Show tunnel clears cleais s way to rich gold veins ore once inaccessible Is now ready for mining Cr CRIPPLE CREEK COLO CO LORich rich veins of gold god I 1 ore heretofore inaccessible ces sible because of water are ready for mining following completion of the million dollar carleton carl eton deep drainage tunnel the tunnel was holed out two I 1 years ahead of schedule when john austin nationally known tunnel stiff told his men to fold up that drill carriage boys this is it i rich veins carrying as much as 20 a ton ore already have been uncovered and the completion of the tunnel will mean a comeback for many of the famous producers in this rocky mountain field that has produced more than in gold the tunnel extends more than six miles straight into the side to battle mountain underneath the many shafts that honeycomb it it drains from them the water that has made the ore inaccessible two men were killed by trains I 1 in n the tunnel since it was started on july 18 1939 but none has been killed in the head where five machines pounded holes for the powder load the 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 ere paid added cash for each foot over 28 they drilled each day |