A major problem encountered by the Silver King Mining Company was that the railhead in Park City, Utah, was nearly a mile and a half from the mine, and 1,000 feet lower down rough terrain. The solution they settled on was a 7,000′ long aerial tramway, completed in 1901, which connected the mine with an ore-loading station below. Railroad ore cars moved through the tipple and were loaded mechanically. This tramway and tipple system, was not unique, however it reveals the degree of mechanization achieved in early twentieth century mining facilities. [1]
[1]This project was performed by the Historic American Engineering Record, a project of the National Park Service, with the State of Utah Department of Archeology and Historic Preservation. Drawings were delineated by Robert J. McNair, Toni Ristau, Keith Bailey, David Bouse, 1971. More information can be found in the Library of Congress, HAER call number UT-11