Oct 14, 2026 · 26 min · 9 segments
There are certainly many stories buried within the mines that established Park City, and Colleen and Don Roll are part of a group hoping to help those stories reach a new generation of hikers, bikers…
Lynn Ware PeekHostMary Beth MaziarzHostAnd, uh, you know, we've b- uh, we've been spending the last 11 years saving the remaining structures before they disappear forever, 'cause they're, they've been basically abandoned for the last 70-plus years since the, uh, mines all shut down in the, in the '40s and '50s.
And, uh, so w- as of, as of now, we've, we've spent, uh, $5 million between ourselves and our community partners saving 15 of the mining structures.
And we're going, "Well, how can we make a story out of all the, these disparate, um, buildings that are all over, all over the mountain?" And, um, we were working with, um, we were consult- we were, as a consultant to the Chambers Experience Park City History Travel Stories t- Tour-
Um, and, uh, Sandy Brumley, who was working on that project, said, "Hey, we should do one of these for our mining, mining, uh, history," and that was the genesis.
Well, I, w- I moved to town 30-some years ago, and I remember those first couple seasons, you could just muck around up there.
[laughs] There were things that, at any moment, could kinda fall down on you, or you could trip over, or who knows what.
What kind of mitigation or, or checking into those, the safety issues did you have to do?
But, um, for the big projects we've done at the Silver King and the Thames mines, you know, we've had to do a lot of, uh, uh, mitigation of, you know, the shaft was open.
You know, there's asbestos, uh, in these buildings from the pipes in the, you know, from the 19- early 1900s.
And so we had to do a lot of, uh, what I'll just call environmental and safety, um, uh, uh, p- planning-
And, uh, you know, we've b- uh, we've been spending the last 11 years saving the remaining structures before they disappear forever, 'cause they're, they've been basically abandoned for the last 70-plus years since the, uh, mines all shut down in the, in the '40s and '50s.
And, uh, so w- as of, as of now, we've, we've spent, uh, $5 million between ourselves and our community partners saving 15 of the mining structures.
And we're going, "Well, how can we make a story out of all the, these disparate, um, buildings that are all over, all over the mountain?" And, um, we were working with, um, we were consult- we were, as a consultant to the Chambers Experience Park City History Travel Stories t- Tour-
Um, and, uh, Sandy Brumley, who was working on that project, said, "Hey, we should do one of these for our mining, mining, uh, history," and that was the genesis.
Well, I, w- I moved to town 30-some years ago, and I remember those first couple seasons, you could just muck around up there.
[laughs] There were things that, at any moment, could kinda fall down on you, or you could trip over, or who knows what.
What kind of mitigation or, or checking into those, the safety issues did you have to do?
But, um, for the big projects we've done at the Silver King and the Thames mines, you know, we've had to do a lot of, uh, uh, mitigation of, you know, the shaft was open.
You know, there's asbestos, uh, in these buildings from the pipes in the, you know, from the 19- early 1900s.
And so we had to do a lot of, uh, what I'll just call environmental and safety, um, uh, uh, p- planning-
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