Show PARK CITY FAMOUS SILVER CITY OF U UTAH rrt i AH A M K il 14 by HOWARD V ALSTON E 11 Y county in utah contains ev EVERY v valuable a 1 l minerals it Is calculated cata cala I 1 that almost halt hall the people ot of the state normally depend 0 on mining n I 1 n I 1 n g tor for their livelihood it furnishes a the largest industrial payrolls and more than three fourths ot of th the total tal freight tonnage ruiey bated in in the state it pr provided ovidea cash markets lor for the states other products and disburses with within in the state natate more inore than three fourths ot of its total gross income tor for labor supplies taxes and other services park city in the wasatch mountains 42 miles southeast ot of salt lake city alone hag 1134 contributed 1 I of 0 which investors havo have recel received about the average net income Is considerably sider ably less than 5 percent ot or gross production in early days park city was waa a mere sylvan glen it received it its namo name from a grassy park surrounded 1 r by a grove of ct quaking aspen discharged soldiers from the command of 0 gen patrick connor at fort douglas were the first to find minerals in the vicinity rutus walker as early as 1889 1869 located the walker and webster claims others staked the young american yellow jacket green monster flagstaff and mchenry lodes but mining really began when rector steen ft a prospector found a rich specimen ot of silver ore on a mou mountain trail with his partners john kain and one mcdowell he located the ontario an offer ot of the claim tor for was disregarded but a scout tor for san francisco bankers put up hla his last 20 bill tor for a 30 day op option tion he interested some californians and in august 1872 hearst and chambers paid tor for the prospect the ontario proved rich in silver in nine years it produced more than tour four million dollars w orth worth orthof of jot ore for six years more it was tho the only shipping mine in the district profits from its operations furnished much ot of the money needed tor for development of other prospects the daly west river new york crescent anchor mayflower alliance me ble henry silver king and other mines were opened in succession in the late david keith thomas kearns and col W M ferry took a lease on 25 ac acres res of the old mayflower workings in woodside gulch without capital and with much privation these men sank a shaft at a point they thought to be mineralized after going about 70 feet they finally struck an ore bearing vein this discovery led to the organization la in 1892 of the silver king mining company from it a nucleus ot of tour four claims the original company hm has grown crown through purchases and consolidations to a property with thousands of surface acres and more than miles of underground workings which have yielded approximately worth ot of ore but tor for park city and other raining mining camps salt lake city might still be a struggling village in the desert such buildings as the mccomick Corn kearns ness utah savings trust judge and others were built with money from park city these buildings and other city property improved by mine revenues torm form a substantial basl basis tor for present and future taxation several western mining districts after periods of flush production faded into ghost camps not so with park city activity and population necessarily have varied widely as mine production has increased or diminished however after each boom period there has remained sufficient ore deposits and prospect leads to keep a goodly number ot of men employed even though profitable production was temporarily curtailed curt aed or entirely discontinued perhaps the most noteworthy example of 0 curtailment occurred during the recent depression collapse ot of the metal market made mining an industry ot of loss long for the iho I 1 time in the history ot of park city W dire want and poverty stalked y through the streets one large 9 company coia pany chose to operate nt at a loss and provide a few development i jobs ra rather ther than add to the gen 7 eral misery this company in H three years time lost three million H dollars for many years the population of park city has varied between and dwellings ti stores theaters ore loading terminals schools churches and depots had to be constructed 6 house and serve a rapidly growing num tj t her of 0 people and to care cara tor for their i and social welfare wel tare the people ot of the city are and always have jeen been a cultured and J cosmopolitan group they comprise corni comi prise every phase of 0 civic religious and political opinion first settlers canie came from the pacific coast salt j lake valley eastern and midwest mid inid west v ern united states these were fol r lowed by northern europeans jj chiefly irish find and english to be g joined later by a sprinkling ot of danes norwegians Norwegia ns and swedes present large metal producers are silver king coalition mines co park utah mines co park city con and park city development co A newcomer newcom erp which is just beginning to ship Is the new U park mining co their principal 9 products are lead silver and zinc line i 4 |