On January 8, 1908, 57-year-old mining promoter Nicholas Treweek filed a lawsuit in United States Circuit Court…
Many of Park City’s famous mine owners shared several similarities: a lack of extensive formal education, their…
Welcome back to our second article regarding the salvation of Park City’s railroad blues. In our first…
(The final article in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine.) From New…
It was only open for a few years; yet the Park City Silver Mine Adventure, where visitors…
(Tenth in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine.) I’m a lucky sort…
(Ninth in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine). I’m the successful Salt…
Next Wednesday, September 16, Park City Museum members will visit the site of the Nelson Queen Mine…
(Eighth in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine). My life was tough…
It was just after four o’clock in the afternoon of August 18, 1923 when James Healey and…
In Mark Twain’s “Roughing It,” the former Virginia City news reporter sheds light on the journalistic integrity…
During August of 1914, the 108th meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers was held in…
Park City was a mining town for over 100 years. The industry and town flourished together with…
In late May 1907, The Silver King Mining Company was no more. Born was the Silver King…
(Sixth in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine.) Hard work and a…
Nearly four decades after it was first proposed the Park City—Alta tunnel idea was resurrected by United…
In 1939, the Bureau of Reclamation (BoR) proposed delivery of one million acre-feet of water annually from…
On May 4, 1919 approximately one thousand Park City miners joined forces with organized labor to embark…
Mormons arrived in Utah 21 years prior to ore discovery in Park City and there was inadequate…
(Fifth in an occasional series about founders of the storied Silver King Mine.) I was born in…
The following article by Donovan Symonds is the first of two on the shared history of Coal…
Welcome back to our second article discussing the impact of the first Transcontinental Railroad on the development…
The Park City Museum and The Friends of Ski Mountain Mining will be hosting a lecture given by Professor M. Kim McCarter called Which …
It is likely that anyone who owns a piece of property is familiar with its legal description.…
Park City was a town forged from the mines, but not everybody worked below ground. In order…
Cornwall has a very long history of mining. The region is located on the southeastern peninsula of…
At 11:20pm, July 15, 1902, a powder magazine stored underground at the Daly West mine exploded. At…
On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act nicknamed Obamacare.…
In this final piece of our series covering the history of Deer Valley, we’ll see an overview…
Welcome back to our next article on the history of Deer Valley. Last week we discussed the…
Welcome back for another chapter on the history of Deer Valley before its ski resort days. In…
In last week's article, "Food for Thought," we discussed the culinary connection between today's Deer Valley Cafe…
Mines are dark, dank, and dangerous. When working the claustrophobic tunnels, it surely didn’t take much to…
“Development work is also being pushed from the Snake Creek tunnel side with a view of tapping…
Who owns the water in a drain tunnel dug by a mining company – the irrigation company…
If a mining company drives a tunnel nearly three miles into the heart of a mountain it…
John Bogan was a Park City pioneer. He emigrated from Ireland to Illinois in 1857 where he…
The history of “upper Deer Valley” begins with Silver Lake and the area originally called “Lake Flat.”…
We had a lot of rain this past spring. It made for lush and beautiful greenery all…
In 1893, laborers in Park City joined together to form the Western Federation of Miners Union #144.…