The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-29

but almost altogether represents the
holdings of individual residents with
the current accounts Of the mercantile
community. All of its officers except
the cashier, W. W. Armstrong, and all
Of its directors are nOn-residents, so
that the management devolves upon
him individually. There is not, of
course, the opportunity to use the bank
funds for the larger range of profits
that are available in the big cities, but
it makes fair earnings from a con-
servative course Of management, and
is one of the distinCtively safe banks
Of the state.
There are two or three large general
stores which would do credit to any
small city, and that of the Aschheim
Mercantile company is as hne one
under the management Of S. futile, as
anybody would expect to find in city
ten times its size.
As before mentioned. the schools of
Park City are objects Of special pride
on the part of all its citizens The
Lincoln school occupies a handsome
brick and stone building completely
modern in its appointments, and with
ample accommodations for 45O schol-
ars in its several grades. Superinten-
dent Blocher has his office in the
building. but the other departments OF
a urinary and intermediate character.
housed in the Washington and Jefter-
son schools in the city, and the on
tario school in the canyon, are all un-
der his supervision.
The Park. Record is fortunate in hav-
ing a desirable field for itself in the
publishing and printing business. 1t
deserves the patronage which IS gen
erousiy accorded to it.
The Ontario Mine.
The record of the Ontario. which was
the first and largest producer of any
in the camp. and one of the largest IN
the entire country, shows that within
thirty years it has produced more than
S33. goo 900 worth of ore, from which
dividends have been paid amounting to
SIS. 762 900. The deposits have been
large and most of them exceedingly
rich The ores are generally silicious.
unlike those of the other great mines
OF the district. 1t has been wet mine
and more than S500O00 was expended
in eouipoing il with immense Cornish
pumps. It was finally decided that
draining by tunnel would be less eX-
pensive, and a tunnel was first driven
from the 6O0-foot level discharging wa
ter from the mine directly into the
main creek passing through Park City
As the workings went deeper the water
again became unmauageable by pump
ing, and a second tunnel, more than
three miles in length, was driven from
the 1.500 level. emptying into a canyon
tributary TO the Provo river few
miles above Heber. The flow of water
from the mine is 5000 gallons per min
ute and it furnishes power sufficient
for all the lighting and motor require
ments of the plant, ana a margin be
side used for lighting Park City. It
has served the purposes of draining,
not only the mine itself but a large
area of the adjoining country. From
the time the present company was or
ganiZed, some twenty-seven years ago,
the property was under the continuous
management of the late r. c. Cham
bers, q man who not only commanded
the fun confidence of his associates.
but also won the respect and affection
of his subOrdinates and neighbors. He
gathered around him number of ex-
perienced men from the ComstOck, and
the methods which prevailed on that