| Show tunnel jinnet clears clear way to rich C gold old veins ore once inaccessible Is i norv ready for mining CRIPPLE CREEK COLO rich veins of gold ore heretofore ina inaccessible cass ces ible sible because of water are ready apt mining following completion af pf p fbi th malion dollar carleter Car letor deep drainage turing tunnel the tunnel was holed put out two years ahead of schedule when john austin nationally known tunnel stiff told his men to fold up that drill carriage boys this is it rich veins carrying as much as a a ton ore already have been uncovered and the completion of the annel will mean a comeback for ragny ciany pf af pie fhe famous producers in this rocky fountain Joun tain field that ha produced more BION than 14 n gold the tunnel extends more than six miles straight into the side to battle mountain underneath the many shafts that honeycomb it it drains frer n ahern hem the water that has made te the pre inaccessible two men yere killed by trains ir in the tunnel since it was rit started arted oil or july ply 19 Q 1933 1939 but nong none has bar beer WHO killer in r tho head where ate ma chines pounded holes for the pow der load the 10 men who worked 24 hours a day seven days a week in the world record breaking job celebrated completion of it in their usual manner with beer and whisky austin said the daily drill average of 51 feet a day through the tough pikes peak granite has never been equaled in the united states he attributed the record break ing performance principally to a bonus system whereby the men were paid added cash for each foot over 28 they drilled each day |
