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Show EXPLORATION CO. 1 WILL USHflACHINERj The Miller Hill Exploration CO'iv tunnel Is now In nearly COO fecthnvlng gone this dlstnnco slnco Juno 21st,'' which io a record Tor fast tunnol work In American Fork Canyon. Tho tunJ! nel Is In n shalo formation nearly nil tho way nnd Is timbered most of tlie way. - Emll Nelson who has been doing tho wotk will havo finished his con tract when tho GOO foot mark has been1 reached. When this has been done; ft now system of driving will bo Installed. In-stalled. Gcnornl Manngor J. C. Jensen who camo down from the, property ',; Wwk ,ft aul0lI,y fop th": stnlentent that power drills will bo Installed. Ha nlready hns men clear. ing AWfty for foundations on which tho plant will rest. Tho Earl.Eaglo plant la giving such oxcollcnt satisfaction that tho Miller Hill plnnt will bo practically prac-tically a duplicate of it. The- matlvo power will bo .a 25-h. p. oil burning engine. Tho tunnol Is being run to cut tho Pacific-Dutchman fissure, which prob. nbly lies 1,000 feet yet nhcad. Tho Exploration Co. has tho ground on 1 lease which necessitates getting to tho'bro with nil possible speed. As tho nunrlzlto contact will poon ho oncount. toted t.ho powor plant becomes nn ak most nbsoluto necessity, for In this mntorlal ono nnd two feet per day Is tho rule. n . |