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SUMMARY:Plugging the Thaynes Shaft with a New Method
LOCATION:2079 Sidewinder Drive · Education and Collections Center\, Park 
 City\, UT
DESCRIPTION:Park City Museum and Friends of Ski Mountain Mining History w
 ill host a lecture called *Plugging the Thaynes Shaft with a New Method*
  given by Brian Buck and Davey Jones on Wednesday\, October 21\, 2026 fr
 om 5-6 p.m. held at the Education and Collections Center located at 2079
  Sidewinder Drive. More information can be found at www.parkcityhistory.
 org. What do skier subways\, underground caverns\, huge foam blocks\, un
 derground waterfalls\, and the highest building in the country all have 
 in common? Why\, the Thaynes mineshaft of course. Brian Buck\, Friends o
 f Ski Mountain Mining History\, and David Jones\, Utah Division of Oil\,
  Gas & Mining (OGM) will describe how all the above relate to the Thayne
 s mineshaft. It played a one-of-a-kind role in worldwide skiing history 
 with a subterranean skier train carrying skiers 2.5 miles into a repurpo
 sed mine tunnel where they rode a mineshaft elevator cage straight up 1\
 ,700 feet to the surface\, which exceeds the elevator lift of the highes
 t building in the country by almost 500 feet! They will also describe ho
 w conventional engineering approaches to closing this collapsing shaft w
 ould not work because of groundwater flowing into the cavern caused by t
 he shaft collapse and how the construction team came up with a new metho
 d using custom-made foam blocks. This project brought national attention
  to the Thaynes shaft and the unique approach to safely close it. Brian 
 has degrees in Geology and Geological Engineering. His career has been w
 ith the Utah Division of Oil\, Gas and Mining\, Getty Mining Company\, J
 BR Environmental Consultants\, and Stantec Consulting. All of his 49 yea
 rs of professional experience has largely involved working with the mini
 ng industry in the U.S. West. Since his retirement\, Brian has focused o
 n studying the history of the Park City mining district. He joined the l
 ocal Friends of Ski Mountain Mining History committee in 2016 and has be
 en the Project Manager for their major construction projects for the las
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