Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-08-06 | Page 6 | Alta Tunnell may Sell Water to City

ALIA TUNNEL W SELL WATER 10 CITY Portal of Big Bore Now De hvering About 657,000 Gallons Per Day Nego a ons e en e ed no yeste daj b e A ta Tunne & Transporta on company Sa Lake C y for he d bpo. a of eue aaa pres en be ng de e ed f om he po ta of the b g bore be ng d en n a sout er y d e t on f on near the hea of S er Fo an on off e B g Co o vood ca on The obje e of he unne s to ope up and deve op he nume ous m ne a ized f ssu es that c oss s ground dur ng its course and a so to ap hose d pp ng nto ts ground f om the L e Co ton wood district and at g ea dep The b g bore is now n a d stance of approx mate y 1400 feet and wi be about one men ength when oomp eted Dur lng ts course it has cut f ve f sau es three of which are delivering co s der abo water The main breaBt was show ing a very he'avy f ow of water yes e day but the management is not yet cer tain as to whether the next t ssure has been reached or not If it has not been al eady cut it lies immediate y beyond the breast and wi 1 be tapped at a vertl cal depth of about 800 feet from the sur face. The tunne company proposes to sell to Salt Lake the water f owing from the tunnel portal wh ch at present Is about 647 000 ga Ions every twenty four hours j The company however retains the r ght I to u il ze the water for power purposes j in case it shou d decide to do th s Engineers erap oyed by the city ha e ; recent y Is ted the property of the tunne , company and have made a survey of he South Fork region to determ ne as far as possib e the feasibi ty of the p an It is understood that they have reported fa vorably on the. advisab 1 ty pf the city acqu lng the water aa soon as poss ble As the work of driv ng the tunnel forward progresses the amount of water encoun tered s stead y increas ng