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Show BUILDINGS COMPLETE FOR TABMBY PLANT Within twenty-five feet of driving, according to the surveys that have recently re-cently been made, the raise under way at the Tar Baby property in the Big Cottonwood district will cut the contact. con-tact. President and General Manager C. R. Greene returned yesterday from the property, lie expects to have the machine drills working iu the tunnel in tho near future. The raise; which is being driven The raise, which is being driven in a distance of 1SUU feet, has encountered encoun-tered at tho thirteen-foot point stringers string-ers of iron scattered through a breast of quarUito and schist, or what is known as "black rock" formation. This formation lies in the contact between be-tween tho limestone and the quurtzito. Where cut, a vortical depth of about i:;uo feet has been attained. The work is being done by hand steel. Near the portal of tho tunnel the foundations for tho compressor have been completed, nnri the building that, is to house the plant is also completed. The power drills have arrived at the property, as have the transformers, and tho electricians went to tho property yesterday to make the necessary connections' con-nections' and install the motor. The compressor has been ordered, .but has not yet arrivod. As soon as it arrives it will be installed. Tho water pipe has been laid from the portal to the breast of the tunnel, and the air lino for tho machine drills is now being installed. President Groeno said yesterday that he expected to have the machine drills running within ten days after tho compressor arrives in Salt Lake. Recently, while examining a large boulder that was in tho wash near the roadway and that apparently had rolled "down the mountain side from the main vein, President Greene discovered dis-covered galena ore in it. The wheels of the ore wagons had worn a portion of the side of the boulder away, exposing expos-ing the galena. At first glance President Presi-dent Greene was of the opinion that the metal showing was off the tire, but further examination disclosed the galena gale-na scattered through other portions of the boulder. The vein being driven for in the tunnel is thirty feet wide on the surface. |