Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-14
THE GREAT ONTARIO.
What a Visitor Sees Upon Entering
tho Famous Mine.
II AcrS As AN EYE.OPEyER
10 SILVER Min.n, Ia III, West and shows
that Much Herd Toll Is
required.

W N VT W.
In this Western country mlnine Is
pietiy well understood, tut IN tho far
anu tileio East, oil tina, IL known Of the
great Industry ugol which the West.
etn I,op.o largely detunJ, Is iust
which Is found In magazine. aud news
IaTsu. Tnish irI ~ Information /.
70 an extent all very wei, but to know
uud appreciate tho vast amount u
wcfh t.ati' going on IN the bowels Of
thU ,nt,h, one mu,i visit uud explore
a.. regions That ete Infested by tue
hardy ana rugged miner aud pfospne.
tot
Park CITY IL aud has been Or some
time, recognized a, One Of the greatest
silver mining camps oi tho West.
And we'll may II receive that focogul.
tiou Tor such II Justly deserves. IL
Ia typical mining camp,
dotted with plain but apparently
comfortable homes, wherein reside
people whose bread And butter come
from the Lahore VI the hardy miner
VITO l. engaged IN either extracting
the crude mineral from the inner hnd
datk feoetses OF the earth, % IN assist.
lug In the preparation Of the same iot
the Market
PARK CITY has several great mines
mines that are not 0uiy great from
lame, but Vhoto output anu dividend.
paying pfuhts hAvr made them great.
Among these IL tho famous Ontario,
located Ia the early seventies. The
mine today 10 n marvel Of ingenuity,
tkill and perseverance. The work done
thereon, las not been done In day,
nor ina year, but II has taken years NJ
tiTm aud determined perseverance and
hhtl toll 10 bring Il ~ itH present con.
ditlou. This WORK has Incurred n great
expense, but much greater has been
the profits Eccfuiug from IT. develop.
mcnt aud operation, 10 the extent that
the mine has paid In dividends 10 date
Sl3.gsD.uD0.
Toe Ontario IL the greatest silver
mine IA the world. Its thait
has reached vertical depth Of
$50 feot, down Into which
the victor IL iaten by means VI tne
holstibg cHgo. 10 has a dfsin tunnel
three miles iu length, tho digging ~
which was uecessilated by The vet
amount Of water cncouBtetud In anu
| thr ugh tho mine. Several yehrs hgO
n C0fllss pump, % icet IN di-mulef,
/ with n capfCliy Of 5000 gallons per
minute, was placed In position by the
/ company and operated 10 keep the
mine dry; but now i,s utc IL no longer
| = necessity, except at Intervals when
the water " exceptionally Troublesome.
the shaft 10 timbefcd TO perfection,
20 10 speak, ss IA also the drain tunnel.
and tue air aud work tunnels.
The niue has connection by
tunnels with the Dsiy and Dily West
mines both OF which are located SOW.
efal miles distant, Ola levels long
since cleaned out mud deprived Of their
valuable silver deposits, have been
Oiled up with waste dirt aud the work
that II now going Ou In the extraction
~ ofo 10 confined ~ the 100, 1900
aui I 800 levels.
10 tay that the Eastern visitor "
struck with bewlldrfing amaEsmeu.
| upon enteiiug the niue, Il but txs
pitssing II mildly. The ilte chiefs had
heard VI Utah, they had heard Of PARK
| Clty and iia mines, but never before
hhl they even urrnmt Of soeiug Au
enterprise Of such mHgnitudinDus pro.
PORTIONS. 1T IL simply WONDERFUL Il
all they could say when asked what
they Thought OF IL.
| 10 watch tue processes through which
the ole goes alter being wIe,tod from lie
logging place, II Hgmtihing both inter.
,sting aud Instructive. IL IL not
sh0veled cut OF tho mine, pure and
ready 10 coin as some people arc wont
~ Imagine, uut u has 10 pass through
many hands before ~ Ia Ia a condition
10 hammer into shape and send 10
market about o. Cue, This ofesies =
great deal Of work and disastrous are
The results when property like unto
the Ontario has ~ snut ils doors, be-
cause ~ tue depreciation Of ils product.
the Oltaflo miuu when working Ia
full blast employs about 900 men whJ
receive wages from 81 az, per day,
according TO tue kinu OF WORK
they are engaged In. For the past
two or three Year,, however, The
mine has only been running In a
weak way owing 10 the sem0nuIlEn-
ton N silver At present. there are
about 800 men employed-three eight-
hour shifts OF 100 men eHch. The
wages are necessarily lower than thgy
were u few years Usos, but tue euI'
| ll1yus make good liying for them
selves anu families and are consequent
ly thankful ilT that.
A glance ~ such large enterprises as
this, h sufficient 10 explain the great
growing silver sentiment VI the West.
The people OF tho EaHt arc not Gc'
quGinted with western conditions, be-
cause u never having taken ptaoti.
cal look NJ them. What II required ID
an eyt.1pcutr ana this they eau get
In no oRsiBr way than tO 10 them
srlyts forth 10 the tcenO VI active
operations,
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