A great tunnel enterprise for ti

gintic
L A martin and associates of salt lake
ity are actively engaged at the present
me in formulating and perfecting the de
ime
ails of an enterprise that is gigantic in
ts magnitude and which should add many
cars to the life and productiveness of the
rears
ines of gintic
nines tintic district utah and at the
amee time provide means for economical
pe ration to say nothing of the added rev
aeration
ues to
aes tb be derived from milling opera
ions electric power plants and irrigation
iro positions
tintic
antic mining district
BY WILL C HIGGINS
doubt could be made to produce many mil-
lions were they susceptible of economic op-
eration to depths of 1500 to feet
as it has been demonstrated that their ore
zones extend below the water level with
every indication that they will maintain
their size and value to great depths
for years it has been the dream of tin
tic mining operators to secure drainage for
at depth to say nothing of
their holdings lat
transportation facilities that would obviate
expensive hoisting and an outlet for the
brict and this is especially true where deep
mining in the district is concerned
the proposition
when rounded into shape the enterprise
in question will be known as the gintic
tintic tun-
nel company
this company according to preliminary
plans proposes to start ta ia large drain and
transportation tunnel near tho the head of
goshen valley on the foot contour
line and drive it due west under the great

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tintic tunnel 1600 feet photo by will C higgins
the dragon mine elevation feet depth at which it will be cut by gintic
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district the deepest mines have production of their mines at a point where ledges and mines of tintic district these
gintic
with every veins as is well known and there are a
countered water troubles which have very reduction works could be erected practically parallel
teri ally handicapped mining operations
serially
convenience obtainable such as an abund- number of them which
aerially northerly and
ilee in the ance of water desirable railroad facilities each other have a strike
southern portion of the district tunnel will cut the
the silver city and diamond sections sm elters
and short hauls to shelters
smelters and mills southerly so that the
ray
ly every advantages in view mr system at right angles the tunnel will
active and producing prop with all of these point located at 39 degrees
y has
been obliged to abandon develop martin and his colleagues have prepared start near a
entt and ore plan that is meeting with 55 seconds north latitude and at longitude
production upon attaining a and presented a

feth of froni
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from three to five hundred feet
the great volumes of water with
great favor with the mining
district and which promises
men
to
of gintic
tintic
solve a
about
ship 10
degrees in utah county
range 2 west on the east
town-

f ich their
owners have had to contend
these properties without a question of
knotty problem that has long confronted
successful
suc ce mining operations in gintic
tintic dis
side
vater
water
of tintic
grade with
district
salt
and
lake
almost
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some of the prope arties which would be benefited by
the long tunnel of the gintic
tintic tunnel co photos by will C higgins
h results obtained the tunnel will be used for transportation
process of organization and it is announc-
gy running this tunnel through the range purposes and all companies and
owners of
f abild through and under the igneous forma mines after having made underground con- ed that the directorate will consist of some
gintic the mines of the district of the most prominent and active mining
minin 0
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eions of tintic hect
nections
0 ns with the tunnel will be given
to great depth and the transportation facilities so that their ores men in utah whose names will be announc-
would be drained
ed within a few days reports are be i
1I ng
being
prepared by some of the most competent
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and well known engineers in the west and
these will be ready to submit to the pub-
ar
lic in the near future the financing of this
attractive enterprise will be accomplished
Y by the sale of bonds and stock
some of the mines to be benefited
there are hundreds of properties in
district which will be directly and in-
directly benefited by the driving of this
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long tunnel and these might be divided into

two classes those already suffering and
handicapped by the presence of water in
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their workings and those whose develop-
ment is held in abeyance because of the
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known fact that when depth is attained op
erat ions must be checked or entirely sus-
orations
pended because of this great obstacle to sue
and economic continuation many
0oe the mines of the district heavy producers
and regular dividend payers at the present
time are still working dry but the day
is not far distant when they also must
become confronted with the water problem
to all such the knowledge that the tunnel
will have eliminated this obstacle when they
chief consolidated shaft at eureka shall have reached water level will be an ail
water drawn from the veins and fissures and waste can be delivered at the tunnels encouragement to proceed without fear or
would be worth many thousands to farmi- portal at a trifling cost the ore to be treat apprehension there are others too which
ng lands in the valley thus securing two ed in reduction works to be established at will be vastly benefited and these are the
blessings by eliminating the constant men or near the outside terminal or shipped mine owners who have not thoroughly pros
ace to the one and by giving to the other
the moisture needed for the successful
growl ng
growing of crops
facts about the tunnel
this giant tunnel when completed will
be about five miles in length
it will proba-
bly cut under treasure hill in the silver
city portion of gintic
tintic district and
rw
any mines in that locality that fare known
many
to possess great deposits
of payable ore
but whir
whichhcannot be successfully and profit-
ably worked to only shallow depths on ac
count of the excessive flow of underground
waters such for instance as the old swan
aea
ea the
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south svswansea
iran sea the laclede the
montana
tana sunbeam united gintic tintic and oth-
ers whiled it will also the mines in
the0 northern
portion of the district which
ave sunk to
avo
the water level IN
f
the tunnel will be equipped with double 04
track
ack and the ore
and waste bearing cars
1111 be electrically
operated while the wa-
ter
bergay
terway
r gay or ditch on one side or in the
dle of
the big bore will have a capacity of
75
10 to
second feet per minute the oen tennial eureka mine at eureka
centennial
ae of the tunnel will be from ten to doing away pecked their holdings on the surface but
twenty
aty feet per mile direct to nearby sm elters thus
shelters
smelters running near or
tel will
to complete the tun
with the heavy expense of hoisting from who with the tunnel
vill cost in theQ neighborhood of ot 1000
1000
costs connected with literals
late rals
laterals
through their ground could run latera Is
00 deep vels
levels
le and other
mining operations at high altitudes horn it either for the accomplishment of
ham
besides accomplishing the primary ob- surface now in development operations or the performance
gintic
tintic tunnel company is
ject of
draining the mines of the district the
 1400 plied to the irrigation of land will give the
ille
of annual assessment work this latter triumph 1852 company an earning capacity equal to that
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class could then do away with the necessity treasure hill 1500 to be obtained by the draining of the mines
and expense of surface buildings and equip- tesora 1495 in its course or the revenue to be gained
ment and if successful in uncovering de- undine 2100 because of its transportation facilities on
posits of the precious and baser metals uncle sam 1500 east side of gintic
the past tintic range below the
would find an easy and economical outlet tintic no 1I
united gintic 1750 mouth of the tunnel there are tens of thou-
for their mine products tintic no 2
united gintic 1500 sands of acres of rich land which only need
with the tunnel in commission climatic united sunbeam 1200 water for their transformation into fruitful
conditions could also be practically elimi- yankee girl and valuable farms tandland this great area of
elevation of mine above sea level
nated by operating through the tile big bore it allowing virgin soil could successfully be reclaimed
depth gained by tunnel not
would not be necessary for the miner to and cultivated by using the water flowing
buck heavy snow and face zero weatherr for grade from the big bore As a matter of fact
in the winter time in going to and from tunnel right to veins preliminary estimates indicate that the
another feature of importance and of
work if mining from the tunnel level and of this value of the water will fully compensate
this method of operation would also have possible benefit to the promoters
enterprise is the possibility of the finding
findan for the driving of the tunnel while the
many advantages in its favor including a of the prec- ore extracted and marketed from the com
of underground or blind veins
material reduction of expense banys own mining property on the line of
isome idea of the sweeping benefits which semi precious metals the discovery
ious or semiprecious
of which under certain conditions would
the tunnel and the revenue to be derived
will follow in the wake of the completion from transportation receipts would be prac-
of this deep drainage tunnel and chow it invest title in the tunnel company in an- tically clear gain
act a large number of the mines of
affect
will aff ticipation of such discovery provision is
made in section 4 of the act of 1872 revis- it is estimated that between fifty and
district can be gained by a glance square miles of mineral land will be drain
over the following table which shows their ed statutes section 2323 which says
elevation and the depths to which they can
be drained
properties affected
name of
mine or
place elevation
Ble depth
alaska 1649
bullock 1500 17

chief consolidated 1600

colorado 2300 nil
cornucopia 1500 N

dragon 1600
diamond 1250
N
diamond divide
1
1790
eagle blue bell 1700
eureka peak 2909
emerald 1830
four aces 1140
governor 2000
godiva shaft 2000 44
gemini 1467
humbug
bumbu 2400 14
iron duke 1200
1300 colorado shaft no 2 should be benefited by gintic
tintic tunnel
soTa no
blossom
iron Blos 1 2250 where a tunnel is run for the develop-
iron blossom no 2 2300
ed by
od the tunnel and when the project
ment of a vein or lode or for the discovery has reached completion and fulfillment an
joe bowers 1500 of mines the owners of such tunnel shall
knightsville
Knights ville 1500 and transportation will be afforded
outlet land
have the right of possession of all veins grade ore as well
for millions of tons of low grado
keystone 1500 or lodes within feet from tile
the face as the normal output of shipping ore A
lucky doy
boy 1400 mouth of such tunnel on the line thereof
laclede 1500 feature of the proposition is the building of
not previously known to exist discovered in a custom mill near the mouth of the tun-
martha washington 1750 hsuch tunnel to the same extent as
mammoth peak if ddis-
s nel which is located within a short distance
covered from the surface and the loca- from a high power electric line and from
mammoth 1841 tions on the line
apoll lindofof such veins or lodes not the gintic
tintic branch of the denver RIO
2300 appearing on the surface made by other
apex 1655 grande railroad
parties after the commencement ement of the tun-
primrose 1350 nel and while the same is being prosecut-
rabbits Ffoot
oot 60 1300 ed with reasonable diligence shall
swansea 1100 be in-
valid but a failure to prosecute
sunbeam 1532 the work
on the tunnel for six months
silver city 1150 shall be con-
sidered as an abandonment of the right to
silver pass 1684 all undiscovered veins on the
sioux peak line of tile
the
tunnel
sioux ajax tunnel 1806
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spy irrigation features
2400 it is estimated that the flow of water de-
sioux consolidated 2300 rived from the driving of the
tunnel and ap