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Show L PARK cm. Resnme of the Business and Mineral Output of This Great Camp ' . for 1885. Flourishing Condition of the Churches, Schools and Secret Societies. A Bright Outlook for Increased Prosperity Pros-perity During the Tear 1886. Park City of to-day is not the Park City of a few years ago. - Its history has been written and re-written. The public has been feasted with stories of lawlessness and crime, till the place has a reputation, not the best, for good moral standing. The blood and thunder proclivities of many of the old-timers have been written and told in the most thrilling and horri--ble manner, and in writing a sketch of the place everyone seems to delight in hunting tip old tales and describing the town of a few j'ears ago ; but, in this letter, we do not intend to follow the general gen-eral rule; the "dead past can bury its dead," and we will only have to do with the Park City of the laBt year. The 1st of January, 1885, began a new era for Park City. It was the first new year of its incorporation, and the city , officers were - determined that the city should be governed ; that drunkenness and disorder should give place to peace and sobriety; that the lost reputation of the place should be regained ; in short, that Park City should be a city in all that the word implies, and that no place in Utah should lay more just claim to that name. How well this has been done, only, those wTho have seen the change can know. Old toughs who have been away for a couple of years, return re-turn at times, gaze up and down the streets, look at the boarded sidewalks, steal a glance at the starred police, shake their heads in despair, and only by a mighty effort can restrain . themselves from weeping at such a change. They do not Btay long, for the atmosphere of the camp is not conducive to the good health of such characters. At present E. Kimball Kim-ball is mayor, Frank E. James, police justice, and James T.Kescil city marshal, and under their administration the town has not its equal in Utah for peace and good order. THE PROSPERITY OF 1885. The last year has been one of unusual activity in business and mining matters ; the town has increased nearly one-fourjh in size ; the health has been very good and everything has thrived prosperously. But little sickness has occurred, principally princi-pally among grown persons and chiefly confined to throat diseases,, only two cases of diphtheria have been recorded during the year and there has been no epidemic. Throwing out the gamblers who, weary of life, shuffle off by taking poison, the death rate of Park City is one of the lowest in the country for a town of its size. Although "hard times" has been the cry nearly all over the country the past year, it has not been heard in Park Citv. The fact alone that $100,000 has passed through the Park City Postoffice, sent away to distant ones during the past year, shows the prosperous condition of the camp. Our postoffice does a greater business busi-ness than any other in Utah excepting that of Salt Lake, and if the books of the office could speak, they would refute the charges made against the miners that all their hard-earned wages are thrown over the bar or dropped at the gaming table. This is done to some extent, but many and many a dollar is . sent away to loved ones at home. Many miners there are in Park City who, with every pick stroke, think of their little ones far away, how their little mouths are to be fed, and the thought adds strength to the brawny arms, and the pick more vigorously tears down the precious mineral; and" some have aged mothers and loving sisters dependent de-pendent upon them for their daily bread so from all these the dollars are sent away amounting to an average of nearly $400 daily. The miner may be a "character," "char-acter," as it is termed, but beneath his canv.as coat is something that is always touched by another's misfortunes. No class of men will more readily or more willingly come to the assistance of an unfortunate, . or contribute more liberally liber-ally to a worthy cause than will the miners. CHURCnES AND SCHOOLS. The flourishing condition of the schools and. churches of Park City is evidence evi-dence of this fact. Park City maintains three churches and four schools. The Methodists, under Rev. G. M. Geffrey, formerly of Salt Lake, have a neat frame building for church purposes, free from debt, and their members are constantly increasing. The Congregational church, a large brick building, tastefully finished, would be an ornament to any city. Rev. I. N. Prior is pastor and is laboring gratuitously gra-tuitously for the cause. The Catholic church is a fine rock building, built upon the site of the church burned down a little lit-tle over a year ago. The Church and the school building were built at a cost of $10,000 shortly after the fire. A small debt remained, but with the proceeds, of the late Fair this has been wijied out,and enough remained to build a substantial parochial residence. This is completed, and the Catholics have over $12,000 in property in - the Park. The Catholic school, under the supervision super-vision of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, consists of a primary and intermediate department and has 200 scholars enrolled. The Public school is next in size and importance, im-portance, having a total enrollment, of 162 scholars and an average daily attendance attend-ance of about 105. Mr. J. F. Bledsoe is Principal with H. L. Lud wig as assistant. The Park academy is under the auspices of the New ycst Commissidn, having for their school-room the basement of the Congregational . church. The room is nicely fitted up with accommodations for 80 scholars, making the best schoolroom school-room in the Park. Prof. F. E. Men-il Is principal and Mrs.-F. E. Merrill is assistant. as-sistant. Mr. Merrill is an able and efficient teacher, and since he has taken charge the school has worked up to a high grade ; it has an enrollment of 56 scholars with an average daily attendance of 40. . The Ontario mine school, supported for the children of the employes of the Ontario mine, is last, but not least ; Go scholars are enrolled and the school has a daily attendance of 45. . SECRET SOCIETIES. The secret societies of the Park have a membership of 700, there being two I. O. O. F. lodges Park City No. 7, and Olive Branch No. 8 one K. of P. Park Lodge, No. 4 three Masonic lodges Blue Lodge, Chapter Lodge, and Ontario Chapter, No. 3, R. A. M. one A. O. U. TV. lodge, and the Ancient Order of ForestersCourt For-estersCourt Wasatch, No. 7052 was the first lodge of the last order, established estab-lished in Utah. Besides these societies the Knights of Labor have a strong organization. or-ganization. They commenced work in November and have now a membership of 240 and increasing at the rate of 30 at every meeting. Business in the Park during 1S85 has been unusually lively. New stores have .. " ' . , ' 2 been built and opened, old buildings enlarged en-larged and restocked, and business in general has advanced beyond the expectations ex-pectations of the most sanguine of the Park merchants. The town points with pride to the immense establishment of Aschheim & Co., the heaviest merchants of the camp. They have built an addition to their old store equal to it in size, and stocked it with the finest goods in their line. The other .firms Young & Son, Roy-& Co., Lawrence & Co., Charles Shields, Wm. Ottenheimer, P. Schwartz and J. H. Rogers have shared in the prosperity of the past year, and the business busi-ness done by these merchants will rival that of many of Zion's big establish-lishments.. establish-lishments.. Park City has saloons, livery stables . and restaurants innumerable so many, in fact, that some ungenerous critics have said that it is composed of nothing lse. " There are 41 places in the town where liquor can be obtained, "but the amount of drunkenness for so many places is : far below the average of many towns of its size having fewer saloons. Thiriot Bros, are the leading butchers, Wall & Garraty, the leading livery men ; A. C. Tewksbury, the leading tinner; Wiseman carries the finest line of watches and jewelry ; Fraser & Bates, F. Richardson Rich-ardson and Frank Harding are rivals for the stationery and book trade ; the Park City Hotel, under the management of mine host Simon, has no rival ; Osborne & O'Connell control the blacksmithing trade ; Fielding is the only baker, and one of the best on the coast ; and Krusch, Williamson & Co. and: the Palace drug store compete for the drug business of the camp. BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR 1886 THE ONTARIO. - The outlook for 1886, in business circles, is a bright one. Each merchant is confident confi-dent that 1886 will be the best " year jn the history of the camp, , as .1885 , has been. Many of the old claims are being reopened and developed, and mining in general is steadily pushed, each owner confident of a bonanza in the near future. No position can be taken for miles around where the eye cannot see a prospect hole, ; so thoroughly have the hills been prospected pros-pected for new "Ontarios." -There is but one Ontario at present in Park City and on the coast, although there are many "prospective" ones. - But few developments develop-ments have taken place at this famous mine in 1885. Work has been pushed on the vein during the year and the enormous enor-mous amount of 17,504,859 pounds of ore has been taken out. This has yielded 2,721,535 pounds of lead, 700.35 fine ounces of gold, and 2,378,820 fine ounces of silver, and the net value realized is" $2,316,387.36. But little can be said of the Ontario; these figures speak for the mine and describe it more accurately than words can. The mine has been producing for over ten years, and ;it is said ; upon authority in Park City that enough ore is in sight to keep the Ontario mill running for ten years to come. This is no doubt true, and Park City will Eee brighter days than have been in the past. There are other good mines in Park City, but the Ontario is, as it always has been, the stay of the camp. In connection with the Ontario too much cannot be said in praise of R. C. Chambers. Cham-bers. The town as it "is, is due to his efforts more than any other one individual, individ-ual, lot nothing that could be done in connection with the mine that would be a benefit to the town or to the laborer has ever been neglected, and he justly deserves de-serves the praise that is given to him by every person in Park City. DALY AND CRESCENT. . The Daly mine is the second in importance import-ance in the camp, and the developments of the last year place it near the head of the list of "big" mines of the country. No information concerning it is given to the public on account of the litigation going on. It is on the Ontario vein, and the purchasing and remodeling of the Marsac mill to run upon Daly ore is assurance that there is another Ontario in this mine. Thousands of. tons of ore are upon the I Daly dump awaiting the starting of the j Marsac mill, which will be about January Janu-ary 20th. No ore is now being taken out of the mine, all the work being put in the sinking of the shaft, which is down over 800 feet. The Crescent mine is next in importance, import-ance, and one which bids fair in the near future to become a regular dividend paying pay-ing mine. It is situated at the head of Thayne's canyon, and around it are. many other promising claims, the Apex being the most inportant." - The Crescent during the last year produced 11,581 tons of ore, and from the Crescent concentrator 986 tons of concentrates were shipped. Mr. Stuart Stephenson is manager of the mine, and with his able assistant, Mr. Charles Getch, it will undoubtedly fulfill the brightest hopes of the stockholders. ' APEX, SAMPSON AND ANCHOR. The Apex, near the Crescent, has been worked steadily oi late, a tunnel having been driven over 1,200 feet. The Sampson and Anchor are the two remaining working mines in the Park. No new work has been done in the Sampson Samp-son for some time, the old stopes being re-worked and the drain tunnel pushed for 2,000 feet. Former bad management has given this mine a bad name, but since Mr. D. J. Jones, the present superintendent, super-intendent, has had charge, its good name is being regained: Mr. Jones is an old Comstocker, and a No. 1 miner, understanding under-standing his business thoroughly. The Sampson is a good .mine, and one would think, to hear the miners working in it talk, that the Ontario and . Daly, in another year, will be Lilliputian affairs in comparison with it. The Anchor Mining Company was organized or-ganized in March", 1885, with J. L. Woods, of Cleveland, Ohio, as president, and E. P. Ferry, of Park City, as vice-president and manager. The Anchor property consists con-sists of the White Pine and Utah groups of mines, which were worked to some advantage ad-vantage in former years. They have been prospected and developed until there is no doubt in the owners' minds that a good 'paying property is there. It embraces em-braces a strip 600 feet wide and one mile in length. It was not until last July that auy work was done upon the property,-but property,-but since then hoisting works have been erected and everything done to push the property for its worth. It is in iine with the Daly, and no one in Park City doubts that the Anchor will eventually fulfill the expectations of its owners. A wise selection selec-tion was made when Mr. Martin was given the position of foreman and Mr. G. Andrews that of chief engineer. Boch are good men, and no better could have been taken ' to put on new property. The coming summer will be either a 'bright or gloomy one" for the owners, of the Anchor, for then the story will be told of the brightest expectations realized or that of an enormous outlay without adequate remuneration. Every one hopes it will be the former, and no one thinks it will be the latter. These are the working mines ,of the f Park. Many valuable properties are lying J J idle, some on account of litigation, and J and -others .through bad "management j have been compelled to cease operations. Among these can be mentioned the Lowell, Low-ell, the McIIenry (a mine said by experts to be as rich as the Ontario), the Parley I Park and the Empire. When the cruel j war of litigation is over, many of these mines will be worked again, and should j that be after the present mines are worked jout, Park City would still be a lively, i flourishing camp, for untold wealth lies j in these idle mines.. . I SAMPLING MILLS. - j ! The Crescent concentrator and Mackin-! Mackin-! tosh's sampling mill are two enterprises I V ' ' : ; :- yet to be noticed. The concentrator is situated at the lower end of town, and is worked upon the Crescent - ores. :It has a capacity of sixty tons per day, and connected with it is a sampler. Mr. T. L. Stringer is in charge of both. Mackintosh's Mack-intosh's sampler is situated about a mile below town, and the amount of ore that passes through it during a year is sur-" sur-" prising. The following is the amount for 1885 in months, the month of December estimated: - . . - " POUNDS. January.. .......... 2,135,690 February 2,501,970 March.; 843,310 April .v , . . . 1,492,440 May. 3,123,360 June 1 3,700.220 July .1 3,785;540 August.. 3,773,140 September 3,340,900 October ; 3,543,760 November 2,506,060 December. ............ . . ..... 1,250,000 Total. .I',..:.. . . . ... . .. . . . . . .31,995,890 The sampler is under the charge of Mr.' Truman Schenk. A number of improvements improve-ments have lately been made about the place, a large shed 36x200 feet was erected for handling the ore in October, which gave them better f acitities for carrying car-rying on their work than ever before. In conclusion, Park City is the bonanza camp of the West Its bright days of the past year will yet be surpassed by brighter " ones no camp has a i better outlook than has Park City, and its permanency per-manency is a settled thing. . -C. A. S.i Coal Oil and Fluid at Pioneer Lamp Store, 57 E. First South Street. |