Inter-Mountain Republican | 1908-10-30 | Page 6 | Shaft is Reached by the Cardiff Tunnel

I ITHE t SHAFT SHAF IS 18 REACHED BY BYTHE THE CARDIFF TUNNEL Provides Avenue for Taking I f 1 J Out Ore to Some Extent Proven Tho The tunnel tunnel of at the to Cardiff Mining S. S v r Milling company on on the South For of ot Bg Big Cottonwood has bas reached a point approximately underneath the foot shaft abaft and ehat Mana Manager er Fred W. W Price Picc expects expect to to find Ond that connection has liae b been n made when he tat visits tho the mine within tho the next nex f ta few w days day The tunnel ia iK only a a t few fw w feet teet 10 lower r than the bottom bot hot tom tout of or tho the shaft but tho the last SO 80 feet teet of ot tho the shaft i IB Ie badly caved and It will wm I t take Uke ke some omo time to clear out the tho to debris i The Tho tunnel Is ls something something- more moro than tan 1100 feet long and It I has been driven by y hand work in 11 1 months Mr months Price PreD believes that this stands Ind as tho the record for fast a t driving under like con con- Some six lx or eight fissures cross havo havor havon r b n cut In ln driving cros the to o tunnel on the of ot the contact contact and ond thero there la is every over indication 11 that relatively little drIftIng will wU be fl T required to op open P n tm- tm or ore cle Quantities of at high high- grade were opened in iii tie the aft nh-aft and with wih tho ui avenue a for taking tte It out which the tho tunnel provides provide the Cardiff should soon lOOn be In position to begin sending U Its Ia product to the te furnaces The Tho management Is confident that It l is on the te eve ve of at opening one of or the bl big biff mines o of the tho Alta Aita la region