Show ACTIVE WORK YORK IN OLD OD AUSTIN MINE Clearing of Drainage Tunnel May Yet Release Great Wealth Tho The foot drainage tunnel that taps Lander hill bill near Austin Nov at ata a depth of feet Is now open and I clear clear to the Frost shaft as ns It was when first driven a number of years ars arsago ago The numerous caves which had taken place where tho the tunnel was culby cut cul by the vein system of or tho the district made the work of ot reopening much longer lonser and more moro expensive than was antici antici- Jated ted The Tho nature of the work placed placeda a t limit on the tue number of men that could bo ho used to advantage ad hence time and dog dogged ed perseverance were Wera the factors tn factors that carried the big Job through The Tho cost of clearing the tunnel and putting in new timbers was The lumber used aggregated feet Oct and this Item alono alone cost The Austin Manhattan Consolidated Mining company compan which is the biggest biggest big big- gest cst operating company In that part parl of ot the tho state has been expending In Austin for tor the last year rear an average of ot a month This will now be material materially ma ma- Increased as al' the development work will be carried on In several directions and in a short time the tho In Installation Installation In- In of machinery will be cornIn com corn In e Additional men then have been put on In Inthe inthe the tho underground workings and the tue number will soon be Increased to 40 Just now work Is being rushed to cut cutout cutout cutout out a a. lar large e station at the Junction of ot the tunnel and tho the Frost shaft where a power hoist holat and pumps of or heavy y Capacity ca capacity ca- ca will be Installed feet un un- un Tho The Inch four air pipe to connect this plant with the air all compressors com corn In tho the power house at the portal portal por por- tal of the tunnel has arrived and will willbe willbe be he put In tn place as soon as ns the station has S been cut Men are now at work widening the Inner end of ot the tunnel to 10 feet It will be this wide for feet and 10 feet teet high This Is to make mako room for the rapid handling of ot ore cars and to facilitate the work generally generaU gen gen- orally p at what will be one of ot the busiest busIest bus bus- iest lest points In the Austin mines Work ork will now also be pressed In Inthe Inthe inthe the north crosscut which is 2800 feet teet In length and which cuts cute numerous mineralized veins It will not be long until a a. force of ot men is set to drifting on the tho Union ledge which comes Into the tunnel at an acute angle from the the south couth and which gives a stretch of ot over 2000 feet teet of or virgin ground for tor forthe the taking out of ore The backs above this exceed feet teet The union vein farther east has a a. great grea record as a n. producer and there thero Is no doubt of securing enough ore oro from that lead lend alone to restore restora the name and Emil fame tome of ot the tho great Union mine |