The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-21
ONTARIO MINE
HOIST BURNED
Early Morn no Fire Destroys
No. 8 Hosting Works.
The PLANT COST $3.50, 600
ROOD SAYS IT WILL
BE REBUILT.
The PLANT COST S75O,OOO
So b - HsraIal


/ u ARk CITY. June 20.-The 30. hoist
/ ing works of the Ontario company,
south of this city. were destroy ed
I py fire early this morning The alarm
l was first heard at 2.45 % clock. anu White
! there were four men about the Wofhs ar
/ She time none of them knew where the
IRE nose was kept and as Ie7oit lie
flames were beyond control before a
/ stream OF water could be turned on ln-
side of am hour the main buIdlu2, CAR
/ penler and blacksmith shops were re-
( duced 10 a pile Of smoklns RUNS: lAo4slt
/ the immense galloWs frame continued 10
+ burn Tor several hours longer.
The origin of the fire VIII pIoDanlE
never be- known 90 q certainty 1ilc
( blaze was discovered I'm the carpenter
{ shop 10y William Benney. E-eclIic wires
the blower al the mine tr8 given as the
probable cause.
Can't Estimate Loss.
To estimate the loss at this time Would
be impossible but when the building was
put up i'm 1854 and the great Cornish
pump, magnificent hosting engine mann
moth compressor ana other tQltlpuie4t
I were installed it was given out oIlicially
. tlat the plant represented an outlay 9l
$GJ99J These figures. or course. N0Qlu
include the heavy expenses of building
the mammoth Cut stone pits and Lounda-
lions that accommodated the cornish
pumping plant the immense water eoi-
umn plunger rods. bob PITS, etc. DotMESH
the surface and the G00-fOOt level 81 Jne
mine. As this portion OF me pant Id2
long since been discarded and counted TOT
little more than the value of tne metal
pa 1t as scrap iron, the loss VIII ran LdL
below the figures given above
At the present time the NO smart y
down to a depth or ZtV Ieel OF 3Y Le5l
below the level of the great drain tunnel
ON the 1900, 1000 loo ana Zg0-IoQL leNels
there has been considerable Work gong
on on the LOO level three large steam
pumps were employed in lifting the water
to the 1900 or drain tunnel level. These
a.H IN e.
the levels below the J. 200 are rapidly flll-
ing with water, and men familiar with
conditions claim that these levels VIII an
be under water by tomorrow night
The company has just completed IT'S
fine new conceutratOr and Lhis viii have
TO suspend work for the time pein5'
About zoe men are affected ~ the ols
aster and this viii TO a certain extent
affect the town. on the whole this MORN
ings fire is one of the greatest calaIn-
iries which has betalien Park city Tor
Precautions to Save Life
The greatest precautions were taken by
those in authority 20 protect life. and
considering the extent of the fire and
the number of men working at the prop
erty II Is almost miraculous th1t lives
were not lost The powder magazine was
close and this was emptIed Of its con-
tents in a short time and the danger of
an explosion averted. The men down the
mine were notified and got out through
the 600 and 1900 drain tunnels.
The ontario was struck ia 1870 and up
TO the time of the building Of No 3 moist
two shafts were sunk-Nos ! and 2. The I
mine has produced in round numbers (
q bout S36.GG00o. and has paid about Slff- {
o4j00e iu dividends. and at the present I
time is 10y no means worked out as great /
bodies of ore have been uncovered below I
the 1893 while the old workings above (
are vet I'm good condition.
This morning Foreman Connolly took /
man and went over to the drain tunnel. I
where NE win go into the mine and see (
to the condition of the pumps, ETC., not /
already below water.