Way We Were: The legend of 40 feet

Way We Were: The legend of 40 feet

There is a long-standing Park City legend about Solon Spiro, the founder of The King Con Mine, regarding his missed opportunity for vast wealth. It goes something like this. Mr. Spiro incorporated the Silver King Consolidated Mine in clear imitation of the long-established Silver King Coalition Mine. Locals quickly dubbed Spiro’s mine “King Con,” because clearly, there was only one true “Silver King.”  The King Con’s claims were adjacent to thos…