Show MINING REPORT oro ore and bullion shipments ontario drain tunnel notes park record twelve ti clec men mostly all old hands were laid off at the daly mine last sunday Su inlay owing to a change that Is being made in the they wilt will probably be put back next week it was ana reported this week that the I 1 marme mill would soon abon close down for or repairs but inquiry at the iho marsac or of elicited the information that nothing lad had been heard of such an order there jarnes james farrell has a force of men and teanis teams opening the road to the crescent they will get gel through today to day whon when coal hauling to the iho mine will bi be commenced and continued until the binter 11 inter supply lifts has been put in tho the ontario diaan tunnel has yet to bo be driven 2100 feet before connection Is made with no 3 shaft and at tho the present rate ralo of progress jt it win will be well wed towards the close of next summer before that mammoth enterprise la Is completed if operations from the shaft abaft end of the tunnel lied had not been I 1 interrupted ter by a large now flow of water the mine would have had a perfect drain before the benow gets oft off in tho the spring but as jt it Is now ine inc completion of tho the tunnel will be delayed tho the new tramway engine broke an axle monday mor and added greatly to the difficulty encounter encountered edin in opening the road tho the break showed allowed one of tho the wort worst flaws imaginable in a piece of machinery But pored to be strong and build ard aed the wonder la Is how the engine ever ran eo as long as it did without the break the company will ivill have it a new shaft turned in ill salt lake the engine was repaired with a pair of 0 wheels taken front rom the old OKI engine and though so go low that the lie gearing hud bud to be left disconnected on oil the wheels put in the engine la Is see serviceable vi and car la ha used until tho the brok broken e n shaft Is repaired th the e crescent after a hard struggle sur succeeded in ili opening the tj tramway ahm through u gh to the mine al and commenced haul hauling ing coal trouble w was encountered every morning mornin ir how however evir and but little headway was maxle made only about sixty tow ton of 0 coal besides 1 few other supplies were gotten up the storm wednesday night blocked the road again and on oil Thu thursday morning the attempt to keep the road open was wao abandoned tile the company compa riv decided to start up the mine and holot holat N v hat fl arst rat class claas ore had I 1 been broken as vies nan at first intended the mill will continue to run until tho the ore now on the dump it at the mill Is concentrated cent rated tho the failure of 0 the company to keep the tramway open has brought disappointment to many men in the elie camp who were looking forwald to steady employment lor for two or three months 1 if plot not longer the boys boya employed in the ontario mine ELM circulating a petition m being signed by almost almont every man to whom it Is presented asking super Intend ml out R C chambl chambora cra to again open the drain tunnel on tho the level through which the men utica to go 90 to a and rome from work it will be re n 1 etil bared that some months before george A medara decara committed suicide frank it white who ilia was in the employ ot of the mille under mr Mc mccarta carti went through the iha tunnel to tho it J a daly west mine and made a C borough eh examination ot of that kropet ty end and made it a detailed statement lit in reference thereto As tho the daly west and the acears I 1 properties were at war mr daly it became angered and requested mr chambers to close it which he lid did and the boys have had to go over nhe hill bill a ever v er since the snow la Is now deep and diets badly and the boys desire the privilege of again using the tunnel which la hi much more convent convenient tit mid and comfortably comfortable no ko doubt their request will be granted tor for matters are arc tough touch enough at best in going to and return ing ine from the mine without having haling to face a stron gale and wade through pillow from two incites inches to aalst deep the ontario mill shipped today loday to lo day is bars bare of 0 bullion Lontai containing ning 14 line fine ounces of silver buat r oro are the ore shipments from the sampler during the pat past geelt pounds daly silver king anchor 2 81 8 1 anchor first class 1 1 lo 10 creek crack biggings LUO total pounds founds 1 |