Show TWO GIANT TUNNELS FOR DEEP MINING the tunnel propositions destined to prove and develop the two mountains viz florida and war eagle are the sinker tunnel of war eagle mountain and the dewey tunnel of the florida mountain in fact the last named has already served its purpose and by its recent completion is feet long and has connected all the properties and old workings of the trade dollar con mining company with the new mill at dewey and as soon as the dewey mill will have been placed in commission which will be within a few days the two old mills will be abandoned and dismantled and all the operation of the trade dollar company centralized at dewey through the dewey tunnel all the ore of the dewey black jack and blaine viens will exit into the dewey mill with the tapping capping of the golden chariot vein at the 2300 foot level last fall and the proving of the value by drifting on the vein feet to prove its continuity and value the sinker tunnel company laid off all the men and closed the works almost simultaneously with the closing of the sinker tunnel work the manager of the poorman mine laid off his men and closed the mine departing for england the significance of these operations has been guessed at but only guessed at though the prevailing sentiment is that it eventually means some gigantic consolidation destined to include the great golden chariot with with its production record and the poorman with its production and all the number of splendid properties lying between and connecting the two stupendous ledges mentioned As these tunnel propositions have previously been discussed at length in these columns they will be passed at this time and the space given to new and promising mining propositions |