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Show II ONTARIO TUNHEL 1 1 Slfl T0JE8PEHED ijjj In Xear Future, All Olislnic- (ions Can Nc Taken B : ; j NEARLY EVERY M1XE IX J r PARK CITY BENEFITED H jjj Only Sixty Feet of Water. Rc- i mains in flie Ontario '1 :'i Mine. ) . ;- According to advices received from , I' , Park City yesterday, the water In the j I , number three shnt of the Ontario mine B'i has been drawn oft to ti depth of 1110 Hj :l) feet. At the rate that this water 'Is be- J X ins lowered In the main workings of this' wi. . ' old mine, the remaining sixty feet to Kfr ! tl5e mouth of the drain tunnel should be hi carried away through the drill holes wlth- H' j In two weeks. This work completed, the 1( , j mine will have the normal llow of water ' j coming from its drain tunnel, which taps 1 jv J. the mine at this shaft at a depth or 1500 I The drain tunnel can be cleaned of all jl ; obstructions within a short time, and there will be no need of imperiling the HHj ,iJ llvee ot l'ie workmen, who have been ex- E'l-I erting every effort that was known to HW rann, for- the relief of these pent-up wat- Hvill er.s for move than three years. HL.v ' It will soon bi a time for great rejolc- H'il Ins: among mining men In Park City, as )'fj'' tho Ontario tunnel has been the key to h'jh the ontlro country for miles around. llh u l tho possible exception of the Silver King Hpif i Coalition properties, almost every mine ifr: ! in thut enmp has been affected by the backing up of the waters in thct moun- H(Hi I tains since the cave-In at the great drain HH J tunnel. Now this channol will be opened IjfJ and it will be extended on beyond the njiU ' Daly to the shaft at the Daly-West. This ifiU new work will not only directly benellt HIIIyM th Daly-West, hut In addition to this It Hf 1 will dram a large area of country in that L 1 h region, which is highly mineralized. Hii , Tho history of the Ontario mine Is ihe Ji!) history of almost the entire- Park City t)!' camp. The Ontario was the first mine Hf h ln that camp opened tip, and the creation m. of the town of Park City dates from the r y $ nrst minoral discovery made In that mine. Sl ' Since Its ilm ahlpments of ore were i x started to the mine. It Is estimated that j jl approximately 545.000,000 in mineral i Y) wealth has been taken from this property i H j alone. By reason of the dtscovery of ore H? I i In the Ontario, moro than a half-dozen mines have been opened up In that same i 1 section that have paid in dividends somc- Hjr 1 1 thing like $10,000,000. and the career o( H' - these properties has not yet terminated. I Good for Ontario. Such mines as the Daly-U'esl. Silver n King Coalition and Daly-Judge arc due HS I' for a number of years of prolltnblo opera- m tlon, and these three properties may yot H. I duplicate the dividend record that lias H I been mad by the entire district up to the lif present time. . H1 A prolonged-life Is assured for the On- H. V tarlo by reason of this drain of the pent- i W up waters In the underground working. B I j Miles, of drlflfi have been inn along the K f, ..( immense lcclses from which the oies have, j m been taken for a period of nlmont thirty W (J years. The properly has been opened up 1 to a depth of .'000 feet, and some very T rich ore was being mined In the lower lev- B w, els when tho1 unfortunate cave-In of the P drain tunnel flooded the mlno and drove I B f the men from the lower levels. IIH ( A great tonnage of milling ore Is W . blocked out In this property and the com- B f, pany Ikih a new mill of large capacity B H ready for the reduction of this product. y On the upper levels of the mine arc some 1 1 high-grade ores In never a! places, and m from a number of places tint management fi , will be able to gel out both the lltst and : B iri Eccond-class product In a manner that H( should insure dividends within a short ! j - time after operations have been renewed, i j IT ) Tlie mine Is a very desirable property jf , to work In, being well ventilated and the I Hj Jv temperature Is moderate at all seasons of V ! the year. Employment will be provideii I ?i - for several hundred men at the mine and i V J mill as quickly as the signal Is given to i 2.1. start up f nil handed, and tho merchants ' J.j I in the I own down the canyon will be ; i, made hcncllclarles to a considerable cx- 1 (; The mine has been a great silver-lend ! 1 lr l pjoduecr In the years that Jiavc gone and II, k has always been one of the mainstaya of f w Uial thriving camp. Brlnslnc it back into j i V active operation is almost like bringing I' ' the dead to life, and to the mining pcu- ?. pie of that camp, and those Interested In . t 1 thfi jiroperty. It means the rcstorftllon of I many thousands of dollars thrit for a lime j v ; seemed lost. |