Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

- HE discovery, development ana
I'M building up Of a great nl"'"s
ooon IS Always one Of the most
interesting phenomena of the
n industrial world
camps there are, or fo'"''
hoye becn, which sprung up like lou' ..,
rooms r IN a night founded On , "''u
49," .aa. ~ fabulous veins Of incredible
richness. whose decay was as rap'' D'
their growth ... ,o,,ar
o.ao,hsq a city depending upon
s ~ Immense mannfocturing e''aO'
nshment. growing with the 'N'en"o"
and enlargement Of the faciorI,'
In the early eighties OF lne ''''
century there was an idea aoroaa' 'l'
uorenily given out BY interested par.
,,es mat the ontario company owned
ali the ground worthy of development
IN this district
How false and misleading the lI""
rresslon was Is best shown by tne w vi.
pnondous tonnage Of silyerIead ore ~"
pn,ny shlpped by the silver Nlng, lne
quincy Daly.West, Anchor ana can
fornia p,r, ,-i,v is tine
oon,er and supply point for three Blt"'
,,inIng districts. Uinmh, Blle Le"5e
ana Gnnke Creek and OF these p'n'
Tjintah has been as yet deNelopeu w.
INV extent, and that only IN l'"
places .., .,,.,. ,,ssod
.,a"o n,inpfal WAS discovered on Clca'
cent nm ana IN the ontario however
a few goppral facts have been es'"o'
psbe1 among which are, that me Vt''.s
~ mineral bearing rock are permanent
.hat mo Vein OF ore ever struck IN tnis
district has been worked out ana VA .,I
M the greatest depth yet at'alu'u n'
veins are as strong as ever ..,
II is only fair 10 say nat hau ln's
conn heon advertised and exploited az
have some others II would today nave
scores OF producing mnes instead Oh
lass than q dozen
But the opening Of the treasure
vaults OF the May Flower SILVER Nihs'
r,oly. West Quincy ana California has
,nntnyed Tho scales from the eyes Oh
mining men, and capital lol thp Pa''
wear has been eager 10 lnvef IN prom
,slng ground In this Vicinity odH
numerous companies are now slhklus
shafts driving tlnnels, and WolN,us
miner fashion 10 get snare " we
wonderful deposits Of ore when ne ~
this favored regiod
In June 1898. when the business por
,,on Of Park city, together with scores
OF residences, lay IN asnts, n,"n NAN
were heard to say that the camp coulu
never recover from the blow, tnal
henceforth Il would be but one-horse
town. run by one or two men,
These pessimlsts overlooked the iac'
that the producing capabilities OF the
camp were untouched, that so long as
our mines produced the usual alhuehl
of ore and paid the usual amount Oh
wages business would be obliged To 80
on just as before
To-day Park CITY Is rebuilt her busi-
ness houses are doing more business
than ever before, more men are en-
ployed az good wages, and the future
of the camp is better assured than AZ
any time In It's history
THE SILVER KING,
Little did the locators Of the silver
King mining claim foresee that the
name would become famous through
out the mining world, and still less ga
Wllmans and Drake, when they stun
bled over boulder OF galena ON the
old Tenderfoot claim, anticipate that
their discovery was TO grow into the
greatest sIlver-e mine In the coun'
try; but such has been the result and
Woodside canyon, which was deserted
for 50 many years. has now the very
finest plant IN the camp and perhaps
In the state.
The Silver King mine is equipped with
O 500 horsepower direct acting hoist,
an air compressor Of $50 horsepower
double cyclnder i6x42 inches capable
OF supplying some Is air drills. Green
No. blower for circulating air through
the workings of the mine, fine ma
chine shop with lathes, planer, pipe
and bolt cutters, and every necessary
appliance for the manufacture or re-
pair Of broken machinery.
The shaft is now at depth of 300
feet and the major part Of the dead
work done In the mine during the past
year has been on the twelfth aud thir.
teenth levels. on the 1000 foot level
the ore body has already been reached,
but the l,30O-foot drift has not yet been
driven far enough to reach the desired
point
In the Alliance tunnel, which is now
q part Of the Silver King territory Il
force Of twenty men Is steadily EN-
ployed in prospecting, and cutting q
station for shaft which win be sunk
from the tunnel level, the initial point
being over one mile from the mouth
OF the tunnel In Empire canyon.
Among the most important perma-
nent improvements made by the silver
King during the year are the aerial
tramway q sampler and a large add.
ton TO the concentrator
The tramway takes all ore. both crude
and concentrates, from the sampler and