Show elton tunnel crews near end of work T V 2741 JV PV 3 crew about ready to do their trick at tooele bingham tunnel portal in background I 1 more than 90 per cent complete the elton tunnel being driven from tooele thoele valley to bingham i utah Is now on its final lap this bore which chich cuts ants under the western vestern range of 0 the oquirrh mountains Is being driven in an effort to reclaim thousands of 0 tons ot of low grade ore that lies under water in the bingham district and t to prospect a vast expense eppell se of un developed territory 1 ft pa y the work Is being conducted by tl the national tunnel mines company a consolidation of 0 the old utah apex mining company and the utah delaware mining company and is a subsidiary of 0 the international smelting smelling Sm elting refining company the tunnel was started in june 1938 and at the current rate ot of progress it should be completed and ready for or use by midyear 19 1911 11 W when hen completed it will connect with the rood hood shaft of 0 the utah apex unit at a depth 0 of 2500 feet about 1200 feet beet below the old water table driving ot of the tunnel is not only being welcomed by people of 0 tooele thoele as a mining project but as an agri cultural project as well the flow 0 of water vater developed develop ad in the tunnel I 1 is furnishing a much needed stimulant to the semiarid semi arid lands of 0 tooele thoele valley where agricultural production has languished during the past quarter of a century the tunnel will extend 4 miles and is expected to reduce the cost of mining a ton ot of ore by bout about so that a lower grade product heretofore valueless can be mined the ore below the water was considered virtually valueless because it was too expensive to pump the water and hoist the ore and waste to the surface the tunnel outlet will have cost approximately when completed soon it is hoped this deep development program will unlock the ore reserves that have been held under the water table tor for perhaps millions ot of years and a resource heretofore valueless wl will 11 give Dow powerful erful support to the industrial du life of the state tor for many years to come such Is modern mining going deeper and farther into the earth and mining lower bower and lower grade ores |