Eureka Reporter | 1908-05-01 | Page 7 | Tunnel True to a Foot

TRUE TO A FOOT remarkable engineer ng feat fin dished in montana helena mont A remarkable teat feat in mining engineering was finished when after driving for two years less ten days the station at the foot level of the iron mountain mine was tapped by a tunnel more than a mile long at the desired spot to a toot foot for years the property was a regu lar producer and paid a million in divi bends it had to be abandoned be cause of the expense in pumping the water to so great a height then the tunnel was decided upon and now the mine Is being by gravit great fear was expressed by the state mine inspector that the heavy water pressure would cause a break and drown the workmen but this was avoided by running a zigzag crosscut the mine Is owned by helena new york missouri and philadelphia cap capi