| Show Something bout About the tha of Gnat Pork Park City Project On Saturday night the drift drill being run around tho Ontario tunnel cave had been completed to the length of ot 15 10 feet teel says ays tho the Park Three of or t man m n mob ore are arenow now flow working worl ln In III the tunnel 1 running a 11 drift arm around the cave find and driving 2 thou Inch pIpes through the mane mang of earth oarth rock to the willer vater v ter off ort If It pos POI Bible elbie These Theo are lire fitted with n a along long stool tip perforated to allow the seepage water to enter r and ana be canned Innell out lut When theM pipes are stilt com corn completely through the tho rave cave the tip will tie to oft by a 0 charge of ot electrically powder Yesterday morning one and of or th se 8 hUll hud been driven In over 65 fet feit and antI H a of ot water ater r was wag from It IL u II distance of or 36 n fe felt feet t with such auch force u as al to tu knock a 1 man manover manover over If It one of the pipes pipeR In Is gotten through satisfactorily two others othor will willbe be b driven through In lit the tho same m way WU and 1111 then the work worl ork In lu the tile drift wilt will probably bo be discontinued arid th the water allowed to drain oft ort 10 so that the tle tunnel may be While the work ork in hO tunnel tumid ii Is consIdered quite dan the work tarn InCI them think little of ot It u anti and ore lire confident that they the can call do the therk v ork rk rind without It L will take tako bout about n II week or ten to tD the drift It 11 U Is 11 ns 04 Ort et to estimate the damage done i f q the ibe extent of ot the cave cao Ile or length re r to get got the tunnel In shape hope again U Ie not nol definitely known STOny OF or TIIa L When l work wa WIlS commenced on the Ontario drain tunnel It was VII then B v considered and that it would menu mean a great deal for tor the en oh tire romp camp HB Kit Indeed It nun has ha It U wa was VAl when work worle began beRlin that it would take three to th the tunnel anti that It would Youl cost a 11 half million dollar It really took how c 0 I cr or eight years yeara to tl complete and co coat coet t to a million III II 11 on dollars dollar Th The tunnel U Is feet feel lei three tulle miles In antI tr taps n the mine at a 11 depth of ot 1640 1060 teet leet The work wan vas VB commenced III in August IMS I under the direction of John Juhn y who stayed lIh the tho pro NO position pollIon until It wan ne finished At t times when driving through a it particularly hard or piece of ground It was very vory at times during tho timo construction the tho advisability ity IlY of discontinuing work Will was serious seriously ly considered Quito Quite n II colony was cs et e by tho the workmen at tho the mouth of ot time tho tunnel tho the spot being named fumed Camp Florence Florenco In honor of ot a IL 1 little daughter of Dora Don Hobbins who wn tho the rivet ono one of the tho gentle sex se to Visit there thereIn thereIn In August Augusi 1893 1803 five 1111 years after atter the work lork wn Willi vae commenced a drift was started front tho the No o 2 shaft to meet the tho tunnel A great volume of ot water unter was encountered hero here however and work was vas stopped When connections veto made mado with No 2 nothing further was wan done Ilone until sonio time later when the tunnel was 11 driven over to No 3 Connections here were vere made on Thurs Thursday day Juno 18 U 1830 lIld by h a II mitse e from tho the tunnel level 1001 to tho the bottom of the shaft Tho work was WaR as quite dangerous as tin the partition of ot dirt between the raIse ralso and anil the tho shaft was wn blown out by means of or giant clant powder and was W S In danger dancer of or giving away at any time under tho the pressure pro sUro of ot a considerable quantity of or I water ater In the tho sump swap Matt tAtt Connelley I nt lit foreman of ot the ho mine hud hint thin this work worl In charge at that time Tho The tunnel us Is a well known drains the entirely section of the tho camp tins has made possIble an tin extensive plan of ot development which would oth otherwise have been belm exceedingly nfl and very vory expensive A force of men lien menla menis la is kept In the tho tunnel at all nil times i repairing and watchIng though we Wo un understand understand tho the present management hams bait boen been somewhat negligent In this re |
