Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-08-15 | Page 28 | Wasatch Mines to Start Big Tunnel

WASATCH MIS 10 SMJIG TUNNEL With the start np of tl(e ma n flra n ageatunnel on the Wasatch Mines com pany s property located in the Little Cottonwool d strict the great ore bodies that were m ned in a more or less desultory way down, to the 100 foot level will "become available The bie bore wh ch 11 traverse the prop er y of the companj s to be started in the near future It w 11 tap the ground between 160 and 170 feet lower thap the lowest .workings n the old Col m bus Consplidated and w 11 make acces slble the org bodies 6 the bottoms of the old stopes that for years ha e been co ered b water The companv has ample power a a 1 able from its power plant so that opera t ons can be immediately prosecuted w tb vigor The portal of the tunnel has been located n 6uch a manner as to gi e ample dump ng grouhd and lurtber is access ble to a s te su table tor the necessary serv ce equipment for handl ng the ores that w 11 be pro duced The total length from the n outh of the t nnel to underneath the old Co Iqmbus Cousol dated work ngs 6 just about 5000 feet Howe er when tho tunnel has been advanced about due half that d stance or at out '000 feet frorti its beg nn og t w 1) penetrate the known mineral zed area and fro.m that time on it s expected that discoveries w 11 be made One of the most important forma t ons n the camp s a wh te 1 mestone formation n which the Card ff ore body has been found Th s underlies the quartz te and has a thickness ot 1600 to "000 feet It M I mestone s milar n character to the soluble Un e stone n wh ch mot of the b g ore bod es of the eamp ha e so far oeen found Vs t 1 es at a greater depth t has not et been penetrated n an of the workings