The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-17
THE GREAT 1Dr1 ron cnJOAeos FAM
A Subter,ansau Faiacs.
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DENVER May IL. -Puhlc-spirited Ameri-
cans who want the Wife Tower, outdone In
some special attraetiolbfthe World 8 Lair can
Bunpe, a mecbqnlcal engineer: The Aspen
man has placed his nERS,sti0Rh a IN S wrps
hibit OF the nlneraDresources OF the United
States that the worlIhas ever known ana ths
pUssIhiy a. i66 n fss Gnder tie surface Of lie
Fair grounds. Thy protector says;
SES the Ss GSGF tue sG c G SnS
and llud tho scHmc practicable and not exc
tremcly difTeuItS 81 execution. | find that s9lid
only eighty feeIbelow the surface thatthess
lodges of rock crop out below Jacksol Park
9Ra stran on S NSrt hO }St 40 the
water probleh would be principally one OF
surface dralgage. The NEST dilflcult, point TO
be overcomqis the layer OF quicksani that 10
under tho lhrdran and Immediately over the
solid formation, but ~ II only averages from
readily beovercome Once in tho r9k ted the
labor would be simple and easily kQne with
modern 1in Mini SEpiiances The my sn TSssi
would be TO find subterraneaq creams that
would 10 larger than ! should Expect, But
that Would Become nm 0bs,acleto final suc-
cess with present appliances fopumping that
the mi mnited States p%ossesses oor,n,o,,or
would DO lined with sheet in riveted to-
Rether waterproof, and rFied white or
with twelve-toot rests on one ind OF the shaft
and largo pump compartmnt az the other,
where at, the steam air d ssiSd,o 6 pipe o "a
The centre OF the shaft wout 70 supplied with
six elevator cars, fitted up ( tie most elabor-
gines above to load and utlod. and make Q
full trip every five minutes that car would
start evory minute. each tacarrying twenty
"ht the bottom OF this Shit corridor,would
PC run 409 teet long by ~ ist WI VIDE, and sub
made perfectly dry by drinaGo teasily done
%S t %ou be paace
the shaft h, and corridor bag aolaze with 1000
The Corridors wouloe mpseums Of beau
tiful specimens OF ore cabinets along each
side, while the. centre ,olumns would In each
ssp 6 daE stones 81 6 ya
nessee marble here, carved column Of Colo.
granite mt another lace sandstones. no., all
the various kinds etng represented In this
stately and seryicee row OF snpnGgFtss on the
Of S0' AZ tH the nd q dr. Woui
as found in pG nnre, the Ssrious ores S's and
products Of thepines. Thus one set Of
ore OF Aspen. cGld be seen nearly as found In
ore of Michies the iron and zinc ore. the hard
and soft ooaIsIn fact, the side drifts would put
g person APPARENTLY right among the un.
and In a nine. The drifts would DO
working .he various underground up:
pliances in use in this country would
drills, the a and steam drills. would be seen
In operatio, The rock would be shattered BY
giant power and all the high explosives that
may seek medal at the Exhibition.
1t wo,d be ap Investment that would ale
most payer itself. ! figure that 900 people
lowest ecu ationl q day would go down to
such anexhibition at rs cents apiece. or
5000. DOOM 200 days. There would be $4,000
worth dirt extracted from such an excsva.
ton il ised IN filling up either OF the parks.
l have o doubt that 100000 more could be OBJ
tainedrom exhibitors. and In case the inton-
ton wuld be to close the mines at the end
Of the,x Exhibition there would be $4,000 worth
OF machinery and appliances left"