Show THE WASATCH MINES TUNNEL A the open cut work has been finished at the site of the new long drainage and transportation por tation tunnel of the wasatch mines company at alta utah the necessary machinery and supplies are on the ground ang and the former is all in place but a slight delay has been caused by the non arrival of necessary timbers As soon as these are delivered the open cut will be put under cover and the machine drills will be started on the tunnel proper two shifts will be worked and an advance of from to feet per month is expected if it is found practicable three shifts will be employed in the work the long bore starts at the extreme southwestern portion of the com banys ground which consists of acres about two thirds of which is patented it will H pass under the hellgate Hell gate group now under development by dr hugo of new york and when completed to the old columbus Columb fis workings of the wasatch company will be more than feet in length it will give an all additional depth of about feet under the old slopes where important ore bodies are known to exist the ore there was mined to the water level where work stopped owing to the lack of adequate pumping equipment and the great cost of in stalling such a plant in time the tunnel is to be extended to drain other properties of the district which is one of the comers of tile the utah field A H cowie of salt lake is president of the company T W blake is superintendent in charge at the mine |