Show THE WASATCH MINES A great deal of interest is being centered at the present time in the property of the wasatch mines company at alta utah now in course of systematic and extensive development while on account of the fact that the company is now engaged in the driving of a deep drain tunnel which will penetrate new and virgin ground some very important if not sensational ore disclosures are looked for before many more months have passed the company it is stated is out of debt and has ample funds in its treasury for the carrying out of its development program and campaign in the flat below hellgate Hell gate a mile or more down the canyon from alta the company has already started its new drain tunnel near its portal a fine and substantial power and compressor house has been completed and a commodious kitchen and boarding house and a large bunk house are both nearing completion and winter supplies and provisions are being rushed in in the driving of the tunnel about feet of open cut work wa s performed before the workings entered permanent ground the company under the direction of supt bupt T W blake is giving employment to two shifts aggregating about thirty men and the tunnel is being pushed into the mountain at the rate of ten to twelve feet per day which is about record time in any mining camp to take care of the waste the company has just purchased ten 5 ton 3 foot guage steel cars and every necessary equipment has been provided for the railroad which is now constructed to tanners flat should be pushed on up the canyon to alta in the spring and this road will pass within easy distance of the mouth of the drain tunnel |