Show TO PIERCE WASATCH WITH DEEP TUNNEL Utah Karns Tunneling Machine Company Undertakes Gigantic Project L 1 BORE 14 MILES IN LENGTH I i Will Drain Drain the Mines of Alta AlIa and Park City and T Transport Ores A double tunnel funnel approximately 1 11 t 1 miles O Je In len length th with many lateral tunnels tun tun- neTs nels of or smaller bore draining all un the thc mines Q pf pC Alta Atta Little and Pig Dig Cotton- Cotton wo wod and Park City and at the tho same samo il time l providing means of ot transportation I. I tion on for or nil all Of bf C those mines is tho the gigantic gigan gigan- i-an- i 10 tic project t which the Utah-Karns Utah Tunneling Tun Tun- n Machine company hris hns on foot The tunneling company compan has al already al ready made h t J preliminary rel arrangements s with a n number of ot the mine owners of or orAHa Alta AHa and the Cottonwoods looking to the carrying g through of the project and has hns entered into tHO negotiations with the others The men behind the tire company who include some of Utah Utah's s most prominent mining men and capitalists have made thorough In investigation of ot over has of oC tho situation before ear cm- barking upon the enterprise nt rin an 1 the they ar are convinced that tha It is altogether practicable abl 1 th y claim that they know tho the Karns machine absolutely what will do an and have Ilave no hesitancy In n backIng back back- f c Ing th tia tho so eme as a a. winning tion The immense value of ot such a price o constructed d to the mines mineso o of ot the several e camps can of oC course courso be becar scarcely car cl o overestimated Will Great Grent The Tle of ot th the tunnel as projected 1 will be at It a in Little Cottonwood Cotton Cotton- wood canyon CAnon at nt an altitude of ot only feet teet Extending in an on easterly direction it will cut un underneath the principal mines of or Alta Aita such as the Columbus Columbu South Columbus City Rocks flocks Emma and others at a n depth of or from 2000 to 2500 feet and Ind will wIH make mako makon n nearly arl the same depth under the Dat Daly J Judge dge Silver r KJ King g and other Park City properties The main tunnel will be beten beten beten ten teet feet in diameter the laterals eight feet et The first lateral will be run for tor forthe the Mountain 1 Lake and l Big Cottonwood Cottonwood Cotton Cotton- wood and will be about aboul feet teel In l length Aft After r reaching Park Cit City CHy a number of f laterals will be ru run rull to different prop prop- ettles The laterals will be je c constructed coincident with tho the driving of ot the mainc main c- c tunnel It t being possible to complete tle Ufe first ones before betote tho the main bore f- f reaches its final objective point An electric plant to furnish power A- A c for tol driving the tunneling ma machines and later the transportation system Is to tob tobe b be built at the he mouth of at the canyon the company being already engaged in securing water ll rights for this purpose The estimated cost of or the tho tunnel work wor- is about 6 a foot or n nearly a halt half milI mil million mil fill I lion Hon of dollars for tor the main tunnel I This is perhaps less leas than one half what I th the cost would be for hand work and andIs Is Js a an nn insignificant nt cum um compared to th the advantages that roust must b be realized The Thc different mines to be bo benefited will be bo asked aske simply to contracts acts agreeing to lo pay a stipulated sum rum for dr drainage find and for the tire transportation n of or or ores s the they the will not be he asked to a assume sume any of ot the responsibility for Cor the success success suc sue cess or failure of the undertaking I Th The matter of ot transporting ores to the r railroad has always alwa's been a serious problem em with the Alta AHa tind nd Park City mines on account of the h heavy ay avy snows With the proposed tunnel in oper operation this problem will bo be solved completely ly and arid for Ifor all time The ores for the various mines will be taken through S I tho t tUnnels directly o to o the railroad at ata ata ata a CO cost I t. t of approximately approximate one half the present cost of transporting them there ic or about 1 t 1 a ton and there thero wille will willbe willbe be e no rio u ps on account of ot the ele dc- m ments T Tie The c tunnel will be equipped fur fun frh handling tons of ore a day An Aji n Important feature o of ot t the c proposition will be he flow of or water to be Ibe d developed by the tunnels To ToI I uti utilize Iz this flow im an Irrigation will wUl be he lh launched and I it Is p possible that a a J portion 6 bf Or the he water vater will be he turned over o to tho the city rhe The prospecting of QC tIr th the ground beneath the mine at depth Is alOth t feature which will wUl all pea strongly to mining men Th The h Utah Karns company alrea already ly has ha order ordered d manufactured the th-c ten foot m machine to tebe be used d in driving tho the mo main tunnel l as well as a number o of smaller machines n needed for the thc laterals and for fot other work 1 in Ip this Oils state It I Js S expected ex ex- I l ct d that that active w work rk on the bl big tunnel tunnel tun tun- I n nel l will vu be begun by Nov L 1 1 and it is figured that SO o months will wt be re required re- re to co complete the job |