Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-13
AMONG TUE MINES.
Everybody Busy at the Park, aud
Times are Frightening.

ETerybedy Busy at the farks mud
Times are Frightening.
The chief subject Of intsrsst during
the week ! a. beer the great Ontario
tunnel, after six yeafs OF steady WORK.
The tunnel IL not yet ully completed,
~ large amount Of work stlll remains
to be done before the great amount oil
water In the vafious minee arc smptied
into ". The pumpe are ailll working
lifting the water TO the 0J0 foot tunnel
hut these will nll be shut down In a
short time. Many visitors have vlsiisu
the tunnel duung the week, ami con.
Kratulations are being made on all
sidts. Much credit should be gwen 10
Chief Engineer y. II. Palmer anu
Foreman ksutlcy tor the accuracy Of
the calculations, ~ u Ia said that toe
line did not devigte n quarter Z an
inch In the entire lougth Of three
miles. The general impression II out
that II Il the Intention Oi the OntHfiU
management, Ia the near iulufr, 10
establish At the outlet Of the tunnel at
immeuse electric power plant TO iutnish
the entire power necessary 10 run all
tho miues and mills IN this section.
The plan 10 looked upon iavOfAbiy,
and IL h hoped that the Jchemu will be
carried through.
Tho Silver King third compartment
ahaft was completed 10 the sur ace on
the night Of the TN lust, aud ny this
work the shaft men gained An Increase
IN wages, ~ the inducemrnt was put
out To them that n they finished the
work b. October 10 their pay would DO
inofraseu. rhis work ~ considered 10
be the most rapid " itH kiud Ia the
camp, anu an avsTnle Of over tsu fUot
Der day was made. Hosting Of ore
will soon commence again, aud large
humber VI mon will Ue again put 10
work ON this property. during the
week tho Silver King people Received
their new compound engine complete,
for the running Of the air com pressors,
and this will soon be in place Tor active
work.
Work at the Alliance tunnel h now
under iull headway with good force
~ men, aAd rapid work IL Ell cctod 10
be done from now on. Tie Alliance
people claim that they have the hpsx
OF tile Silver King vein on their prop
erty, and this new work IN with the
Intention Of demonstrating that this 10
40. General Manager Ifewtek has
b,en 10 the Park All week JifectilK
tho work, and he feels much eiatcl
over the prospects In view Tor his prop
cry.
Manager Dusseldorfof the Comatock
Co. came out the early part Of the
week, accompanied by several mining |
experts, and they all rel OFT the Conn
stock strike a. being wonderful one, /
aud OF permanent character. THIS |
will DO good news 10 the many stock.
holders on this mine, as from low on
they ran reasonably expect returns
from their investments.
Il. q. Chambers arrived la camp
accompanied by tho well
pay check bag, aud has
been busy In paying Cd the employee
VI 'he Ontario Aud Daily mines. These
Two properties distributed In wages for
September about 100000. aud other
mines In the camp dialribu,sd ABOUT
tne same amount; 40 there has been 40
iack ~ ossh 1ufi.g the past ~rcA.
Ore and bullion shipments during
the week have been very light and not
much moving out at present.
The fumes from the .Massac mill are
agsiu at work, and nearly ovsry one
lu Nhlu ttIett III AuH Vicinity OF tle l
mill has an almost continuous cough
while In that nelghhOfhood. II IL A..
serted that the mill management DO
not try 10 remedy the evil, anu there
lore the public propose to bring the
msitrf 10 the proper authorities and
zee u something cannot be dOue.
After the rain and snow Ut last week |
the weather has settled down again, |
and the sprinkling cart has been on the !
STREET all the week attending 10 tue
uuHt.
Hunters report a larger number Of
deer in the hills this fall than for sew
erni peats and the market during the
week has been well supplied with
Venieon.
Few vacant dwellings and stores are
TO be seen new ~ many new comuTs
are arriving every day, which Indicate
that the times are much better than NJ
any other period during the past year.
There arB but few iule men la camp,
o. all who wish 10 work eau secure
some kind OF employment.
Farmers from Heller aud KAmas are
bringing into town large amount OF
hay. There Ia y demand here At good
prices for their products. These farm.
ers are usually the fifst persons 10 reap
tho benefit OF gooI times, asa camp
like this must depend entirely on out
side people 10 furnish them with hay,
grain aud vegetables. WILL.
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