The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-21
ONTARIO MINE
HOIST BURNED
Early Morning Fire Destroys
No. 3 Hosting Works.
THE PLANT COST $3.50, GOO
MANAGER ROOD SAYS IT WILL
BE REBUILT
THE PLANT COST $4,000
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] y ARK CITY, June 20-The no. hoist
/ ing works Of the Ontario company
south of this cilv. were destro2 ed
( by fire early this moruing- lhc dletllL
/ was first heard az 2,45 O'Clock, ana t.Lills
! there were four men about tne h1tHA g
/ the time none of them knew WneLe llie
IRE nose was kept. ana IS = lslt '-'
flames were beyond control p-ieLe q
stream Of water could De turned on M
side of an hour the main building CAR
penler and blacksmith shops were ~
duced to a pile of smoking ruins nous Y
Z The immense gaIl0Ws frame continued t'
! burn ier several hours longer tr.-
The origin or the IRE WIZ piup1l--l,e
never De known TO "a Ger talltF. nc
I blaze was discovered III me calptiit1t
/ shop by William Benney Elrcl5ls "l-t
and q bot box oh the engine winch lah
I the blower at the mine tr5 given as lhe
probable cause.
Can't Estimate Loss.
To estimate the loss at this time Would
be Impossible, but when the hui-ll1s " Is
put up iu 1854 and the gre1e CORNISH
moth compressor and other lQlslHil4-t, q 4
were Installed 10 was given ouL olLLele-il2
Slal Jne plant rspIeseit5l -1.l,,-ss [l-,,li5
ai5lul1- These figures, OF couise 4t
include the heavy expenses OF ttiiNt-i6
the mammoth cut stone pits ana Lotliiu,---
/ tons that accommodated the CORNISH
pumping plant. the immense water coz
umn, piunger rods. bob pits, etc. petW
the surface and the 6J0-foOt lever OF tue
. IS
long since been discarded and counted LOT
little more than the value Of the metal
Ia it as scrap iron the loss VIII ran LdL
below the figures given above a.
At the present time the no. smart Is
down 10 a depth OF 900 feet or 3y5 Ieet
below the level of the great drain tunnel
On the 1900 l51o, 200 ana z.yJ1-IoQt leEels
there has been considerable WORK solu5
on on the LOO level three large steam
pumps were employed DO lifting me WAFER
TO the 1500 OF drain tunnel level. lhess
HH T. l.
the levels below the LOO are rapidly l5ii-
ms with water, and men familiar with
conditions claim that these levels VIII am
be under water by tomorrow nleul
The company has just completed It's
fine new couceutrator and this VIII have
10 suspend work for the time oelil5-
aster and this VIII to certain eAJe-1
affect the town on the whole inns morn
ings fire Us one of the greatest caiall-
tiles which has betallen PARK CITY lot
Precautions to Save Life.
The greatest precautions were taken by
those i'm authority to protect life. ana
considering the extent or the IRE ana
erty 10 is almost miraculous thtt lNes
were not lost The powder magazine was
close and this was empued or It's 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 60 and l.59 drain tunnels
The Ontario was struck in 1870 and up
to the time of the building Of no. moist
two shafts We're suuk-Nos. Z and 2. The
mine has produced in round mum 1eta
about S5601099 and has paid about si4-
time is by no means worked out. as gTeaL
bodies of ore have been uncovered below
the 1903 while the OLD workings ABOVE
This morning Foreman Connolly took
man and went over TO the drain tunnel,
where NE VIII so lnt2 tne n-l-e emu -