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Show : UTAH'S BONANZA CAMP. Park Items of Interest Lively j CiWork at Mills and Alines. , . Correspondence Democrat. To say that Park City is a place of good morals and sobriety, would probably sur-' prise many of the Democrat readers, but such is really, the case. To strangers in the town, and to even those' accustomed to the rough, disorderly ways of theaver-ase theaver-ase Western mining town, Park City is a constant source, .of surprise. Noone will deny that before -its incorporation the "boys", had: all : their own way, but since then a quiet and orderly camp has beea the rule Instead - of the drunken scrapes,' the- shobtihg affrays, and the thousand and one such "sports" in which the Western "tough" finds his chief delight, de-light, which, then prevailed, there are now-quietness and good behavior. In : could, make a showing lor nonesTy and fieedom Irom'rowdyfam. "that many a city of boasted culture and refinement "might be glad to put forth. The improvement in other directions has been equally marked. The town has put on a "business is business" look, and its rapid strides toward becoming a large place is- a 'standing wonder to all those not acquainted with the able and efficient work done by the city officials in keeping things straight. - : . The town supports four "schools, having hav-ing a total attendance of 360 pupils. Two of those schools are free public schools. Excavations are now being made for the new court houfv T. will Ua nt and will cost f 7,000. : - ' The Antonio, Daly, Anchor, Crescent, Sampson, and other mines are all booming. boom-ing. Around the Anchor carpenters and masons are. rapidly putting things into shape, while a large shift of men are working below. For the week ending" September 21st, the Ontario, mill shipped 44 bars of silver bullion, containing 23,388.72 ounces of silver; value, $31,228,59. The lessees of the Jones Bonanza mine seem, to.be pushing work rapidly, as 53,'-590 53,'-590 pounds of ore has been received this week at Macintosh's sampling mill, The Crescent tramway will soon be re-' paired and heavier shipments cf ore be made. The Daly is still booming, ninety-four men are being worked and 23 tons per day are being taken out. Four thousand tons of ore are on the dump. Prospectors, from their "coming bonanzas," bo-nanzas," out of town, can be seen daily, purchasing their winter supply of bacon and beans, and making other preparations prepara-tions for the closing in of winter. Nearly 1,000 men are employed in and about Park City, which is about one working man to every three of the population. popu-lation. The repairs on the old Marsac mill are nearing completion. When finished, it will bid fair to rival any mill in the country in thoroughness of equipments. Fred J. H. Ashton, an old 49-er, and known to nearly all old miners on the coast, died here last Monday, of pneumonia. pneu-monia. ; C. A. S. " Record, 26th. The circus has been and gone. Sampson is assessed twenty-five cents. Two of the principal performers in Cushing's circus left the show at this place cause, non-payment of salary. Jas. W. Stevens, the head carpenter at the Ontario mill, left for Bullionville, Nevada, last Monday. He has gone on business connected with the Ontario and wili be absent Borne time. A lodge of the Knights of Labor is soon to be organized in the Park. A meeting was held some two weeks ago and the officers appointed, who are now only waiting for the paraphernalia to arrive, when they will organize immediately. There will undoubtedly be a large membership. mem-bership. While riding down to the circus grounds on Monday night, and after reaching the flat below town, Johnny Thomas took out his pistol and fired into the air, "just for fun." After drawing his arm down preparatory to putting the gun away, it was accidently discharged, the ball taking off the first finger of the left hand. At the Mackintosh sampling works Mr. Schenck has eleven men handling a great deal of ore in a day. When we dropped in they were busily engaged in working a sample of between thirty and forty tons of Daly ore, and were nipping in like beavers. The mill is -now being run principally on Daly and Ontario ore, although al-though small consignments are received from other properties at intervals. Mr. G. N. Dresslar returned from a prospecting trip to Baker county, Oregon, on Monday last. He had been gone less than a month and is going to return to that section in a few weeks. He says it is the finest mineral, agricultural and stock country he ever saw. He has made some locations from " which' he has received re-ceived assays running away up in the hundreds, both in silver and gold. Yesterday morning the engine on the Crescent tramway was tipped over on the switch, half way between here and the mine, and the cab badly broken. It seems the main line at the switch was obstructed and the engineer endeavored to pass around on the side track, which had never been intended for anything but empty cars. . When he had reached the part of the track nearest the edge of the grade, the rails spread out and the soft ground gave way, causing the engine to fall over on its side. If the ground had been hard and rocky where the accident acci-dent occured, the result would have been much more disastrous, for the engine would surely have rolled down the mountain moun-tain side. It will probably be Monday before the engine is got back on the track again, but as there is nothing injured in-jured except the cab, there will be no other delay. |