The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-16
PARK CITY WAS
OWNED BY ELkS
Mining Town Thrown Open to
Visitors Yesterday.
WERE ROYALTY ENTERTAINED
EVERYTHING WAS FREE FOR
THE 600 ExCURSIoNIsIs.

THE citizens of Park City turned
out en- masse yesterday morning
to extend the welcoming hand to
( the visiting Elks when they alighted
| from the special train that bore them
| to that mining camp from Salt Lake.
While the strangers who had awaited
| themselves of the opportunity afforded
them by the Elks' entertainment COM
| mittee to make the excursion were
alighting from the eight-car special
train. which, it is estimated, contained
about 500 people. band discoursed
music. A hundred or more vehicles were
| in waiting to convey the visitors
| around the city. and up to the three
| famous mines of that district, the Daily
| West, Silver King and Ontario.
1t was one of the most successful
| excursions run from Salt Lake this
summer. That was due to the hospital
| ity of the Park city Islks. and the cit
liens generally Nothing that the mind
conceived which would add 10 the en-
| joyment of the visitors during their
several hours sojourn in the city was
| left undone or sighted. All arrange
| mentS were most carefully laid, ard
equally as carefully carried out. There
was not an accident TO mar the pleas
ures of the trip nor any unpleasant in
| cident TO detract from its general sue
cess.
Was Interesting Trip
The train left Salt Lake at o'clock
] over the Rio Grande Western road in
| charge of John q. Geiger. the exalted
ruler of the Park City lodge. rhe run
| from the city to the mining camp
proved an interesting one to the excur-
sionists, as it carried them through a
new section of country, full of inter-
esting sights and points of wide range
| of interest. The ride was lust long
enough not to grow tiresome, out to
! be thoroughly enjoyed.
When the train reached Park City
/ the visitors were met at the depot by
the Elks' reception committee. COM
| posed of representative citizens ard a
! concourse of people numbering about
| 1000. Carriages conveyed them to the
/ Elks' home, where light refreshments
were served The guests were cautioned
/ not to indulge themselves too freely.
| as it would have a decided tendency
/ to detract from the mid day dinner
then in progress of preparation at the
mines which they were to visit.
Pay Visit to Mines.
[ After refreshing themselves the PARTY
| was divided in two one visiting the
Silver King mine and the other The
famous Daly-West. The former PARTY
| was in charge of Samuel Radon. e. A
| Blocker, A. 3. Hampton. John A. Malta
/ M. j. Daily. D. A ellis, Frank Daily
| James Don, J. w. Quinn and w e
| Boyd The comforts and pleasures OF
| the other sight-seers were looked after
/ by Mayor Evans, John w Gefger. l,es
B. Wright, Ed Copp. ]. z. Bamberger
| NJ Hennessy and John Nimms
] The engagement of the two mines
| had previously arranged to receive the
| Visitors Every preparation had been
| made to show them through the un-
| derground workings. Men especially
delegated for that purpose accompan-
led the visitors. explaining everything
TO them, from the formation Of vein
/ 10 the mechanism of the diamond
drills which pounded away at the
breast of the drifts or the top of the
tunnels.
The visitors were permitted 10 make
| as careful and prolonged inspections
as they saw fit. The interior of the
mines were at their disposal. and the
miners themselves were expected to an
swer any and all questions which
would have a tendency to enlighten the
visitors, which they cheerfully and
/ readily did.