July 25 @ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
2 Kings Hike with Wayne McKay at 9:30 a.m.
This hike will visit “The Two Kings Mines”: The Silver King Coalition Mine and Silver King Consolidated. Park in the lot at the base of PCMR, where we’ll catch The Crescent Lift. We’ll view the King Con Tram Counterweight from the chairlift and then take a short walk where we can view King Con Ore Bin & King Con Tram, one of three aerial trams built to serve Park City mines, came over the ridge. Here we’ll also discuss the history of the Crescent and Bogan Mines, which were combined by Solon Spiro to form Silver King Consolidated, of King Con, as it was known.
We’ll then hike down to the Silver King Coalition Mine, which is located at the base of the Bonanza Chairlift. Here we’ll discuss: The Headframe and Steam Engine Buildings, The Silver King Aerial Tram, a couple of stories about Tom Kearns and David Keith, who were among the founders of the Silver King Coalition Mine. We’ll also walk over to an overlook of the Silver King Mill Buildings and discuss what we see.
We’ll hike back up to the Payday Chairlift, which will return us to the base. This hike will take approximately 2.5 hours, cover about 2.1 miles and require a climb of 322 vertical feet.
If you are a member and would like to join us on one of these hikes, please contact Diane Knispel, at education@parkcityhistory.org with the following information:
• Which hike you would like to go on?
• Names of people going on the hike.
• Email address associated with your membership.
• A contact phone number (preferably a cell phone that you will have with you morning of the hike)
• Do you need a lift ticket for your hike or not?
If you are not a member and would like to join us for a hike, please register as a member on our website at https://parkcityhistory.org/membership. Once you are registered, please contact Diane Knispel with the information needed that is listed above. Thank you!
I will send you a confirmation email closer to the time with the place to meet and parking information.