Show M 1 tunnel to close idue 0 00 r e out of work two hundred employees in the fiton tunnel were notified wednes day that operations in the tunnel will cease as soon as equipment can be salvaged this action be came necessary with the cessation of federal premium payments on ore and higher labor costs inter national smelting and refining company officials stated the company has been receive ing 8 cents per pound above the market price for copper 2 75 cents tor for lead and 9 cents for zinc the eiton elton tunnel was ed in 1941 from bingham to too ele at the cost of 1250 1 in the hope that the company would strike rich ore bodies along the way and provide drainage and tr transportation a n s p 0 arta t aoh for workings in the B bingham i n g h a m a area r a closing of the tunnel will not end operations at the tooele thoele amel ter which will continue to work ov over e r ores from several company mines whether or not several mines leased by the IS and R co to other companies will continue in operation will depend on their ability to locate higher grade ore james R richardson manager ot of the utah mining association said the eiton elton tunnel is the only workings in the state that has closed so tar far because of the ces bation of premium payments he ile pointed out however that all mines are figuring and re evaluate ing costs and some ore which could previously be taken out will have to remain underground unless mar ket prices increase |