Show I I SILVER ISLAND TO TORUN TORUN I RUN DEEP TUNNEL Coalition Company Resumes Work Where Stopped by Railroad Washouts After several months of oC Idleness following a closedown on account of or ortho the tho ho Western Pacific railroad having been unable to deliver supplies at the tho camp the Silver Siver Island Coalition Mines company is reorganizing Its Us working force preparatory to resuming active operations Work is to be bo centered In n the 0 riving driving of the deep tunnel which was started just before the closedown cl occurred Th TU tunnel Is L equipped with new now compressor and engine and all al supplies are arc on hand Iland that will wil be he required for pushing the tunnel through to the ob point which Is the mother lode vein eID approximately feet from tho thou tunnels u 11 n els portal poria I Two To hundred feet fet fretas rom it portal the tho tunnel will wil bo ho due to o rut cut a vein eln which makes a promising surface but it I Is not the Intention to todo toI todo I I do exploratory work until the big bis ledge edge l ge shall have been reached From Krom surface work done upon sev soy several eral oriL veins the Silver Island company lat last ast winter shipped chipped a halt half hl dozen car carloads loads oads of vt ore ore the he consignments all ni having brought close to 00 a ton Time The showing which va wa wat made mad I was an extraordinary one for Cor or the amount of o work done one but on account of tho the precipitous character caracter of or the he surface the tho following of ot the ore orewa was wa Impracticable from un an economical standpoint The company was AS accord financed for tor systematic develop development accor ment mont and It I Is that work which Is now being undertaken The situation Is favorable for Cor tun tunnel tunnel nel neZ work In driving the lower tun n nl l 00 feet It I will 1 attain a depth de th of oC about 1000 feet and U it I will wi strike the bl big lg lodge ledge near ner the juncture with that ledge edge or of several smaller veins ing ng those from which ore was taken In surface workings workings On account of or the tho roughness s of oC the tho country countr no work could be b done on the surface of or the big ledge edge lege The formation In the compan property Is similar to that of the Park City ore belt bel the ore making In n fissures fissure and In beds bes and chambers In n limestone Experts pronounce the conditions Ideal for the tho making of large bodies bodie of oC rich ore ere at depth depth |