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Show 37 OffiiEu) :f!IIf IRS) M OUTLET; V : EEiEM THROUGH ffiVE , Manager c u. Rood of. the Ontario mine received word from Park CJty this rooming, that the pent-up waters In the mlna had broken through the laat cave In the drain- tunnel at I o'clock this morning, and that within a few ' hours time there had been drained 200 feet in the main working abaft. All of the men working in the drain tunnel made their escape safely, as the water began to seep through lowly at first, and they had ample time to get to a place of safety before the great weight behind the cave forced the obstruction aslda and theV ma3 -owxrent swept through the long tunnel without tnte-ferenoe. tnte-ferenoe. As soon as th news of the opening up of the tunnel reached the mining exchange, all the Park Ct.'y reourlUee began to advance in price. T- owner of the great mine in thai locsJity expressed ex-pressed unbounded pleasur at the ftrospeets of re'.le vTiloh was pT9ao-sed pT9ao-sed for. deeper minlog as a result of the draining of all the waur courses through this gTsnue, which has in years past been the means of draining the mountains around about Park City. The local officials of th4 Ontario company com-pany were quite Jubilant over the situation, sit-uation, and the only uneasiness they seem to feel was the fear that the great volume of water that was running out might cause the loosening up of some of the ground in the tunnel and close the passageway up again. . Great Flow of Water. V Jp to the noon hour a great body of water was coming out of the tunnel which filled the channel about halt full, and the water in tho shaft had been drained down to about the 1300-foot level. Just how long It will take to drain the mine could not be estimated at the local offices of the company, and Manager Rood thought It was sufficient suf-ficient to know that relief for the mine, and in fact the entire distrlot, was now in sight. Sinoe the cave, which occurred last March, every effort has been made by the Ontario company to reopen the drain tunnel, and for a time the situation situa-tion was regarded as very serious, as so many difficulties had to be overcome, over-come, and the continued rising of the pent-up waters in the famous old mine, It wsji thouerht. would In a short time affK. ) other nines In that locality, ifiglxt Havi Been Flooded. The Paly and the Daly West were both threatened with being flooded, and work on the tunnel that was to be ex-tertded.to ex-tertded.to the end lines of the Daly West had to be discontinued. Some of the other properties that were sending shafts down to tap some of the rich ore at greater lepth stopped development end oonflned energies to the upper workings. The merchants of Park City, who are entirely dependent Uoon the mines for trade, became alarmed at the prospect for reducing the number of men employed em-ployed in the great treasury houses of mineral, ujg the prospects for all future) fu-ture) business seein to depend upon the relief that would come for the reopening reopen-ing of the drain channel. " Take Soai Time to Drain It It will take some time before the Ontario On-tario mine oan be drained sufficiently to asctrtain the amount of damage done to the mine, but If the water can be drained down so that the immense volume that la row making its way through the tunnel can be reduced without any damage to the tunnel, men- will be Sent down Into the old workings of the property and the force of miners at the Ontario and adjoining properties will be increased within a few weeks. This change In the situation situa-tion at the old Ontario means a nsw stimulus to the mining Industry of another an-other of Utah's camps, the Increasing of the output from the mines of that section, and new life will be added to the business Interests of Park City. |