Show I PUSHING THE DRAIN TUNNEL The Knqe Still One Thousand Feet I from the Workings I I The face of the drain tunnel is still I about 1000 feet from the workings of the mine said Superintendent Chambers Cham-bers of the Ontario yesterday after I noonbut very good progress is being made in spite of the many difficulties to be overcome The firmer ground continues and our daily average of progress is ten feet There is a noticeable notice-able increase in the flow of water at the face and the indications are that we are about to get into more bad ground The Tlresent work Z fs i extremely extreme-ly expensive but the manner in which the tunnel is being pushed into the mountain offsets any extra expenditure expendi-ture j tureMr Chambers returned from Park City on Friday night and reports the Ontario and Daly mines as being in good shape The regular shipments of I bullion are being made and no changes lof importance have occurred I |