Show A COMBINED MINING AND FARMING PROJECT X N s I 1 azo A zo nl th awk r j awl ar aw the accompanying views show how the surface plant and the portal of 0 the elton tunnel at tooele thoele utah which has hai rightfully been called a farming arm lne and mining project be low the tunnel lies fertile tooele thoele valley where agricultural activities have been retarded due to the lack ot of adequate water the elton tunnel now in only one fourth of 0 its total distance has developed a heavy flow ot of water which will be liquid gold to the potentially rich region below the tunnel plans piani are now being formulated for the establishment of small farm on the hundreds of acre cres which Is now practically al wasteland due to the lick lack ot a sufficient af water it Is planned to subdivide the area into from two to three acre tracts tract ot of land which will be sold fold to mine and smelter employees as a well as ai farmers tarr nera at a low cot cost already the national tunnel ft mines company has hag expended newly la in equipping and driving the th tunnel tannel thus thu tar far the portal bt 0 the Is situated just below the thoele tooele plant ot of the international Sm smelling smelting elting A refining company and will be b extended into the bingham bangham district the total di distance ot of the tunnel will be feet a little over 4 miles it will serve us as a drainage and transportation tunnel eliminating much pumping and hoisting expense in mines ot of the bingham district which aich it will serve the tunnel will also be used ws as a transportation por tation unit tor for men who work in the bingham district it is 1 expected that many will move more from the contested con jested confines ot of ba engham bangham to beautiful tooele thoele valley ores ore irom from the I 1 national tunnel mines property in bingham are dow BOW hoisted to the surface and shipped by tramway to the smelter at tooele thoele the tunnel will tap the property at a depth of at 2500 feet thereby eliminating much pumping and hoisting the tunnel will also develop nearly three miles ot of heretofore undeveloped mineral ground lying between tooele thoele and BI bingham and it is hoped that some ii new re sources will be added to the states 4 r 1410 0 wealth when completed the tunnel will represent an investment of approximately all of which will hive have been spent on wages supplies and nd equipment the father of 0 the project JB a cameo 0 elton manager 0 of the international smelting smelling Sm elting company a subsidiary of 0 anaconda copper who has haa been successful in devel developing op many successful projects throughout utah and western united states it has always been his policy set aside a large percentage of returns from producing mines for or the development ot of new projects pro jecH |