tunnel above Kamas, it caught afire and burned up. Served one year in U.S. Armv, Moffit tunnel Pine Cliff, Colo.. Married Edith L. Brown. Tenn. Pass ' Tunnel Leadvile, Colo. Aspen Tunnel, Evenston, Wvo. Luckv Peak - ... Dam, Boise, Idaho, 5840 Tunnel. Bingham., we set a new world record on this job tor oiggin Tooiage. we laier-beat laier-beat our own record. Many many tunnels in both southern and northern Calif. Honolulu Hawaii, El Salvador. . Chile, S.A. Kerinys Knob Australia Quito, Equador S.A. On "our overseas jobs we met a, lot of nice people and learned their ways of living. We appreciated appreciat-ed their kindness and friendship. friend-ship. Really made,us love and fullv appreciate our wonderful USA. , Then I went to work on the Bart tunnel; for the famouns Am-Track train in SF. San Jose Tel Bldg.. Willows, Calif. Gravel Pits. 1975. retired in Salt Lake City, We headed for Park City, every chance we get. Although Al-though it isn't the Park City, we knew, we enjoy it very much, and have the fondest of memories and deep roots in Park City. We look forward to the 4th of Julv and Labor Dav celebrations. ,We have great times with mv two sons Kav and Gene and their families. A .foster son. Reuben E. Garbett(my wife's nephew) his wife Susan. Eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Lots of fishing and get together with friends. ' ;V AsJ think of the wages then and now. and the man killing jobs, I'm most thankful I can enjoy a good retirement. Report From Ray Baiim At the present time I'm the oldest member of the Old Gang. They fondly refer to me as the patriarch, but it tan change, the gang is increasing : more and more, thanks to the Lcs Bergs, hard work , of getting us together. I was born 27, Feb. 1906 Midway. Wasatch Co., Utah. Son of Alva John and Susie Elizabeth Bunnell Baum. Their children wererLila, Nellie. Ray(me). Eva, -and Bessie. All deceased, I'm the only one living. We moved to Park City, when I was four years old, after Dad had been in a very serious explosion(27,Feb. 1910) my fourth birthday, at the Drain tunnel (Keetlyj. He was in the hospital in Park City along time. Our house was the first one below the (Y) on the west side of the street. My first friends were, Ed McPolin. George and Jimmy Sykcs, Swede Dc Jonaghe. They tied ropes to Jimmy and my arms. If they could get moc kids they would hitch up four of us and drive us all over the ball park up and down the streets. About this time I first met Fran Butts. He was three and 1 was four. I'm seven months older than Fran. Our friendship friend-ship goes back seventy years. I sold pigions, John Murray, was selling rabbits, he was kind enough to let me put my pigeons in his barn, soon we had pigeons coming out of our ears. ' Emmit Sproule Ferry Bunnell Bun-nell (my cousin) Tom Finne-gan. Finne-gan. Claud Allison, all had the following jobs gathered and chopped wood at the Onterio Mill, packed neatly in a large, gunny sacks for 15cents delivered, same with surplus coal, gathered wild flowers, frog legs, we walked to the New Park Mine ten miles round trip by the summit short cut. Numerous jobs with Ginger Richerdson delivering groceries from the McGlaugh-lin McGlaugh-lin store (Atheneum Bldg when it was by Hurlberts Drug Store). Team and wagon in the summer; Team and .sliegh during the winter...! always . pi t tied the poor horses during the winter thev would fall on the slippery streets. ' Dad had several saloons in Par City, two of them were The Bank, next door below the Young Apts. the Peoples Bar, next door below Suttons Apts. now a vacant lot; When Dad closed the Peoples Bardue to probation, 1 was eleven years old. I Aug. 1917 there were six couples left for a two weeks vacation to Trial Lake with horses, wagons and buggies. Each couple took one child. I was the lucky one from our family- It took us three days to get t here. We camped out " (lirce tiighfs,' ahtf built roads ' |
