Park City Museum

Main Street Walking Tours 2024
2024-07-15 14:00 - 15:30, 2024-07-12 14:00 - 15:30, 2024-07-11 14:00 - 15:30, 2024-07-10 14:00 - 15:30, 2024-07-09 14:00 - 15:30, 2024-07-08 14:00 - 15:30, 2024-07-05 14:00 - 15:30, 2024-07-03 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Denver) and 7 more dates
Guided Historic Main Street Walking Tour-2024
Put on your walking shoes and explore Park City’s Historic Main Street! Explore the architecture and stories of Park City’s unique history—from the days as a booming mine town to an emerging ski town. The Park City Museum’s popular Historic Main Street Walking Tours are Monday through Friday at 2 p.m. from June 24th to August 30th. Meet at the Museum store. Cost is $10 per person. Please call 435-216-9693 to make a reservation as space is limited to fifteen people on each tour this year.
The tour is most appropriate for ages 13 and up. Please arrive 10 minutes early, wear comfortable walking shoes, bring water, and wear sun protection. The tour lasts about one hour and fifteen minutes. If you have general questions about the tour, please contact 435-574-9554.

Glenwood Cemetery Saturday Tour 2024
2024-07-13 10:30 - 12:00
Glenwood Cemetery Tours 2024
Park City Museum will be giving tours of the Historic Glenwood Cemetery located at the end of Silver King Drive on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. from June 25th to August 30th. We have also added two Saturday dates this year including July 13th and August 10th and the times of the tours will be from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Discover the history of the Cemetery and those residents who are buried there. Please register for a tour at www.parkcityhistory.org. Tours will be $15 per person. Please meet at Glenwood Cemetery by the gate, bring a water bottle, wear sunscreen and comfortable walking shoes. Parking will be on Silver King Drive near the Cemetery. If you have any questions, please contact Diane Knispel education@parkcityhistory.org or call 435-574-9554.

Glenwood Cemetery Tours 2024
2024-07-11 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-07-09 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-07-02 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-06-27 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-06-25 10:30 - 12:00

Silver King Mine Hike with Heather Tourkin
2024-07-11 09:30 - 13:00
Silver King Mine Hike with Heather Tourkin at 9:00 a.m.
This hike has a vertical elevation of nearly 1,400 feet and is 6.5 to 7 miles long, although there is an option to take the Town Lift back down to Main Street. Definitely a strenuous hike, but it is treed and has lovely views of downtown Park City.
The hike follows the extant Silver King tram towers, skirting the counterweight, as we make our way up Sweeny’s Switchback/John’s Trails to the Silver King Shaft House at the base of Bonanza Lift. Just below the shaft house in Woodside Gulch is the Silver King Mill. The Silver King Mine has the largest remaining collection of mining structures within the Park City Mining District, so lots to look at and talk about.
Bring a snack to enjoy as we’re looking at the mining structures, water and sunscreen. The hike will take about 3.5 hours.
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.

Daly Judge Tunnel Water Supply and the Olympics lecture given by Mike Nelson
2024-07-10 17:00 - 18:00
Park City Museum will host a lecture called Daly Judge Tunnel Water Supply and the Olympics given by Mike Nelson on Wednesday, July 10, 2024 from 5-6 p.m. held at the Park City Museum Education and Collections Center located at 2079 Sidewinder Drive. More information can be found at www.parkcityhistory.org.
This lecture will describe the work Mike did in 2001, to ensure that the water supply from the Daly Judge tunnel wouldn’t be interrupted during the 2002 Olympics.
Mike Nelson is a senior mining consultant at Stantec Engineering. He previously taught mining engineering at the University of Utah, and worked in the mining industry for Kennecott Copper, Consolidation Coal, and EIMCO Process Equipment Co. Mike’s dad grew up on Ontario Avenue in Park City, and worked at the Silver King mine while he went to college. His grandfather worked in the Park City mines for over 30 years, whenever he wasn’t “…laid off or on strike.” Mike is a Distinguished Member and Fellow of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME), and in 2020 he received the General Patrick E. Connor Award for Service to Utah’s Mining Industry from the Utah Mining Association.

R.C. Chambers lecture given by Mark Danninger and Sandy Brumley
2024-06-26 17:00 - 18:00
Park City Museum and Friends of Ski Mountain Mining History will host a lecture called R.C. Chambers given by Mark Danninger and Sandy Brumley on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 from 5-6 p.m. held at the Park City Museum Education and Collections Center located at 2079 Sidewinder Drive. More information can be found at www.parkcityhistory.org.
Robert Craig Chambers was a man of many connections. Perhaps most prominently, he served as the agent of George Hearst in the acquisition of The Ontario Mine. He also used John Daly as an agent to acquire additional properties in the Park City mining districts. His connection to Hearst involved a swirl of others, including Marcus Daley, James Ben Ali Haggin and Lloyd Tevis. In Park City, his connections included M.S. Aschheim, Edward P. Ferry, Albion Emery and his wife Susanna Bransford, The Silver Queen. How did he use these connections and why do some say that he “double-crossed” The Silver Queen?
Mark is a mining engineer with over 30 years’ experience in open pit mining and chemical processing in maintenance, process safety management, and project management. He holds Bachelor’s Degrees in Mining Engineering and Welding Engineering, as well as a Master’s Degree in Physical Metallurgy, all from Montana Tech., in Butte, Montana. He is a long-term resident of Park City.
A mountain host and hiking guide at Park City Mountain Resort, Sandy Brumley is a descendent of iron miners in Minnesota and an avid student of Park City History. This will be the fifth in a series of presentations he has made for the Museum. He is a hike leader for the Museum and a member of Friends of Ski Mountain Mining History.

Ontario Ridge Hike with Heather Tourkin
2024-06-24 09:30 - 12:30
Ontario Ridge Hike with Heather Tourkin at 9:30 a.m.
Intermediate loop hike, 5+ miles long with 700 vertical feet of elevation. Since we end at the top of Main Street there will be lots of lunch options should folks be hungry.
Hikers should bring water, sunscreen and snacks.
This will be a combination mine history & woodsy hike as there are a large number of buildings and artifacts, including the Ontario drain tunnel and remnants of the High Line train track built in 1889 to serve the Ontario Mill. The hike will head up the Prospect Trail along Ontario Ridge (a single track with ruins of old mining cabins, an abandoned DeSoto, plus a string of towers for the Daly Aerial Tram—one of three such trams that once served the Park City Mines). We’ll follow it through alternating forests of Aspen and pine until we empty out onto the gravel two-track Ontario Ridge Road just under the Deer Valley Lady Morgan ski lift. We’ll take Empire Canyon to the Daly Mining Companies buildings, comprised of the Judge Mining & Smelting Company Office structure(s), of which there are quite a few including an explosive bunker and the Alliance Watchman’s Cabin. Continuing down the canyon we’ll see more mining remnants including mine dumps for the American Flag and Massachusetts Mines.
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.

Denver and Rio Grande Railway Historical Hike with David Nicholas
2024-06-22 09:30 - 13:00
The Denver and Rio Grande Railway historical hike in Lamb’s Canyon guided by David Nicholas is on Saturday, June 22 at 9:30 a.m. We traverse remnants of the Denver Rio Grande and Western Railway (DR&G) roadbed in Parley’s Canyon. Allow 3.5 hours roundtrip. The hike is moderate to strenuous. Please dress appropriately for the weather, and bring sunscreen, snacks, and plenty of water.
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.

Garlic Mustard Games at the Glenwood Cemetery!
2024-06-22 09:00 - 11:00 | Glenwood Cemetery, 401 Silver King Drive, Park City, UT, 84060, United States
Hey all, we need your help to remove an obnoxious weed from the Glenwood Cemetery.
And its part of a competition organized by the Summit CWMA!
No tickets necessary – just show up to help out and/or compete.
See details in the flyer below:
For more information, view this flyer.

Rossie Hill Hike with Dalton (REGISTRATION CLOSED)
2024-06-17 09:30 - 12:30
Have you wondered about the history of Rossie Hill? Or how the houses got there? Join our Research Coordinator Dalton Gackle to explore Rossie Hill and Prospect Ave/St, and the architecture of approximately 30 homes along the way. The hike/walk will require climbing stairs, briefly going along a trail, and crossing Marsac Avenue twice. It is slightly more strenuous than past architecture tours. Expect the tour to take between 2 and 3 hours. Wear comfortable shoes for walking/hiking, bring water and/or snacks, and wear sunscreen. The tour will leave at 9:30 a.m. Meeting location and other details will be provided after signing up. (Closing date and time to sign-up Tuesday, June 11 at 5 p.m.)
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.

Museum Free Day!!
2024-06-15 | Park City Museum, 528 Main Street, Park City, UT, 84060, United States
As part of making sure as many visitors as possible can see our Museum, admission is FREE on select days for you and your family to enjoy our world class museum. Join us Free on the third Saturday of every month through the end of the year! For more information visit us at www.parkcityhistory.org or call us at (435) 649-7457
Free Days are sponsored by the Summit County Restaurant Tax Grant Program!
Dates: March 16, April 20, May 18, June 15, July 20, August 17, September 21, October 19, November 16, and December 21

Closing the Silver King Coalition Mine Shaft lecture given by Brian Buck and Davey Jones
2024-06-12 17:00 - 18:00
Park City Museum and Friends of Ski Mountain Mining History will host a lecture called Closing the Silver King Coalition Mine Shaft given by Brian Buck and Davey Jones on Wednesday, June 12 from 5-6 p.m. held at the Park City Museum Education and Collections Center located at 2079 Sidewinder Drive. More information can be found at www.parkcityhistory.org
The historic Silver King Coalition Mine building is located in Woodside Gulch across from the Bonanza lift. The shaft within the building was begun in 1889 and eventually completed to its total depth of 1,300 feet. It was the only point of access for ore removal from the mine during all of its ore production, closing down in 1952. In the 1990s, the shaft was backfilled with earth but since then the backfill had settled leaving a large hole at the surface that was unsafe and threatening to collapse the steel headframe standing over the shaft. The Friends of Ski Mountain Mining History retained an engineering firm with experience in closing shafts to design a surface plug that would fill the hole and stabilize the headframe. The State of Utah, Division of Oil, Gas and Mining then hired a contractor to build the plug. The majority of the construction was done in October 2023 and will be completed in 2024. This was an important step in the long-term preservation plans for the mine building, which will still take a number of years. The presentation by Brian Buck, FOSMMH, and Davey Jones, UDOGM, will discuss the work that was accomplished to close this shaft.
Brian W. Buck has resided in Utah since 1973. He obtained a B.S. in Geology from the University of Wisconsin in 1973 and an M.S. in Geological Engineering from the University of Utah in 1976. He began a career working with the mining industry in 1976 and has experience in various positions including government, a mining company, and consulting. He has experience in all facets of mining including exploration, mine design/operations, permitting/government relations, and final mine closure/reclamation. He has presented lectures and short courses on mining topics, served as an expert witness related to mining practices, and since 2015 has been a researcher of Park City mining history. He has given lectures on mining for the Park City Museum and written articles on mining for the Park Record newspaper. He is the Project Manager for the Friends of Ski Mountain Mining History, a committee of the Park City Museum, and did their planning for closing the Silver King Coalition Mine shaft. Brian and his wife have lived in Park City since 2009.
Davey Jones grew up in England and moved from England to Utah in 2014. He obtained a B.S. in Geography from Durham University in 2008. He began his career working in flood modeling, producing flood models, and running risk matrices on UK postcodes to aid the insurance and re-insurance industry in assessing property flood risk. In 2015, with his move to Utah, he moved into consulting where his primary focus was the production of FEMA flood maps. In this role, he also carried out a number of field inventories of mining districts for Utah’s Division of Oil, Gas and Mining’s (UDOGM) Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program (AMRP). Davey moved over to work for the AMRP in 2018 as a Project Manager where he has worked on several reclamation projects, including the Defense Related Uranium Mines project, which is a multi-agency project spearheaded by the Department of Energy. He has worked on reclamation projects all over Utah including the Wasatch Front, Oquirrh Mountains, and in the Moab locality. He is the UDOGM Project Manager for closing the Silver King Coalition Mine Shaft.
