The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-01-11
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MINING NEWS

partment makes it peremtory tina
500 worth of work or improvement
must be done annually upon an un
patented lode claim Where q mum
Der of claims form group, the as
sessments may be all done on ont
claim, providing the work so done i:
for the benefit of all claims involved
Notice of labor performed, however
stating that fact, must be posted upon
each claim in such group, setting
forth where the joint assessment
work was done
At DeLamar there is being driven
two mammoth tunnels through Flor
ida and War Eagle mountains to tap
and drain large number of mines
-Four months ago Col Dewey and Joe
Hutchinson, who are doing the work,
made wager on which of their re-
spective tunnels would be driven the
fartherest in given time, the stakes
to be a cash prize to the winners and
a banquet to the defeated The CON
test has been closed and Idaho has
the honor of beating the worlds
record in tunnel driving. The result
is thus told by the DelIamar Nugget:
The men employed in the Florida
Mountain tunnel at Dewey and the
men who set record in the DeLamar
tunnel at this place, enjoyed big
eat in company, at Hotel DeLamar,
on New Years day. And right here
we pause to remark that they were as
handsome, husky and genteel com
pany of 60 men as could be collected
at banquet. The banquet was ar
ranged for them four months
ago by Managers Hutchinson
of the Florida Mountain and
Huntley of the DeLamar who made
q wager as to which set of men
would make the greater progress
during the remainder of the year,
the two tunnels, on September | |
being each in about the same dis
lance, $50 feet Had the Florida
men won the dinner would have been
eaten at Hotel Dewey and the money
put up would have gone to the men
further up the gulch The men here
got the money and the company here
provided the dinner 1t was a jolly
feast, for Manager Pyles Of Hotel De.
Lamar just LAID himself out to do
his best All had fine appetites and
did it ample justice. Unfortunately,
when the glasses were filled and
cigars lighted and toasts proposed,
1t was found that with one single ex-
ception, everybody disclaimed tue
ability to make Il Dir. Depew of him
self by making an after-dlnner talk
The exception was Lieutenant Cover
nor Joe H. Hutchinson who made a
brief, witty and complimentary refer
ence to the zeal with which the men
In both tunnels had worked and feel
ingly touched upon the good will and
harmony existing between employees
ana managers in all Owyhee camps.
But now for the data furnished by
Manager Huntley as to the progress
made in theLamar tunnel, its cost.
character, ETC.:
Work was prosecuted from Sep
TENDER l to December 81 inclusive.
with the exception of two HOLIDAYS
Labor Day aud Christmas. Total
time of operation 100 DAYS. The
monthly progress was as follows:
September, 279 feet October, 399
feet; November, 402 feet; December.
436 feet. Total, 1912 feet. Aver |
age progress per "a hours for four
months, II 6 feet; average progress
for November and December. IL 96 |
feet; average progress for December.
Ia 0 feet; (of the 3S9 feet run in
October, 6 feet were in powder
thawing cross CUT The size of the
tunnel is 74x7 feet wide. The for
nation is black basalt, at times for
over a week having bands of very
hard, short, tough, seamy ground,
standing on edge. The best three
weeks records los, l1O4 and 1904
feet; the poorest 25, 60 and rs feet
The tunnel is comparatively dry,