OCR Text |
Show I; TUNNEL WORK SURVEYED, i A. O. Palmer Looks Into Conditions at j1 ' ( the Ontario.. I ' Special to The Tribune L' PARK CITY, Sept. 1. A. 0. Palmer, surveyor- of. tho Ontario Mining company I , ( of this city, today made the survey of j, j tho work In the drain tunnol. He found j that tho tunnol will have to bo extended jt I1 about 100 foot to tap the water, k The water Is coming into the drain I tunnel from all sides, and in the shaft J , It is sinking at the rate of about three I j Inches a day. For tho protection of tho 1 I men and the tunnol, tho company Is , , 1 building an Immense bulkhead of heavy i timbers, and a big trap door of iron, I I which will be operated by tho men as I 1 they go in and out of tho mine. |