Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-06-17
"a TRIP Under GROUND.
The HutFe Tan naI-TAe ChoiIar
ElectrlcHI Works, Etc.

S"'O Aouuoi auu tAAMlue the many
features of interest to one who takes
pleasure in inspecting this gigantic
enterprise.
On the morning of tho 18th instant,
in company with w. w. Booher, Prin-
cipSl of our Public Schools, and T, J.
, Leash, an old miner of TuscaroIa, We
went to the hosting works at the G. i
q. SHIFT where We oLtiined permisaion
to descend to tho level of the tunnel.
After dives'iug ourselves of our CUR
ments aud donuiuH miners suits, CON-
posed of blue farnel shirts aud pants,
and armed with lantern each, We
stepped on the cage aud in very brief
space OF time were dropped down the
perpendicular shaft q distance of 1000
feet from the surface to the branch
tunnel which connects with the Sutro.
Being little ahead of the time speci-
fed, when the tunnel car was to meet
as. we walked down in a aoutherly
direction until we reached the main
tunnel where after waiting II few miu-
utes we were met by the car, in charge
OF Mr.. Meenan, Forerr an of the tunnel.
In order to be- understood it will be
necessary to state that the main tunnel,
as we'll ~ tho branches which rx'end to
the various miles, is supplied with a
little railway. the car being drawn by
a mule, which, Mr.. MeehnD iuforuis
as, WAS there when he commenced work
fourteen years ago.
We boarded tue little car which il
provided with convenient seats, and
were conducted to the room in which
are situated the Electrical works which
d. i've the ChollAr Mil on tho surface.
This is wonderful piece of mec ID niaul,
worthy Of our admiration aud better
description than We are able to give.
Here, in room brilliantly illuminated
by electric lights, are located six huge
dyn"moS, e"ch driven by u P.lton
wheel, tho motive power being water
Conducted from the surface, 1000 feet
above, in huge iron pipes, tho pressure
at this level being 700 pounds to the
square inch. The watsr il turned on
each wheel through q three. fourtlls inch
nozzle, giving to the dynamo speed of
900 revolutions per minute, developing
the electrical power which is truns-
mitted to the surface through insulated
wires to'a corresponding dynamo in tho
mill, and this power 10 communicated to
the vast machinery which drives the
sky stamps with which the Cho;lar
Mil is supplied. Only think of it; one
hundred horse power transmitted
through " wire about the size Of mans
thumb! This, Superintendent Weldon
thai Informs Us, IL the capacity OF such
dynamo. This wonderful piece of ma
chinery ID evidence that there is no
limit 70 the power, ingenuity and in-
telligenoe Of man when backed by
financial means TO PIT his ideas into
Sxecuti0T.=. ~. s e - ,
Leaving the. electrical room We
boarded tho orr and proceeded to exam
inc other interesting features Of this
uuder ground world, .. full description
Of which would Le impossible with our
limited space. ....
The Sutro Tunnel, proper, 10 %, ono
feet, or . little over four miles long,
runs due saht ADD west, the descent
toward the mouth, at the east end of
the tunnel. being sufficient 10 cause
water to allow readily. w ths tunnel was
constructed to drain the Numerous
mines RI the Ooinstock lode. Arriving
vt Sutro, . village At the mouth Of the
great tunoel, We were met by Superin-
ten,ieut Thomas With carriage, who
conveyed ns "overlnud" TO tho city, q
lintAnCs Of nine miles by wag III TO ID.
Rtturning N che rooms Of the @. 4 y.
rhSt We divsntsd oursel,es OF our
miners suite. took u bath, which IL
always roady for visitors, resumed orr
apparel and bpk oar departure. vel
Plshssd with our trip under ground,
the distance froni the @. & G. shaft 10