The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-29
Park City's Stupendous Performance.

A1O PORTION Of Utah in which
mines have been developed has
made such a record Of production
as rat Of PARK City.
To look at the map Of the district,
one would suppose it to be divided
into hundreds of separate and distinct
holdings. The truth is that most Of
the district Immediately surrounding
the city is owned or controlled by five
companies, the Ontario, Anchor,
Quincy, Daly-West and Silver King.
An Illustration shows the three can
y1nS which find a common junction
point in the upper end of the city, and
ali OF these can be pointed out in the
one view. To the left is the Ontario,
then Tie Empire and the WoOdside,
each MINED after a mine which at first
was the prominent one in the respect
i've canyons. The policy of consolida-
uon into compact groups surrounding
the developed and proven mines has
been carried out until it is now dis
tinctively in the hands of a few who
control all Of them. and give employ
ment to the many miners. and support
for I'll the local interests.
The general formation of the dis
trict is similar to that of the Bingham,
although the veins follow a direction
more to the north and soIth-nOrth-
east and southwest being the general
trend The veins are more nearly
vertical ard the ore bodies are gener-
ally of a higher grade than in the
Bingham. or West Mountain district
There are both contact and assure
veins and the ore is found where the
lime has been dissolved and has given
place TO the ere deposits.
Here as elsewhere the advantage of
abundant financial backing is clearly
shown. The Ontario had unlimited
working capital, and its operations
were on a scale which set the pace for
the surrounding properties. Indeed, its
influence and policy has been the par
amount one, and many of the operators
and owners in the other mines have
served an apprenticeship Of some sort
In the employ of that company.
Deep Mining.
Deep mining has had its best dem
onstratiOn in this camp, all Of the prop
critics having been opened to a depth
OF from 1000 to I, 100 feet, except the
Quincy, which has not yet had time TO
get far down upon its wonderful de-
posits. The workings in the Park City
district and the isolated examples of
It in he other localities have proved
Beyond a question that the mines of
Utah are not merely surface workings,
but their riches continue to as vet IN
determined depths, and that they Jus
ttfy the investment of capital enough
TO handle them on the largest scala
As one listens TO the different stories
Of the discovery and development of
these principal mines he cannot but
wonder that the opera tons have been
confined tC so small an area. The only
reasonable explanation is that the
parties who have prs ctically controlled
the camp have constantly discourag ed
outside interference, and as one of
them frankly expressed it. they are not
interested to induce investments by
outsiders, because they are themselves
In the market for such claims as make
any showing for the locator and indi-
Nidual miners. Here and there a ven
turgAOme individual or company gets a
fnOthold on the outskirts of the larger
groups. but few OF them can stand the
pressure put upon them as soon as
they discover encOUrag ing prospects.
Il is reasonable TO suppose that these
great Ore-bearing veins extend for long
distances in either direction In fact.
looked at from a view point that in
cludes the whole Rocky mountain sys-
ten. it is more than probable that ore
deposits are practically continuous
from tLe Berirg strait to Panama.