The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-14

| IL a vote is taken on the train which
carries the fire chiefs away from this
city tonight there will not be as many
gold men on the cars as there was
when the caravan came in with them.
Eighty-five of the chiefs took a. trip
to Park City yesterday and looked over
the great Ontario and Daly-West.
They also inspected the Marsac mill,
and from what they saw they gathered
that silver is not scooped out OF the
hills and sent to the mint direct, but
rather that it costs d great deal of
money 10 produce the white metal The
visit to the Park was made in response
to the invitation of the citizens of the
city, delivered by Chief Pape.
Accompanying the chiefs were sew
eral of the ladies of the party, and
they had just as good a time and dis
played as much interest as did the
male contingent.
The train left the Utah Central depot
at a. M, and the run was made in
two hours. The journey was an IN
eventful one beyond the fact that the
all the scenery up Parley'S canyon
James Kennedy, Assistant Chief
Donovan, Captain Workman and other
citizens of the city who are familiar
with the country, took great pains N
explaining everything on the route,
and when the city was reached all
were happy over the trip.
Arriving at the depot in the Park,
a delegation of citizens, headed by
Mayor Farrell, welcomed the guests.
There were plenty of wagons for the
accommodation of all, and after the
address of welcome the trip was made.
Mayor Farrell made a, very neat
speech. He called attention to the fact
that Park City was glad to have them
come and inspect one Of the greatest
mining camps in the west and the
world. Everything in the city was
free to them as long as they remained
in the municipality. They were at
liberty to come and go where they
pleased, and stay as long as they
pleased. The pure air was theirs to
breathe and the advantages of the
Park, multifarious as they were, aHere
all at their disposal. Having hidden
them welcome the mayor made a few
remarks about the chief industry there.
1t was silver. The greatest silver
mines in the world were there for in
spection. He charged them that if
everything went right on November 8.
that Park City would grow and grow
and grow until it became a great city,
SO that in the years to come the As
ISOLATION of Fire Engineers could come
there and hold a convention.
The delegates have got used to hear
ing silver arguments, and they have
also become quite favorable to the
same, SO Mayor Farrell was loudly
cheered.
When he had finished, C. B. Robbins,
chief of the Logan fire department,
made a few remarks. Robbins was in
Park City several years ago, and while
working with his father in a sawnill,
collided with the saw and got hurt.
He wanted to tell all about it, but the
people were in a hurry and the speaker
had to hustle to catch the step on the
last wagon in order to make the trip.
The first drive was made to the On
tario, shaft No. 2 being the objective
point. Here every courtesy was shown
the visitors. The cage was placed at
their disposal and several loads srere
let down to the 1,500-foot level where
they roamed around with candles,
looked at the great drain tunnel, picked
of ore from the walls and had
a good time generally. The ladies
were much pleased with the novel eX-
perience.
To say that this trip did the visitors
a great deal of good is but expressing
the situation in mild form.
Chief Fisk of Rhode Island was pro-
foundly impressed and Chief Humph-
reys of Pittsburg declared that he
never knew what it was to be in a
mine before.
The Ontario is a mine which has
cost a great deal of money, and the
are a marvel, even to an in
itiated man. When shown the great
drain tunnel and told that it was about
three miles il, length, the visitors ex-
vi och octn ,icy1oy a,,t
They could not comprehend the cost,
and when Tom Kearns, who was on
the spot, explained that it cost mil /
lion and half, their eyes opened wide |
With wonder.
Chief Kennedy of New Haven, a land ,
where wooden hams and wooden nut !
megs are manufactured for the bene- /
fit of the unwary westerner, declared /
that while he had been a gold man, |
because he thought silver was a cheap /
material, he had his faith considerably
shaken by what he had seen. 'I am
an old man." he asserted. 'I thought
was we'll informed man, too, but I
am not in it. Why, on this silver
business, I am an old fool, that's what /
am. l am going to study this ques-
ton between now and election. I sup
posed you took this mineral out in
almost a pure state and melted it into /
bricks and sent it to the mint. Umph! /
don't beneve I would know piece of
silver if 1 saw it,"
Then the foreman took Kennedy in
to the ore house and showed him some
good stuff He thought it was funny
that he could not see the silver in
tangible form, like it is in the dollar
Of our dads, and was enthusiastic over
L specimen of iron pyrite, which he
declared was gold. On being assured
hat it was a mistake, he asserted that
ne didn't care any way, the people
back east would think it was gold. and
he wouldn't let EN- know any better
The ladies of the party came up with
heir rubber slickers and hats on and
candles in hand were photographed by
representative of this paper, at their
special request.
This done, the party adjourned to
he station where the great pump is
oca aed.
The "oh'sr' and the "ahs" which
manated from the eastern talking ap-
,aratus, when the fifty-foot fy-wheeI
vas observed. making its revolutions,
we're cheerful to hear. The engineer ex-
'lained to the party that the stroke
vas ten feet and that the bob" weigh
d seventy-five tens Then cd aston
;hment took the chair and there wasn't
word said for ten minutes.
The price Of the machinery, some
hing like half million of dollars, was
mother paralyzer for the party. They
eEeved it, though, but wanted to know
yhere the profits came in, when silver
7as only 6S cents per ounce. The
tatement that there were no profits
ras received as gospel truth.
After looking all around the shaft
ouse and making a thorough inspec-
ION of evarvtf in o. that cn11ld hn in !.