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Show OLD ONTARIO NOW BEING WATERED Break Through Cave Is Letting Out Great Pent-Up Flood. There were m.inv expreHplono of sslls- frxctlon among operators Interested In the great camp of Park Clt3 during the day at tho news received yesterday mooning that the p.-nt up waters in the mine had broken through the cave anil were now being carried out through (he drift that v as being run around the latter part of Ihe cave Manager Rood of tin Ontario ;. i sterday made the follow ing Official statement: Official Statement. 'At .. n lock this morning workmen In the drift which was being run around final c:ie, observed that water flow from the face was increasing Being convinced that this flow was momentarily increasing, they started for the mouth of the tunnel, and reached the surface long lWore a li rge volyme ..r water appeared, "i he face of the drift had been advanced to a point about thirty feel from the line of tunnel. Big Flow of Water. "At the present time there Is a flow of (rater about four feet alxjVe the tra. k and this Is flooding the lands below the tunnel mouth No material damage has lioen ascertained. The mine Is being drained very rapidly, The water yesterday yester-day afternoon had dropped over 200 feet Ir the shaft " Advices From Paik. Advices from Park City last night state that tho water Is coming out in such quantity a to wash away the dump at the mouth of the. tunnel and is carrying the gravel and eer thing before It on lis way to the river. The ranches situated sit-uated In the valley below the tunnel are completely Hooded and It Is feared that some f the land will be ruined by the grai ci Flow Is Decreasing The volume of water coming out of the tunnel is slowly decreasing. It is not known what damage bus been done to the tunnel by the water and It will probably prob-ably h twenty-four hours before any one i a ii enter the tunnel to Inspect It. Means Much to Camps. The unwatering of the Ontnilo mine means a great drill to this amp. as ihe mine has been almost completely closed since the cave-In at the tunnel. As soon as the tunnel Ik clear precautions will be tnkeii to prevent the recurrence of such an accident and Iron pipes will be laid through the bad ground to give the water an outlet |