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Show THE 0NTAIU0 HUT,. Pauk Cut, Oct., 21st, 1878. KMtots Herald: On tho morniug of the 20; h, a temporary windlass was placed over tho shaft and eleven men wore lowered tj tho 200 -fool lovol whuro they found the lln-t 100-foot aoum-what aoum-what damugt-d, and at about 5 o'clock in the ovouiug livo uiuh wore lowered to the -100 foul lovel where thoy found water within twenty live fuel of that lovi 1. At this time all iho maohiuutb wero butty repairing tho damaged steam pipes and iho stl ot boiU-rj which wero saved. The pipes wore repaired, but boforo etillicienl iluum could bo rinsed the water had reached tho puni(M) which rendered thorn tmu less and at 3 o'clock on the morning of iho 2Ut the men hud to bo niiued as U10 nir bad hocotne- so foul an to be uiibmrttbk', Heveral had to bo lashed 10 tho rnpt a; being too weak to hold ou, and two of them went lulu npaein uniiu-diiiti'ly alter being t.ikon out. Ai ibid time water was arouud their waists aud all hope was lot ol niuking any uco of the pumps. Work wua chopped ininiediutely, and everything every-thing has been loft to the mercy of tho water, up lo this evening. Tho mill was run solrly on the water pimiped I rum tbe mine, which keeps everything at a eland still at present. There is eutUeieut ore ou hand to run tbe mill for two months. The opposite- gulch has been inspected and water can be obtained by trenching trench-ing 3,000 foot. It remains yet to be settled whether they will endeavor to bring it that distance or not. Everything goes to show that oro cau-not cau-not bo raised from that mine lor several months yet. which will make a great drawb.ick io business. Work ou tho new hoisting works is being pusl.td abend. As iho lire bad httlu or no a fleet ou thy material fur them, it will be bjaidL-d iu in aUjul two days. Tip. Numbers of carpouters havo h en sent from this city to the miue, and every poesih'e elloit U being made to get tho pumps started, in tho event of a temporary failure of which tho proopects look somewhat gloomy. However, the mine is too well timbered tim-bered to cause gravo fears as.lo there being any likelihood of permanent ic jury. |