Park City Museum will host a lecture called Is it Silver Creek or Poison Creek—Dealing with Mine Tailings in Park City given by Mike Nelson on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 from 5-6 p.m. held at the Park City Museum Education and Collections Center located at 2079 Sidewinder Drive.  More information can be found at www.parkcityhistory.org.

Mike Nelson is a senior mining consultant at Stantec Engineering.  He previously taught mining engineering at the University of Utah, and worked in the mining industry for Kennecott Copper, Consolidation Coal, and EIMCO Process Equipment Co.  Mike’s dad grew up on Ontario Avenue in Park City, and worked at the Silver King mine while he went to college.  His grandfather worked in the Park City mines for over 30 years, whenever he wasn’t “…laid off or on strike.” Mike is a Distinguished Member and Fellow of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME), and in 2020 he received the General Patrick E. Connor Award for Service to Utah’s Mining Industry from the Utah Mining Association.