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Show . PARK CITY MINING NOTES. Apex and Crescent Notes Telephone Improvements Death of John f .- Iuffy. Correspondence of the Democrat. . . Park Crrv, November 22, 1885. Tito ore shipments this week have been rather small, on account of the bad weather. The Crescent has made no shipments, owing to the impassable condition con-dition of the tramway. The following lots passed through Mackintosh's sampler: sam-pler: - -, N POUNDS. Ontario 506,870 Daly......... ......123,150 Sampson 120,460 Hayt Bros 21,450 v Total 774,930 The bullion shipments of the Ontario this week amounted to 37 bars, containing contain-ing 25,566.72 ounces of silver, valued at $28,453.39. - ! Assessment 'work is being done on nearly all the claims around the camp. Every one whoJias a "promising" claim is doing the necessary work upou it to hold it and finally become a "silver king." The only work that is being done at tiie Apex is on the tunnel. It has reached a length of 1,400 feet, and is being steadily pushed through the mountain. Eight men are at work on this property, and by spring it is thought some fine developments develop-ments will be made. The approach of winter, combined with the changeable state of the weather, has so affected the Roaring Lion, situated in Thayne's canyon, that its "roar" has subsided sub-sided into a hoarse bark, and will cease entirely in a few days. The foreman was seen soliciting- the loan of a padlock, the other day, to lock up for the winter. - Eighty men are working at the Crescent. Cres-cent. , The repairs on the Crescent tramway will soon be finished. Last Friday a, force of men started to work, replacing the 16-pound 16-pound rails with 35-pound rails, from the switch to the mine. But one mile and a quarter yet remains to be laid, and if the weather remains good it will be completed com-pleted within the next two weeks. - THE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE Of this place is being reconstructed, in fact, built over again, entirely new. Mr. E. G. Holding, of the Salt Lake exchange, has been in the Park for some time, managing the. improvements. New poles and new wires have been put up all over the city and to the mines, and copper cop-per wires have been substituted for the old iron wires.; A room in the new City Hall has been engaged, and as soon as the building is completed the exchange will be moved into it. A new switch board will be put in and everything done to make the exchange one of the finest ' in the country. A number of new tele- 1 phones have lately been put in throughout through-out town. All this speaks well for the new management, and the people of the Park are loud in their praise of the late improvements, for they have had some sad experience in telephone matters. THE SOCIETV BUILDING ASSOCIATION Are preparing to make important and much-needed changes in Society Hall. A 25x35 addition is to be built onto the back of the building, and in this a new stage with all modern improvements is to be placed. There will be two dressing-rooms dressing-rooms of comfortable size, at the back, leaving in front a stage-room of 20x35 feet. New and artistic scenery will be put in, which, with the other changes, will make it compare favorably with either the Salt Lake Opera House or Theatre. Bids for the work are being received, re-ceived, and sometime during the comin week the contracts will be let, when work will commence at once. Three weeks or a month will see the work completed. MINOR MENTION. The new City. Hall will be occupied about the 20th of next month. Thanksgiving night the K. of P.. give another of their popular sociables. The Record has of late been indulging m a series of jokes, about as clear as the average Park mud. A ride from Park Citv to Salt Lake by stage now costs but one dollar, the rivalry between the two stage lines causing caus-ing a cut in prices. Tuesday evening, December 1st, Mr. W. J . Harden delivers a lecture on "Reminiscences "Rem-iniscences of Slavery and the Rebellion,'' for the benefit of the Congregational church. , The stationery firm of Fraser & Bates are making extensive improvements in their place of business to accommodate the increasing demands of the trade. A fine assortment of drugs will be put in, and numerous other additions made. Johnny Duffy, an "old-timer" in the Park, and a well-known character throughout this WesterrTcountry, having finished his work on these lower levels stepped on the cage Tuesday night and 1 was hoisted to that better prospects are always sure and even a "tenderfoot" can stake out a claim anywhere any-where which will assay gold 2,000 lbs. to the ton. PERSONAL MENTION. ; Sam Levy and Joe Simon, of Simon Bros., took in the Park during the past week. " , Mr. David Keith, the popular foreman of the Ontario, No. 3, went down to Zion Monday, suffering from a severe cold. Colonel W. M. and E. P. Ferry are in Salt Xake on business. |