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August 19, 2025 @ 9:45 am - 2:30 pm
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:
• 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.
Two Kings & a Queen hike with Sandy Brumley, Tuesday, August 19th at 9:45 A.M.
This hike will visit “The Two Kings Mines”: The Silver King Coalition Mine and Silver King Consolidated Mine. We will ascend The Crescent Express Chairlift to the top of Crescent Ridge, where we’ll view King Con Ore Bin, discuss the history of the Crescent and Bogan Mines, which were combined by Solon Spiro to form Silver King Consolidated, or King Con, as it was known.
We’ll then hike past the yurt and take a trail to the Silver Queen water towers where we’ll talk about the “famous” Susanna Bransford and how the water towers were stabilized. From there we continue the 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 boarding house and other aspects of the mine complex.
At this point we’ll head over to the trail above the Silver King Mill where we’ll discuss the function of a silver mine mill and its roll in refining to ore to obtain the valuable metallic elements sought by the mining company. Since we’ll be near the Mayflower and Woodside Mines, which were predecessors to The Silver King, we’ll also discuss how activities in these mines lead to the eventual development of Park City’s largest mine. We’ll also discuss the lawsuit where Susanna Bransford protected her fortune in a lawsuit with R.C. Chambers.
When we wrap at the mill, we’ll walk up a small hill to take the Payday Express Chairlift back to the Park City Mountain Village. This hike will take approximately 2.5 to 3 hours, cover about 2.1 miles and require a climb of 322 vertical feet.