Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-02
SNOW IN THE PARK.
Plenty This Year--ProsptcilTe Neuuo'
lion In Price OF COal-Work ~
the Mines.

nurlng tho week Park cry mas
passed through the coolest weather OF
the wintor. The nights and mornings
have been extremely cold aud Que
morning the mercury was down 70 10
degrees below zero. -,-
Snow has fallen 10 n o0nsidefAoie
deptb during the week, and sloighing
~ still up " the top notch.
Tho roads 10 the mines are In splen'
did condition, Rud the orc teams
manage to bring down At least two lons
more Of ore than usual ~ load on thiu
account
Al tho Ontario drain tunnel the cleo
trio lRht plant Il nearly completed,
and II Ii expected that IN about q toeh
days the water will DO turned onto the
wheel, ana light will be furnished 70
the mines aud mills during the entire
twenty fur hours VI each Joy. Two
sets OF dynamos are In pssiuOn, hnd
the feed wires are Of the largest si1', ~
thatin the future the number OF lights
can be increased.
The diltlon VI the two settling tanks
ut the Marao mill has been proven
successful 20 lar, aud II n anticipated
placed before long.
Tbs Siver King ia now delivering
a. tho aampling mill about hevoniy'hVu
tons n first clash ore per day, an. with
tho opening Of spring u IL expect %
that the output will be nearly double
what Il NJ present.
The Bogan Go. received during the
woek two cars OF machinery anu boil
ore from Salt Lake, aud IN short Time
all OF this will 90 in plnoe, aud active
work on Deeper developments VIII he
started, aud II IL expected 10 roach the
main ore body which they Claim IA net
lar from the present working.
The Meears company has ordered
from Salt Lake An additional iani
which will be used exclusively 10 fur
nish air 10 the deep workings OF their
mine.
A. the Anchor tunnel work Ia OK
tracing ore goes along ~ usual, aud
tho cOnoentfator has all that II car
attend T.. The Anchor orc " In de-
mAnd. aud the Arkansas Valley Smell
rug Co., Of Leadvillo, purchases nearly
the entire output
While the roads are In such goot
condition, both the Anchor and siival
King Companies arc having brVugh
10 their mines y large amount Of mia
ing timber, and usually aB higt
o. twenty teams come In loaded
This one Industry alone furnishes On
ploymeut ~ a large numbor Of muf
anu teams from tue rural districts
which proves 10 be- great benuht e.
the farmers whose teams wouId bthet
wise bo idle during the ,Ong winte
months.
Tue Hopkins CoPl company slar,e,
In butinosa tedAy, and II IL expected
that The ,ifloe of coal will now be cut
the pgice at present, $500 per ton,
TO much, and the people would ~
pfeciato n cut OF At least a dollar Oh
"their GOAL.
Many teams have been seen comm
into town during the past week ioade
with coal, ana upon inquiry IL iOun
that they have gone " Coalviilo ma
purchased their coal, aud all expens,
added makes the total cost NJ AbOt
sl.25 per ton In PARK Cily. THIS
about this price coal should be here.
sport on snow SHOES IL now tue rag
and parties are formed every night
make the trips up 10 some OF the hlgl
est peaks anu then race 10 the bottom
The sport h dangerous, but no iat D
accidents have happened.
David Keith, manager OF the Auchi
AMI Silver King miuer, tututnt
Thursday from trip TO Cnliiorni
lie 10 aiwhyn glad TO return alter h
trips, and Gays that Park Cily IN go,
enough Tor him. WILL