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Show i PROGRESS REPORTED ! ON KNIGHT TUNNEL ; Much of Preliminary Work Has Already j Been Don and Actual Driving ' Will Start Soon. I lU KKKA. P.v. K U.Miiy r.arnev.j Uvlio is il'.ri ctiny operut ions lor the Knight Pram Tvinnol eompany, was in ennui thirine; the -week. nni states that invieit of the preliminary work lia.n nl-i nl-i rea.lv been ilono. Now bit iKti n irs have I boon' creetoil. mfleliinery insialled, a , wutor lino laid from the companv's .spring to tho tniuiol site, and at t"liis j tuuo tho jMiwor lino ami tho tolophono I l lino are nearine; complotion. I A force of about thirty meu is lie-itip lie-itip tiscii at this property ami, aoconl-inJJ aoconl-inJJ to Mr. Harney, it will bo but a rry slmrt time until tho work of driving tho tnnii.-l i umler way. j This is m it of the most import a n t niini.it; projot'ts ever launched in this district iim the offieiaN of tlio conuinv itoinse to ilrio n tunnel some miles in b'iij;th, from the slope above V'lbrrta to Mho very renter of tho Tintie district. 1 While it is primarily a drain tunnel jit in more than likely that it will do-elnp do-elnp new ore bodies m (ho southeastern j j'art of tho district, and in order to ro-I ro-I eci n tho benefits of such do clopments I 1 he Tunnel com nan y have loca t ed and , acipii rrd b j ni cliMM' hundreds oi' claim I many of which wilt bo cut by tho dram 1 1 11 niiel. j In addition to thin they have ieeiived from tho tate n lot of fanniiiL; land j near tho tunnel bit u which can bo irTi- ntc). Thf tuu.'l is to t:ip the Imj j 1111110s of tlio "s.-uth cn.i" at s d-pi H 'of not less than '.HOI fect. If tlio tu':-iu-1 ml;os it possililc to operate theo mines below tiio water level tlio company com-pany .Iri vine, it will r.voivo a certain royalty 011 all ores shippe.l. |