Show BORING OF TUNNEL MAY BARE VEINS OF BURIED WEALTH denvert pot 27 the jogise i ouel bibity that tho boring of tin tilt moffat tunnoe will unearth now of molybdenum tiran funi gold uliver or load lead oro ore now fit 1 admitted by state mining officials although tile tunnel eito site itself la in not within at developed twining area uranium whish radium fit 1 extracted now Is being mined near central city a few miles mouth of the tile tunnel alto site whilo while to tho tile north valuable gold silver lund lend and arid iron deposits uro are being mined according to alu U HOC mcc rotary of tho the Col colorado grAdo metal mining fund the lovel dt 01 the to bo be bored borod thru tho the ril divide in 1 a level nt tit which fina tires or ore oro veins may bo be found thoan fla ho he are found upward in tuu the precepts which tho th formation of and veins muy may have bon been honed up to 10 tho the height of tho path of taw tunnel if lf buch such ore is 1 found it likely will appear in a rich form mr air eald said advancing the theory that tho the disintegration of a vein into thu tile form of a act acts somo somewhat what aa ail u natural smelting process by breaking up tho rock and arid othur other foreign substances which are found in area it la fit thu tile disintegration of theno these 11 ne I 1 near tho tile surface of tho the earth which causes tho formation formati orl of nug gan g an and gold duet lust ho lie eald said radium its 1 certain to be found in tho the tunnel path in the form of uranium oro ore according to horace iray one ono mineral of tho the mate board of land commissioners but whether it will bo be toine in paying quantities la Is doubtful mr havens said 11 he lie did not think I 1 that thu tile presencio pre senco of radium in tho the tunnels tun nole path puth would be in auch such quan 1 bitica 11 L RI 1 to interfere with the drill 1 lug of tho boro bore tho the theory that the presence of radium thoro there would hamper tho the building of the tunnel thru lie its power to polarize or depo dope clarizo electrical equipment and arid its ability to deneroy the temper of drilling tools woe was discounted by mr havens this action was Aid recently by dr D T quigley loy of omaha nob neb in a recent address be foro tho the denver xray X ray and radium conference mr haven eald said radium might he be found in paying quantities at tho the tunnel without hampering actual boring and construction work all mine rills in the tunnel are the property of tho the hottat tunnel improvement pro district which floated a bond issue of more than to construct the bore when completed the tunnel will bo be the tile long longest t in the united states |