The Colonel
On January 8, 1908, 57-year-old mining promoter Nicholas Treweek filed a lawsuit in United States Circuit Court…
mining history
John Joseph Daly
Many of Park City’s famous mine owners shared several similarities: a lack of extensive formal education, their…
Salvation, Part two – Competition Comes to Park City
Welcome back to our second article regarding the salvation of Park City’s railroad blues. In our first…
My story: Bridget Welsh Ivers
(The final article in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine.) From New…
Whatever Happened to the Silver Mine Adventure?
It was only open for a few years; yet the Park City Silver Mine Adventure, where visitors…
My story: James Ivers
(Tenth in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine.) I’m a lucky sort…
My story: Mary Harney Judge
(Ninth in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine). I’m the successful Salt…
Empty Promises
Next Wednesday, September 16, Park City Museum members will visit the site of the Nelson Queen Mine…
My story: John Judge
(Eighth in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine). My life was tough…
The Grim Reaper at the Hamilton-Sprague
It was just after four o’clock in the afternoon of August 18, 1923 when James Healey and…
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…
Along the High Line
Park City was a mining town for over 100 years. The industry and town flourished together with…
The Big Merger at Park City
In late May 1907, The Silver King Mining Company was no more. Born was the Silver King…
My story: Thomas Kearns
(Sixth in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine.) Hard work and a…
The Wasatch “Super-Tunnel”
Nearly four decades after it was first proposed the Park City—Alta tunnel idea was resurrected by United…
A Tunnel to Free the Ore
In 1939, the Bureau of Reclamation (BoR) proposed delivery of one million acre-feet of water annually from…
The Park City Miners’ Strike of 1919
On May 4, 1919 approximately one thousand Park City miners joined forces with organized labor to embark…
Labor Unrest Grows after WWI
Mormons arrived in Utah 21 years prior to ore discovery in Park City and there was inadequate…
My story: Windsor Volney Rice
(Fifth in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine.) I was born in…
Coal Mining is a Different Game
The following article by Donovan Symonds is the first of two on the shared history of Coal…
California Dreamin’
Welcome back to our second article discussing the impact of the first Transcontinental Railroad on the development…
Which Way Underground? Lecture by M. Kim McCarter
The Park City Museum and The Friends of Ski Mountain Mining will be hosting a lecture given by Professor M. Kim McCarter called Which …
Million Dollar Mistake
It is likely that anyone who owns a piece of property is familiar with its legal description.…
Working Above Ground in a Mining Town
Park City was a town forged from the mines, but not everybody worked below ground. In order…
Cornish Connections in Park City
Cornwall has a very long history of mining. The region is located on the southeastern peninsula of…
Difficult Decisions at the Height of Disaster
At 11:20pm, July 15, 1902, a powder magazine stored underground at the Daly West mine exploded. At…
The King Mandates Insurance
On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act nicknamed Obamacare.…
Past, Present, and Future
In this final piece of our series covering the history of Deer Valley, we’ll see an overview…
The Illusion and Elusion of Profit
Welcome back to our next article on the history of Deer Valley. Last week we discussed the…
The Hard Luck Mine
Welcome back for another chapter on the history of Deer Valley before its ski resort days. In…
Feeding an Industrial Beast
In last week's article, "Food for Thought," we discussed the culinary connection between today's Deer Valley Cafe…
The Man in the Yellow Slicker
Mines are dark, dank, and dangerous. When working the claustrophobic tunnels, it surely didn’t take much to…
Snake Creek versus Midway
“Development work is also being pushed from the Snake Creek tunnel side with a view of tapping…
The Midway Irrigation Company
Who owns the water in a drain tunnel dug by a mining company – the irrigation company…
The Snake Creek Tunnel
If a mining company drives a tunnel nearly three miles into the heart of a mountain it…
An Imperial Legacy
John Bogan was a Park City pioneer. He emigrated from Ireland to Illinois in 1857 where he…
A Tale of Two Deer Valleys
The history of “upper Deer Valley” begins with Silver Lake and the area originally called “Lake Flat.”…
A Landslide Brought It Down
We had a lot of rain this past spring. It made for lush and beautiful greenery all…
Park City’s First Hospital
In 1893, laborers in Park City joined together to form the Western Federation of Miners Union #144.…