Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-01 | Page 16 | Spiro Tunnel Makes Progress is Report

SPIRO TUNNEL MAKES PROGRESS, IS REPORT A telephone message received by Murray Mur-ray Schick yesterdav from the Silver King Consolidated mine at Park City stated the progress in the Spiro tunnel is being made under Improved conditions'. The formation, a gray lime, Is softening; work la being done without interference from water, and the strata, which were lying at an agio of 15 degrees from the-horizontal, the-horizontal, are straightening up and are Btanding at present at an angle of 30 degrees. de-grees. From nine to ten feet per day are being made. It is said. Shipments from the new bedded deposit de-posit recently struck in the Electric Light claim are proceeding as rapidly as the or can be mined and cars for shipment secured, se-cured, according to Mr. Schick. With what ore is in transit, 500 tons, with a net valuation of approximately $30,00, have been shipped from this showing.