Show good progress made on king consolidated development tunnel the silver king consolidated has hah driven its new deep development and aad drainage tunnel more than feet under cover in a lime formation says a salt lake paper the compressed air line has just been finished which means that hand drilling will be superseded by machine work and tle tie tunnel pushed ahead much more rapidly A machine shop and powder house havo have been constructed at the portal giving the adit a thoroughly businesslike appearance the tunnel which Is to run entirely through king consolidated territory for or feet will follow in a general way the bottom of 0 hhaynes Th aynes canyon the first mile of 0 driving will bring it into k a mineral horizon in which there have been surface ore deposits of 0 high grade and for the remaining mile and a halt half it will be going at right angles through a series of lib fib which while showing good values and every promise of 0 perm permanence anene could not lie be successfully opened by critical cei shafts on oil account of the water I 1 which permeates the shale near the surface the management ot of tile king consolidated will so far as possible keep underneath the shale and avoid the water ater toward its western end the tunnel will have hae a depth from the surface ot of about 1800 feet and be in a formation which should be practically free from moisture here it will be far down on the fissures from which the D k al mining alining company extracted many tons ot of excellent I 1 shipping ore in doing surface development work all the towers for the king consolidated tramway connecting the mine and mill have been finished and the stretching retching Bt of the cables wa will 11 begin next week the tram will be used to convey second class ore to 10 the mill and the first class ore to the railway cars cara |