Silver King Mining Company, Ore Mill, Park City West, Park City, Summit County, UT

Significance: At the beginning of the twentieth century the Silver King Coalition Mine in Park City, Utah, was both the largest producer of ore and ore-concentrates in the region and the largest dividend-payer in the state. One major problem encountered by Silver King was the transportation of its rich ore and concentrates to the tracks of the Rio Grande Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad in Park City. The solution to this problem was an aerial wire-rope tramway connecting the workings of the mine and mill with an ore-loading station or tipple on the Park City railhead. A good example of contemporary engineering in its day, the Silver King tramway is now dismantled and the ore loading station has been abandoned.
Survey number: HAER UT-22-B
Building/structure dates: 1900- 1901 Initial Construction