| Show conditions at the ontario Nail driver and keystone general manager ernest damberger bamberger was in the park last saturday and visited the ontario and other properties in which lie he is interested when asked regarding conditions at the keystone the gentleman said that a campaign of systematic development work had been decided upon active work will be commenced as soon as the roads will permit the transportation ot of material supplies etc at the Nail driver mr bamberger said there was goad ore showings but the values were not very high however the property is more than paying its way and the ore la is expected to improve in quality as development progresses at the ontario the gentleman found things satisfactory and expects to have lave a force of miners at work on the 1700 level before very long while in the park mr damberger bamberger received the information of the reversal of judge marshals decision in the conkling silver king coalition case and naturally lie he was very much elated and said it would make a great difference in tile the future operations of the keystone as almost identical conditions exist between the keystone and the king coalition as between the conkling and king coalition at the 1700 of the old ontario the past week the work of repairing the big compound pump which had been submerged for more than twelve years has been in progress george W wilkinson who run the pump tor for many years in the good old days when the ontario was working hundreds ot of men and paying regular dividends came up from salt lake and doctored the piece ot of machinery that formerly responded so faithfully under ills his capable manipulation steam was turned in and it is doing good work and with its discharge of some 1500 1111 gallons every minute took too care of the big flow of water on this level until the electric pumps were installed the installation of the 75 h p electric pump was completed thursday by master blaster mechanic Blech anic kane and is now in operation when so BO adjusted that it will steadily discharge its 1100 gallons per minute and the drifts on that level thoroughly drained the work of mining on the 1700 will be resumed and a new ore producing record commenced fo tor the old ontario |
