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Show Deep Mining Project Completed One of the last rounds of shot put In at the Elton Tunnel 1 from Tooele to Bingham. Thlsdeep tunnel will unlock low kapatnfnr i n m ! nea b I e. 1 yiauc wi to nvi Last month Tooele and Bingham Joined in the celebration of one of the greatest projects for the development of the underground resources re-sources of the state of Utah the completion of the Elton tunnel. The four and one-half mile, million mil-lion and a quarter dollar project to tap the depths of the Bingham , district has been completed, and preparations are now being made to place the project into operation. Governor Herbert B. Maw paid a fitting tribute to the project and its importance to the state when he made the following statement at a celebration in connection with completition of the tunnel: "Utah has a large variety of potential industrial possibilities. Most of them will be undeveloped without the foresight of courageous people. When men with courage and vision appear in our midst with plans to develop our state, the people should enthusiastically rally to their support. "Mr. J. O. Elton is a leader with both vision and courage. With the backing of the National Tunnel and Mines Company, he planned and constructed the Elton Tunnel, which will not only be an important asset to the mining industry of Utah, but has provided a large flow of water which will supply the needs of new homes and new farms in uninhabited sections of Tooele County. The future prosperity of our state depends upon projects such as these. It is a pleasure, therefore, for me to raise my voice on behalf of the people of Utah in tribute to Mr. Elton, to the companies com-panies that backed him, and to the men who did the work on the Elton Tunnel." , . Complition of this tunnel indicates indi-cates the mines must go deeper and further into the earth at greater expense in order to find ore. |