Utah Mining Tour

2024 Mining History Association

All-Day Field Trip: Park City
Historic Mining Sites and Structures

Leaders, Friends of Ski Mountain Mining History

Park City, Utah

June 6, 2024

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SILVER KING COALITION MINE AND MILL (Continued)

Silver King Miners Lamp Room with some of last winter’s snow.

The Silver King’s Blacksmith Shop.

The Compressor Room with more snow from the hole in the roof.

Two of the large boilers that once powered the original steam hoist.

The Hoist Operator’s platform. The large dials showing the cage and skip positions in the shaft have suffered some snow damage.

The Hoist Operator’s view toward the shaft and headframe.

The Silver King Mill was completely rebuilt after it was destroyed by a fire in 1921.

Foundation of the Ore Sampler and Tramway Station.

The wall of the Sampler aligns with the path of the Tramway that carried ore down to Park City.

The Silver King Change House.

Keith and Karen, part of the “Second Shift” [group] of MHAers “commute” to tour the Silver King.

Chris, a Second Shifter, photographs the First Shifters at the “shift change.

Look who Chris is photographing. Stephanie, Kathy, and David, from the First Shift head down the mountain after the Silver King visit.

Miner Mike, the MHA Web Coordinator, with Pat. They seldom get their picture taken! Thanks, Chris.

More scenic views of Park City on the way down the mountain. The old timers would be amazed.

Final destination for the Town Lift and the Silver King Consolidation tram line.

You can learn more about the Silver King Coalition Mine at the websites below: