The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-08-02
UTAH'S GREAT CAMP
Mining and Political Activity in
Park City.
REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK
Contract For the First National Building
Let-A Great Democratic Rally
Last Wednesday.

The West End property is being resur
veyed for patent.
The Crescent shipped this week 49S, 90
pounds of concentrates and first class ore
The Silver King is sinking again, the
water having been taken out enough Il
allow it.
The Typo lessees made good strike thi.
week, but as yet we have been unable Il
get particulars.
The Ontario mill shipped this week 8;
bar. of bullion containg 2,59S.14 tnt
ounces OF silver.
J. e. Morris, of Salt Lake, is working the
O'Donovan group and has a very gooC
showing at present.
Among the mining men who visited the
Park this week were Stuart Stephenson
\. Treweek and James McGregor.
The Marsac refinery is being pushed
along rapidly, the frame being now up
The Marsac will make no more shipments
OF sulphides.
Frank 4. Bird, of Hanauer & Bird, as
sayers at Tintic, has accepted the position
of assayer at the Union concentration ano
closed the Tintic Office.
The Anchor works are nearly completed.
The gallows frame is up, engine and boil
ers in position, and in few days every
thing will be ready TO Start
The rumors of the starting up of the
Comstock are not believed to have much
foundation. There have been too many OF
them recently which didn't pan out.
The Park City sampler has resumed
work and is putting out its usual heavy
shipments. The shipments of July were
smaller than the previous month, due 10
the closing Of the mill tor repairs.
The McHenry lessees have stopped work.
They found that though their ore was high
grade, yielding over 500 per ton, there was
not enough of it TO pay operating expenses.
The men were paid off and discharged this
week and the mine closed.
The Hanauer tunnel is now under the
Crescent shaft and the latter mine is being
drained of its water. 1t is not the inten
ton of the Crescent management TO connect
the shaft with the tunnel for some time
yet. There is only fifty five feet yet TO
sink.
rich strike has been made near the
Park in new part Of the country. The
ore goes $40 ounces and is free milling.
The owners OF the property do not desire
publication until they nave certain matters
arran 2ed, consequently a full account of
tie strike cannot be given.
Politics have been lively this week. The
liberals have held a number of meetings
in the Park and county, as have also the
Democrats. Inc Liberal ticket will have
Lao trouble winning as the county has big
Liberal majority. The full ticket will be
elected.
The contract for the building of the
First National bank at Park City has been
let TO y. Pape, of Park City, and Frank Kun
bel, of Salt Lake. Work is to commence
at once. The contract calls for its com
pietion by November !. The contract for
the fixtures and furnishings has also been
let.
Tho Alliance cornnapv hoe nroftad hv
running the Hanauer tunnel into Crescent
ground TO serve as a drain tunnel for the
latter property, for they struck fine vein
of ore which they are now prospecting.
Full particulars OF the strike cannot be 90
tanned but we understand it is large enough
TO promise shipments
The Park has been lively this week,
politics stirring matters up somewhat
Tourists and pleasure seekers are finding
the Park to be delightful place to spend
week or so. The grand climate and the
many points of interest in al around it
make it a popular resort.
Mrs. W. II. Bird of Salt Lake, paid the
Park visit this week.
Mrs. w. V. Rice and Mrs. H. L. Evans
visited Salt Lake Friday.
Judge j. ). Foreman was II the Park this
week on business connected with his Office
of territorial commissioner of schools.
Francis D. Smith is in the Park again.
Mr.. Smith is one of the board of directors
or the Anchor Mining company and viii at
tend meetings of the executive committee
here.
George Brazier, while out riding Sunday,
received severe injuries from kick of the
horse he was driving, He will be laid up
for some time.
Gideon Snyder. of Suyderville, is con-
fined to his bed with a severe attack of
rheumatism, Gid has many friends who
vii! wish him an early recovery.
Heber City has a lodge now of the
American Order Of United Workmen. IG
is Wasatch Lodge, No. Il. About thirty
over to Heber Friday and instituted the
lodge, Past Grand Master ThomasCnpit
officiating The new lodge starts out with
twenty five members.
The board OF trustees of the public
school has decided TO build only one school
house this season. This action was taken
at meeting held Wednesday afternoon.
The new building will be erected on the
corner recently occupied by z. Il. Morris
residence. 1t will be of rock and will con-
tain two rooms. each 3Ox30 feet 1t will
contain everything modern in the line of
desks, apparatus, etc. NJ. II. Pope and J.
Kunkle, of Salt Lake. have secured the
contract for its erection. They will begin
work al once.
John Parrish has leased three claims on
Scott hill belonging to Jack Seager, of
Salt Lake and William Conner, of Park
City. He has put some TO work cleaning
up the shafts. There is seven feet of ore,
low grade, In different places on the prop
erty Mr.. Parrish will concentrate the ore
before shipping, and for that purpose will
erect a small concentration near the Jean
cite lake.
On Wednesday evening Attorney Will
liam Condor, w. ii. Casady and w. G. A.
Smoot, addressed the people of Park City
on the advisability of putting aside the old
issues and aligning upon national ques
tions. The Democrats had made no pre-
vicus efforts to organize or TO hold a
meeting for the present campaign. hence
it was the first Democratic meeting ever
held in the worlds most peaceful mining
camp. In the conduct of the meeting the
utmost fraternal spirit was apparent Mr..
David Mclaughlin, the popular Park City
lawyer, presided as chairman.
William Condor made the first speech of
the evening, and the first Democratic
speech ever made in the camp. He de-
nounced disfranchisement; favored divi-
sion on national lines for the purposes Of
educating the people in national politics. |
He showed how the Republicans stole
IDAHO, as they did the presidency in 1876. |
sy a com bination game; and in addition
demonstrated that the cry that the Nor
mons were hostile to our mining industry !
because some of the Mormons favored tax |
ng mines. was misleading because in other /
states and territories, where the Mormons I
have 10 control, the mines or the product /
Of the mines are taxed.
Mr.. Casaday denounced the cry that the
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