Professor John Cone, part 1
I never met John Cone directly. He passed away on June 15, 1988, four years before professional responsibilities…
Mine
Water and Trying Times for the Anchor Mine, part 2
This story is continued from January 31. In 1889 the Anchor Mine hired two different drilling contractors…
Water and Trying Times for the Anchor Mine, part 1
Mining is a challenging business, starting with finding valuable minerals to develop and even just getting to…
Overlapping Lines and Drawn Pistols
On February 20, 1878, President Rutherford B. Hayes sent the name of New Yorker Michael Shaughnessy to…
Cousin Jack: Cornish Workers in Park City
Cornwall lies at the southwestern tip of Great Britain. Though it’s administered as a county of England…
Investing in the Ontario Mine
The Park City Museum is hosting a lecture called “Marcus Daly’s Utah Years” given by attorney and…
The Mines Still Among Us
The Park City mining industry had its beginnings in the early 1870s with the development of the…
A Dream Secured
The following is first-person oral history from Jim Hewitson as told to David Nicholas. It is the…
Balancing School, Life, and Work
The following is first-person oral history from Jim Hewitson as told to David Nicholas. It is the…
Jim Hewitson’s Unique Education, part two
The following is first-person oral history from Jim Hewitson as told to David Nicholas. It is the…
Jim Hewitson’s Unique Education, part one
The following is first-person oral history from Jim Hewitson as told to David Nicholas. It is the…
The Hewitson Family Tradition
The following is first-person oral history from Jim Hewitson as told to David Nicholas. It is the…
Park City’s Fragile Mining History
Mining in Park City began in earnest in the 1870s, and by 1903 the terrain around Park…
Mining Blues (and Purples and Reds)
Tucked between the miles of single-track trails and picturesque aspens stand the remnants of Park City’s mining…
An Important Steel Monument
Before Park City’s days as a tourist destination with world-class skiing and resorts, it was widely known…
From A Mayflower Miner’s Perspective, part 2
This history is written from the perspective of a figurative miner at the Mayflower Mine, based on…
“Mike is gone.” – A Sad Tale for St. Patrick’s Day
If the history of Park City is any indication, the luck of the Irish is not evenly…
The Silver King Hoisting System
Each of the mine shafts in the Park City area were fitted with hoisting equipment to raise…
A Smattering of Gold
The Wasatch Mountains have delivered “treasure” to the community of Park City since the town’s birth in…
Let’s Level with You
Today if someone was to ask you, "Is that guy on the level?" you might answer "Yeah,…
The King Wins and Loses
This is the tenth article in a series on the Conkling Mining Co. v. Silver King Coalition…
A Birthday to Forget
This is the sixth article in a series on the Conkling Mining Co. v. Silver King Coalition…
Driving the Spiro Tunnel
This is the second of two articles on the creation of the Spiro Tunnel. As described in…
Skyscrapers in the Hills
In Salt Lake City there are more than ten buildings over 300 feet high and two extending…
Mine Structures in Modern Park City
If you explore the Park City area, I guarantee that you will bear witness to at least…
A Fiery Anniversary
The Silver King whistle started to blow a warning at 8:45 p.m. on a cold night, January…
The Colonel
On January 8, 1908, 57-year-old mining promoter Nicholas Treweek filed a lawsuit in United States Circuit Court…
Whatever Happened to the Silver Mine Adventure?
It was only open for a few years; yet the Park City Silver Mine Adventure, where visitors…
Empty Promises
Next Wednesday, September 16, Park City Museum members will visit the site of the Nelson Queen Mine…
Exaggerated Claims: The Golden King Mine
In Mark Twain’s “Roughing It,” the former Virginia City news reporter sheds light on the journalistic integrity…
Field Trip to the Silver King
During August of 1914, the 108th meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers was held in…
The Big Merger at Park City
In late May 1907, The Silver King Mining Company was no more. Born was the Silver King…
Dizziness and Shortness of Breath
Entry into World War II left Park City’s mines shorthanded. By early 1942, a total of 346…
Million Dollar Mistake
It is likely that anyone who owns a piece of property is familiar with its legal description.…
A Man with a Dream
On Friday, May 8, 1953 the two largest mining firms in the Park City district, the Silver…
The Frozen Cornish Pump
The Ontario Mine, prospected in 1872, was an incredibly successful silver mine in Park City thanks to…
Death Knocks at the Door
The lore of Tommy Knockers was so integrated into Park City’s mining history, one jeweler decided to…
Park City’s Hot, Wet, Gold Mine
In Park City’s first century, its fame was based on mining, not skiing. And it was most…
A Green Monster in Snake Creek Canyon?
In the late 1800s, people from Provo, Salt Lake, and Park City traveled to bathe in Midway’s…
The Fatal Flagstaff Fall
Somewhere about the 35-foot level of the Flagstaff Mine, and moments after he called his friends above…