Mining History Association
34th Annual Conference, June 5-9, 2024
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Park City’s Community Welcome Event – Miners Hospital (1354 Park Avenue) – 5 p.m., Wednesday, June 5,
2024. (Complimentary refreshments)
MHA Welcoming Reception
with BBQ buffet, Double Tree-Yarrow Resort, Ballroom C, 6 p.m., Thursday, June 6, 2024. (Cash bar)
Awards Banquet, Double
Tree-Yarrow Resort, Ballrooms A and B, 6 p.m., Friday, June 7, 2024.
(Cash bar)
Presidential Luncheon,
Double Tree-Yarrow Resort, Ballrooms A and B, Noon, Saturday, June 8,
2024.
FORMAL SESSIONS
Friday, June 7, 2024 – 8 a.m. – 4:50 p.m.
Saturday, June 8, 2024 – 8 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
TOURS AND FIELD TRIPS
Historic Glenwood Cemetery (Park City) Walking Tour,
Saturday, June 8, 2024, 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m., transportation via
carpool/caravan from Double Tree-Yarrow Resort – Led by Diane Knispel,
Director of Education, Park City Historical Society & Museum.
(Capacity 20)
This tour will explore this historic and beautiful cemetery, established
in 1885 by a number of Park City’s early fraternal organizations. It is
the final resting place for many of Park City’s first families. Paths
meander around gravesites, through groves of trees and along a mountain
stream. Listed on the National Historic Register in 1981, the cemetery
was acquired and is maintained by the Park City Museum.
Note: Due to an unavoidable scheduling conflict, this tour will
overlap Sessions 10 and 11.
All-day Eureka/Tintic Mining District -Significant Mining
Sites and Structures (with bottled water and a sit-down lunch),
Sunday, June 9, 2024, 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Led by Ian Wright and Chase
Roberts of the Utah Cultural Site Stewardship Program and the staff of
the Osisko Tintic Project.
Point-to-point bus
transportation with on-site walking/hiking required.
(Capacity 54)
This fast-paced trip will visit the
Tintic Mining Museum and downtown Eureka, the Chief Consolidated mine
site and its largely intact hoist/compressor house and machine shop, the
Eagle and Blue Bell mine ore bin, headframe, and hoist house, the Osisko
Tintic Project with the Trixie and Burgin Mines, and a
limited selection of other key historic sites in the Tintic region as
time permits.
Note:
This tour will fill a longish day.
Thus, most participants will likely wish to include Sunday night
in their Double Tree – Yarrow Resort reservations.
All-day, drive-it-yourself, post-conference Tour of Utah
Coal Country Tour - Carbon County Coal and Railroads (with bottled water and a sit-down lunch), Monday, June 10, 2024, 8:00 am. – 4:00 p.m. Led by Seth Button, Senior Associate Archaeologist for Logan Simpson. This trip will visit the Helper (Utah) Museum, focusing on local coal mining and railroading history. It will also provide a rare opportunity to explore the nearby
mid-20th-century coal-company “ghost town” of Hiawatha and (road conditions permitting) at least one of its nearby mine sites. Helper is a 2+ hour drive from Park City, much of it through spectacular canyon country. Lunch will be provided between the museum and Hiawatha visits. Some participants may wish to overnight in the
Helper/Price area in order to more fully explore these picturesque communities and their historic and scenic surroundings. Otherwise, cars may return to Park City at the end of the day, or head for Salt Lake City or home.
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