United Park City Mines Company Stock Certificate

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United Park City Mines Company Stock Certificate
United Park City Mines Company Stock Certificate
L365
State: Delaware
Date: 1968
Color: Burnt Orange
Size: 12in x 8in
Mining Stock. Male and female figures sitting at each side of oval scene of a miner at work. Scarce!!! Some edging folds. Please look at photo's for condition.
During the 1930s, the snows of the Park City area became known among the early skiers, those diehard pioneers who would willing strap a couple long boards to their feet and willingly head downhill. This was in the days before ski lifts, or even uphill rope pulls. The first ski trains were operated by Denver & Rio Grande Western over its own branch between Salt Lake City and Park City. Rio Grande continued to operate ski trains on regular basis until the line was closed in 1946, when operation of the occasional ski train specials was moved to Union Pacific, by way of Ogden and Weber Canyon. Fewer than 200 men were working in the Park City mines during the late 1950s. With Colorado mining towns such as Aspen and Vail being developed as ski resorts, United Park City Mines Company, decided that it too should take advantage of the growing sport of snow skiing. The company, which owned the surface rights to over 10,000 acres of mining claims, along with the other mining companies, obtained and matched a .2 million redevelopment loan from the federal government and set about its work. In 1963, the Treasure Mountain Inn was opened, the resort's first  ski lifts were built, and a new golf course was completed, forever changing Park City's history. In February 1965, UP operated what became known as the "Hootspa Special," the first passenger train to serve Park City since 1950. The occasion was the first Lowell Thomas Classic ski competition. The train was pulled by UP's new SDP35 passenger locomotives, and was remembered by many for the liberal serving of liquor-by-the-drink, which was not allowed on the ground in Utah, but was allowed on trains because Utah's liquor laws did not apply to the federally-regulated railroads. Other ski specials were operated, using UP famous E8 and E9 locomotives, usually in February of each year, coinciding with the annual Lowell Thomas Classic. The last of what were usually known as "The Snowball Express," operated in 1970.
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