| Show A new Tu lInel record what is said by mining men to be a new record in breaking ground with machine drills has been made by the J A mcilwee contractor Contract ng og com rany at the snake creek mining tunnel companas comp anys big bore the progress made during the month of august under the direction ot of john matheson was feet the tunnel Is seven and one halt half feet in width and six and one halt half feet in height a bove above the v a rails besides this there ali 1 Is a waterway at r way three and one halt half feet by tour four teet feet or to put it in ift other words more than one halt half ot of the tunnel Is ten teet feet high mr matheson employed two machines in the breast on en each shift and used two shifts besides the work of drilling the men were required to keep up to the breast the air line the telephone line the ventilating line and the water line for the machine drills they were also required to lay permanent ties and track mr mcilwee had made up his mind that nothing short of teet feet would satisfy him for the month of 0 august but during the last five days there was encountered a portion if on 0 of f ground that delayed the progress of the bore to a considerable extent the ground encounter ed was so hard that in order to drill an eight foot hole it required twelve pieces of steel to each hole and during the period of the best progress made it took seven and one halt half hours per shift to drill ten holes each eight teet reet in depth mr Mcl hiees record recotr in colorado was feet with three shifts in a tunnel r el of 0 practically the same size without a waterway the snake creek tunnel is to be driven tor for a distance of more than feet and at the present time is in tor for a distance of more than feet beet when completed it is to be used for the purposes of 0 mining and transportation por tation G W lambourne general manager of the daly judge mining company in speaking of the resumption of the mine said yesterday that there was considerable work yet to be done in the repair line before the property will resume ore shipments the mine is rot idle however as a large force of men has been put on develop jaent work and this is going forward rapidly they often make as much progress as twelve feet in the two shifts throughout the drifts of the mine fridays tribune |
