Arizona republican., 1901-08-18

I and lead
 | A railroad from Huron Is now an as
 sured fact. It will run through Provi- dence direct to the Poland camp and a
 switch will be run back to the mouth of ! the tunnel. The contract for the build
 ing of this road is to be let by the 20th { of August, and work Is to begin before
 the 10th of September This railroad
 will be great help to the Big Bug min ! ing district. At present there are thou
 sands of feet of lumber, freighted by /, team from Huron. brought into Poland I daily. Besides the number of private Y dwellings, stores and saloons the com pany is building immense rock foundaa- ' tlons for the buildings to be used as machine shops, blacksmith shops, a
 twenty stamp mill, concentrating plant,
 etc. Excavations are being made and
 foundations laid for the mining and
 assay offices, cook house and bunk
 house. stables, etc. The new boarding
 house is to accommodate sixty men. Of course 1t is expected that the force will i be much larger than sixty, but Super
 intendent Stone expects that the camp I will consist greatly of married men with families, who. of course, will not
 eat at the company boarding house. At
 present there are about fifty men at
 work but this force will be increased
 several times by the first of the year.
 Superintendent C. J. Stone and Fore
 man John Gray have supervision of all
 the construction and mining work. They
 are capable men of experience and the result of their work is rapidly becom- I ing evident.
 l An immense proposition that is being pushed along with the development of 1 the mine is the Poland-Lynx Creek tun-
 mel. When completed it will make this mining region famous. The Poland Lynx Creek tunnel is now in over 700 | feet, being already 615 feet beneath the
 surface of the mountain range crest 1 The tunnel will crosscut the big moun-
 tain range between the Big Bug and
 Lynx creek districts and when finished
 will be S,cO0 feet long. It will pass
 through the Mudhole mine at Walker and issue from the bottom of Lynx | creek. The tunnel is 9x12 feet and will
 carry a double track. and small cars
 run by compressed air will afford the
 means of transit and locomotion. | The Poland-Lynx Creek tunnel is to
 serve two special purposes-that of
 working the rich Poland mine to better
 advantage and that of giving the Lynx creek district a railroad connection for | it's importations of products necessary
 to the district
 | The tunnel will be an admirable
 working shaft for the Poland. which it opens up. From it the raises, winzes
 and drifts are being made and the ore l extracted to the best advantage. The | tramway from the tunnel will be on | level with the ore bins at the mill. which will have capacity of 5000 Ions. The mill will consist of twenty stamps of 1.001 pounds each equipped with first
 class heavy duty machinery. Here the ! company will put in a compressor and complete steam plant together with an electric light plant. The mine equip ments will be thoroughly modern and be SO placed es 10 be used to the best l advantage. All this is taking money and time but large force of men are engaged in the work and it is being pushed rapidly.
 With this underground railroad sys- tenn Lynx creek with it's mines, the
 Mudhole being the principal one. will be practically connected with Prescott and
 the world and the mine products can be sent through the tunnel on the tramway | and loaded on the cars at Poland, 5000 feet distant. The material needed for consumption at Lynx creek can be
 brought in over the same route. This tunnel through to Lynx creek, how
 ever, is secondary to the working of the Poland mine. It will require months and months to complete it; It's present
 rate is about 250 feet per month. It is expeced that the tunnel will crosscut some valuable mineral leads, every in- dication suggesting 1t.
 Poland is to have a postof1lce opened by the first of September.
 CIIAS. A. STAUFFER.