Show FIVEMILE FIVE MILE TUNNEL UNDER TINTIC L A martin of salt lake has received from the secretary of state a charter for the tintic gintic tunnel company which is organized with a capitalization of for the purpose of driving a drainage tunnel from the head of goshen valley under the tintic gintic district utah with a view of draining the east and south sections of that great mineralized zone the tunnel is to start on the contour line and will be driven on a grade of twelve feet to the mile it is to be sufficiently large to accommodate a double track system A drainage ditch in the tunnel will be prepared for from 75 second feet to 85 second feet of water a minute for a great many years the big difficulty that the tintic gintic district and especially the east and south section encountered has been water said nir mr martin thousands of dollars have been spent in an effort to the porphyry section of tin tic and while most of the companies have developed good ore bodies they have been unable to pump the water and mine the ore in an economical manner the tunnel will obtain the greatest de depth ath that is possible from any point that it could be started at that would be practical it will start in the southwest quarter of s section 25 township 10 south range 2 west utah county and will take a course near due west this tunnel when completed will be about five miles in length it will probably cut under treasure hill in the silver city portion of tintic gintic district and many mines in that locality that are known to possess deposits of payable ore but which can be successfully and profitably worked to only shallow depths on account of the excessive flow of underground waters such are the old swansea the south swansea the laclede the montana sunbeam united tintic gintic and others while it will also mines in the northern portion of the d district is which have been sunk to the water level As an example of the depth to be gained by this tunnel it will reach a depth of about 2300 f feet beet under the collar of the shaft of iron blossom no 2 about 2500 feet under iron blossom no 1 should drain diamond to the depth of 1250 feet silver city proper to a depth of 1150 feet sioux consolidated soli dated to a depth of 2000 feet and it would furnish drainage under the collar of the shafts of tesora united tintic gintic no 1 laclede undine and similarly located properties to a depth of 1500 feet the tintic gintic tunnel is one or tile the largest propositions and most important in many ways that has been undertaken in utah by individuals for many years not only does this tunnel affect eastern and southern portions of the district but it will be of vast benefit to the mines located in the tintic gintic mountain it will cut the major portion of fintics cs great greate producers below the bottom of their deep shafts the irrigation feature and transportation possibilities of the tunnel are things that should not be overlooked it is estimated that the water alone should pay for the cost of the tunnel to say nothing of the ore encountered and the transportation possibilities of the enterprise the board of directors consists of F C richmond L A martin D R beebe S ben smith beech D lyon H J fitzgerald R J evans 0 F davis and C E martin A total of shares of stock it is said has been subscribed for arrangements will be made with them the interests of tintic gintic to join the board and turn in the properties and make contracts and other operating arrangements with the tunnel company |