Show EXTENSION OF ONTARIO TUNNEL in commenting upon the fact that the ontario drain tunnel at park city utah is to be extended into daly judge ground the salt lake daily tribune says one of the most important deals consummated sum mated in years in the park city mining camp was rounded out on wednesday between the managements of the daly judge company and the daly west ontario and daly companies by the terms ot of this deal the famous ontario drain tunnel will be driven into the daly judge territory giving the daly judge every advantage of the most noted and efficient drain workings at depth in the west beginning with the first shift of daly west miners this morning the 1550 level of the daly west will be sent ahead toward the daly judge property and from the point of early results this will be by far the most important the 1550 level of the daly west corresponds with the 1950 level of the daly judge anchor shaft and the drift should be up to the 1950 level station of the daly judge within the next few months owing to the water on the lower levels of the daly judge no work has been possible by this company below the 1500 level although the anchor shaft is 1 feet in depth and never in the history of the daly judge company have operations been possible on the noted daly ontario fissure below the 1200 level this daly ontario fissure extends across the daly judge property for two miles or more and it is now opened along its strike for 2600 feet in the daly judge but as stated not below th the e 1200 level fissure very rich this daly ontario fissure during the time the companies of park city have been working along its trend has produced close to net and many years ago the old anchor property now a part of the daly judge estate was operated to the 1600 level where shipping ore was no sooner struck than the rushing onrushing in waters drove the miners from their work in fact the anchor management did not have time to remove the tools and several mine cars loaded with shipping ore had to be abandoned on the tracks of the drift at the present time on the 1200 level the daly judge company is finding generous quantities of ore along this fissure it being a matter of general knowledge in park city that this is one of the best grades of ore the daly judge property has ever produced between the 1500 and 1600 levels of this mine the lime comes into contact with the ontario quartzite along which contact and in the quartzite of the fissure itself the greater portion of mineral wealth has been produced from this vein the 1550 drift of the daly daiy west property therefore which starts on its journey to the daly judge lines today will follow this fissure at a most significant and important depth and it should begin to drain off the water before the anchor shaft is reached to such an extent that little or no trouble will be experienced thereafter from this s source results due speedily while the daly judge property has been liberally productive the management has never had the advantage of operating at the depth most desired and it is most gratifying to all concerned that such a rich portion of the property so long locked in by water is to be drained and reached for mining in such a short time the agreement between the organizations mentioned contemplates also the extension of the ontario tunnel which will land at the anchor shaft eventually at a vertical depth of 2500 feet the splendid opportunity the daly judge company will have in developing its ground is manifest and the agreement reached yesterday is not only the fruits of at least two years negotiations tiati ons between the interests involved but it has been the hope of park city for many years its influence on the production of the famous old camp should be felt immediately dia tely snake creek to continue one thing that should be emphasized is that this deal by no means interferes in any way with the driving of the snake creek drain tunnel which work will be continued with all possible vigor the snake creek tunnel will tap the far southwestern section of the daly judge property fully two and a half miles distant from the anchor shaft the snake creek enterprise has an entirely independent and vast acreage of its own to develop and take care of the benefits of the deal also are not one sided the consideration naturally is a large one the terms being to the complete satisfaction of all parties to the agreement the connections with the daly judge mine will be of great advantage to the daly west company affording a ready exit in case of accident while the work will develop a large section of the daly west toward its southwesterly corner that is absolutely sol virgin and logically very rich mineral ground those in charge of the companies to the deal and all their stockholders are to be congratulated at this happy and timely rounding out of a task that means so much to them and to the entire state of utah |