The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-25
First, reduction in the cost Of treat

ment;
Second, greater percentage of the silver
extracted as compared with arnalgamation,
with which it has run in competition, side
by side, in the pan department;
Third, decrease of 20 per cent in the
salt required to chlorodize the silver and
gold.
The saving in fuel, power, attendance,
oil, betting, castings and quicksilver are
the other marked advantages which the
present method Of treatment possesses over
the old amalgamation process.
The addition of two more watts to the
teaching department (making six in alb
during the past year enables the mill to
leach the entire ore crushed by the battery
by the Russell process
The great disadvantage which the pro-
cess labors under is from the fact that the
mill when originally designed was intended
solely for amalgamating purposes, and
therefore, the addition of teaching de-
partment, that should possess all the ad-
vantages for handling the ore and products
which the present pan department has,
was not practicable.
The best results attained by the process,
taking the average of a month as basis,
are as follows: Average per cent. of sill
yer extracted, sos; average cost per ton
for chemicals, so 40 cents. These results
can be excelled now that the capacity of
the mill has been increased, so that the
roasting of the ore can be done with spe-
cial applicability to the teaching process.
This has not been the case while the pans
were running as the roasting then had to
be conducted so as to give the best average
results by both processes. The teaching
department produced over $4,000 fine
This was sold as advantageously as the
silver bars produced in the pan department
The pan department turned out ever 275,-
600 fine ounces of silver and about 40
ounces of gold. The total product of the
mill will therefore equal that of previous
years. 1t is as follows: Silver, S25, 900
fine ounces; gold, $40 ounces. The mine,
however, has produced larger amount of
shipping ore than ever before, 80 that the
total production of the mine and mill for
the year 1889 will far exceed any in the
history of the DAILY Mining company. The
mill and teacher during the past year, have
been under the able supervision of Mr.. W.
A. Wilson and to his careful management
are due the excellent results attained by
both the Russell. teaching process and
the old amalgamating process.
BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS
In buildings and improvements the Park
has, in 1899, far exceeded other years.
The opening of the new properties, the
permanent and substantial improvements
in the old have given the people confidence
in the permanency of the camp, so that
those who have rented heretofore have
built residences for themselves, and the
merchants have made improvements in
their places of business in keeping with
the progress of the town. 1t can safely be
said that more money has been expended
in buildings and improvements in Park
City during the past year, than in the
three preceding years. A small town has
grown up on Woodside avenue, particu-
larly below the tramway, while almost
every available building spot on other
streets has been covered with a residence
The decision of the supreme court, settling
the difficulty as to the ownership Of the
townsite, has had something to do with the
rapid increase in building, by making the
titles to the property sold by the company
good. All buildings erected during the past
year have been of more substantial char
acter than those of former years and in
private residences much labor and expense
have been spent in identifying and decor
ating both exterior and interior.
The public school building erected during
the summer and fall, is the finest school
building in the territory 1t has
three rooms 3Ox30 feet each, with a 3Ox4O
foot basement Every room has furniture
and apparatus complete of the very best
make. The cost of the building was nearly
twelve thousand dollars.
St. Luke's church (EpiscopaD is an i'm
portant addition to the public buildings of
the town and was built at cost of $4,000
No debt remains.'on this structure which
is credict to the ladies of ST. Lukes guild
and others who have aided in it's erection.
OAmong the merchants, M. S. Aschheim
Shields Brothers, Rasband Brothers, and
the Uintah Drug Store have made sub
stantial improvements, while Frank E.
Harding, Bates & Kimball, the Park City
bank, and the Park City hotel, have all
been compelled to enlarge to accommodate
their rapidly increasing business.
M. S. Aschheim has spent nearly $4,000
IN new fire proof warehouse and in put
ting in steam heating apparatus.
Shields Brothers improved and added on
to their store, which cost them 5000,
while Rasband Brothers entirely remodeled
their market, making it one of the neatest
in the territory st a cost of 81, 900.
The Uintah Drug Store has been entirely
rebuilt by William Brothers, and is now
the finest establishments of its kind in
Park City.
At least fifty new residences have been
erected the past twelve months, varying
in cost from $500 to $4,000. Among those
that deserve special mention are those of
w. H. Dodge, G. w. CULVER, E. M. Cook,
F. E. Harding, Policeman John M. Martin,
L. P. Kimball, Mrs. G. c. Kidder, and
Messrs. Hunt, Goliath, Richardson, Short,
Snyder and many others.
Besides the improvements made by in
dividuals are those of the city such as the
grading of Woodside avenue, Deer Valley
road and the laying of sidewalks on all the
principal streets. Other minor changes
have been made and together with those
mentioned have pushed Park City to the
front as one of the leading towns in Utah.