| Show elton allton tunnel crews near end of work wor a A A P 7 0 C V 1 Z jt alm I 1 A 7 tat crew about ready to do 40 their trick at thoele tooele lingham tunnel portal in more than 90 per cent complete the elton tunnel being driven from tooele thoele valley to bingham utah lg is now on its inal final lap this bore bora which cuts under the western range 0 of the oquirrh mountains as Is being driven in an effort to reclaim thousands thousand afons of 0 low grade ore that lies iles under water in the bingham district and to prospect a vast expense of undeveloped territory the work fork Is being conducted by the national tunnel mines company a consolidation of the old utah apex mining company and the utah delaware mining company and tsa Is a subsidiary ot of the international smelling smelting Sm elting refining kenning company the tunnel a I 1 was star started in june 1838 1938 and at the current carrent rate of progress it should be completed and ready lor for use by midyear 1941 1911 when completed it will connect with the rood shaft of the utah apex unita at a depth of 2500 feet about 1200 feet below the old water table I 1 driving of the tunnel la Is not noi only billy being welcomed by people of tooele thoele as a mining project but bat as an aarl cultural project as well the flow of water developed in the tunnel la Is furnishing a much needed stimulant to the semiarid semi arid lands ot of tooele thoele valley where agricultural production has languished during the past quarter ot of a century the tunnel will extend 4 miles and Is expected to reduce the cost ot of mining a ton ot of ore by about so that a lower grade product heretofore valueless can be mined the ore below the water w 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 coot app approximately rort 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 will give powerful support to the industrial du life of the state for many years to come such Is modern mining going deeper and farther into the earth hud and mining lower and lower grado ores |
