j DRAIN TUNNEL I 1 FOR HONERINE Work of Stockton Mines Is Commenced 1 CENTURY MILL DOING WELL j f 11 SUCCESS IN SIGHT SIET AT SUN fiLL I DER full swing the work of ot driving U Ul ing the great Honerine tunnel which will drain no less than a dozen or fifteen of the Stockton mines was vaa commenced last Monday and Is 1 progressing satisfactorily The mouth of or the bore is Js south of ot Terminus eta sta station tion and below the new railroad grade under the ridge dividing di Tooele and andRush andRush Rush Bush valleys T work Is one of large I undertaking and it will be rushed through to completion inasmuch as a it itIs itis itIs Is desired to make It possible to ex explore explore at a minimum of expense the j large bodies of oC rich ore are known to be under tinder the water level When completed the tunnel will be he nearly feet Ceet in length At a dis distance distance tance of 2000 feet toward the objective L point an intermediate shaft feet teet deep will be bo sunk so that driving can canve bo ve carried curried on from three headings headIn s as asa asa asI I a means of facilitating the completion I of ot the tunnel The cost will be large of or course but experience has demon demonstrated demonstrated in other districts where condi conditions corn i are similar that an outlay of oC off from to is Justifiable f In hi wet ore bodies oy ny tun tunneling un noling The TIle will be seven feet wide and nine feet high with a flume capable of carrying a depth d of oC sixteen Inches of water A car track will span the flume It will cut un under under der tier the present bottom of the Honarine Honer Iloner ina me shaft about feet lower and give e ea a depth of some feet b below lov the surface i