The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
THE DALY-WEST.

Several Utah mining camps have APP
parently had their full measure of mis-
fortunes the past year. and of these Park
City has probably had her share.
With the work of clearing out the On
tario tunnel delayed. and with strikes at
the Daly-West, Ontario and DAILY mines,
the properties have experienced a hard
year. Yet as 1903 dawns the prospects
for Park City are Frightening up and
from present indications new era is
dawning for the camp.
Of the properties most affected during
the past few months by the labor trou-
bles and other disturbances. the DAILY
West has had its share and has stood
the buffeting better than any other prop
erty in the Summit county camp. The
delay experienced in restoring the ia
nous Ontario drain tunnel TO its for
mer usefulness has served as the most
serious handicap to operations at the
Daly-West during the year. But from
information which comes from an appar-
emily reliable source there is every rea-
SON to believe that the last step in the
costly campaign to reopen the big water
way will shortly be taken. When the last
obstruction is removed from the drain,
the stoppage of which has flooded all the
lower levels of the mines. it will be an
important event for the camp. for it will
mean the employment of more men and
a larger output.
Outside the Ontario and Daily proper
ties, joint owners of the tunnel, the DAILY
West property suffered most from the
disaster The management of the mine
had planned TO carry out a system of
deep mining, and this of course, had
to be given up. The Daly-West manage
ment had made a contract with the On
tario people, in consideration for big
rental and the tunnel was to have been
pushed forward to the Daly-West side
lines. This work had been practically
completed and the Daly-West manage
ment was prepared to begin work where
the Ontario people had left off. when
the cave-in occurred. The plans outlined
for the work on the lower levels of the
DaIy-West of course were abandoned i'm
mediately. With the tunnel once more
opened it is expected the original plans
will be carried out in so far as pos
sible.
Probable Consolidation.
1t was about the time of the cave-in
that the consolidation between the On
tario, Daily and Daly-West was effected,
the consolidation amounting only to a
working agreement at present. ]. Z. Bam-
berger became convinced that the mines
could be operated under one management
much more economically than by three
different arrangements and consequently
overtures were made to ]. 3. Haggin and
Representatives of the Hearst estate,
which interests had remained intact since
the organization of the Ontario and DAILY
companies. 1t was some time before the
negotiations were brought to close. but
finally Mr.. Bamberger assumed control
of the properties. Charles L. Rood turned
over the keys to the Daily and Ontario
properties to Ernest Bamberger, who was
then and is now general manager OF the
Dalv-West mine. The transfer made the
new management responsible for the
clearing of the caved-tn tunnel, and the
Rambergers went about this task ham,
ner-and-tongs until it stands today prac-
tically ready to be cleared.
The disaster to the tunnel occurred al
most three years ago and ever since that
time every energy has been bent toward
reopening the drain again. This seems