Show Crews Break Through on Roil Rail Spur Tunnel funnel Friday x e y 1 r 6 to r j i Yr tt a y t t j r FINAL BREAKTHROUGH After BREAKTHROUGH After over feet of progress in the construction of the railroad tunnel on the industrial in ins J spur from Moab l Valley crews of T rf finally i inn n a 11 y broke through into Bootlegger Canyon last Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- considerably ahead of schedule Photo by Evans Studio V e. e ter w 0 t FIRST ONES OUT Two OUT Two workmen who had been driving ing the tunnel from Moab Valley to Bootlegger Canyon peer out of the end of the tunnel following the dynamite blast that marked the end of the line Only clean up work remains on the tunnel Tunnel work workers MI of ot In Construction lestI lest I ft 1 ahi ugh ruch the final filial fat te t ti If of at i r o l U k ut tit 2 30 pm p.m. m ii Y to toa 11 u II 1 the tho head of n Ii ner C C m mu t n and open the root foOt foot i all ads allIY a IY ay tunnel that s r the potash Cot f ash ish mine an and mill 4 l of Texas lilt Sulphur Construction In- In t C ja 1 4 i t Larsen latsen said that the actual dL distance tune of the tunnel w was s 1059 I feet and It was right w oil the I hoc in connecting with grade le work in Bootlegger er Canyon The i tine fine will descend Bootlegger I Canyon nyon to th the Colorado River fiver i ind nd ind then go on to Cane Gene Creek eCk i Antl line Ine and the potash title v drilled through to du delight daylight jl ht earlier but It li w wA wl f k not until that a n bl t fd n 11 hole through which tilt uld Pl puss f r The l breakthrough i followed Ih the removal In of a a it cubic y of rock from the tM tunnel from the Moab Canyon Id Jd Work start started a Morrison- Morrison Knudsen on Nov 61 61 1 on the theart tunnel It is only c art of the 35 miles of spur line that will connet the potash operation with the line Uno of Denver and Rio Grande Railway Hallway near Crescent Junction Grand County The M-K M office at tho the tunnel portal said Wednesday that 90 per cent of the tunnel was now complete and progress was as expected T The h e breakthrough uth however came about two weeks ahead of schedule About th three e to four weeks of work remains remain for cleaning up and making the tunnel safe for traffic and sus sustained sus IUS tamed use over the years I The 16 by 24 foot course through the wall of Moab C in- in yon on Is considered by engineers as a real key to the feasibility of the entire potash project The mile 35 route has a maximum grade of 12 per cent and willbe willbe will be capable of carrying a 0 50 caT train 50 miles per hour Three shifts have been used In the penetration Counting outside men mechanics and underground men workers were on the tunnel project The breakthrough brought rought a reduction In force of thirty men Superintendent Larsen Larson s sa said a i 1 d dOnly d. d Only two shifts are now being used The portal for the Bootlegger Canyon end of the tunnel 5 G 1 s being set now The Moab en entrance entrance en en- trance Is virtually complete oj r Rock removed from the tunnel has las been dumped hack back front the north entrance as fill ful to additional space for b buildings and a spur No track has las been laid In ln the tunnel other than that used during the cop con The project encountered no delays worth mentioning the Morrison-Knudsen Morrison office reported report ed By ny the successful project some 16 miles mlles of winding wending river could be In reaching the potash plant |