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Show The Ontario. In the course of a few days the tanks now being placed iu position at the Ontario mine will be roady for operations, and the works over the new shaft will commence activity. These are now completed and as soon as the tanks aro in condition to begin work, the water in the mine will be lowered so rapidly, that it is the belief that the mine will ba cleared in perhaps two weeks, but surely in three. The two pumps that have been at work for eome time past have reduced the volume of water until it ia now below the 200 foot level, and with these etill at work and the addition of the tanks, wo may soon hope to boar of the labor Of extracting ore having been resumed. |