Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-06-01

district Its chief handicap has been
lack of shipping facilities. Notwith-
standing its close proximity to Pres
colt, the surrounding mountains have
held the district securely hemmed in
awaiting transportation line. And
the problem of furnishing the required
facilities for shipment has been diff
cult one to solve. To construct a rail-
road into Lynx Creek has never
seemed practica Bile The problem was
solved at last by the tunnel project.
This tunnel. over one mile and half in
length, will pierce the mountain "a a
maximum depth of thousand feet
from the summit. Starting from the
Poland mill. it energies on the Lynx
Greek side at the famous Mud Hole
mine, and is being SO constructed as TO
give down-grade all the way to the
railroad terminus at the Poland. Work
on the tunnel is progressing rapidly,
from each end. 1t has been eXcaVated
to distance of 1,5O0 feet from the Po-
land side and 500 feet from the Lynx
Creek side. When finished it will be
equipped with d double-track railway,
the motive power of which probably
Will be either electricity or compressed
| air.
| Primarily, Of course. the tunnel is 10
develop in the most complete manner
the dozen or more veins which traverse
the properties of the Poland Mining
company all OF which veins will be
intersected at depths ranging from
ESQ to 900 feet. When it is remem-
bered that upon the Poland Hamilton
| vein alone practically endless ore
| bodies have been encountered, and that
/ a number of the veins yet to be cut
are known to be of exceptional strength
and good values, it is seen that the
| tunnel is an enterprise of great mag
nitude if considered solely as an Access
sorry of the Poland operations. In this
aspect, however, it concerns only the
! Poland company a very strong corpo-
ration which has gone about its bust
ness in its own way without noise or
the blare OF trumpets and with an in
/ difference as to publicity which has re-
SullSu III d very SeUSIdl MUM
edge of the remarkable scope of lis
operations. y generation hence the
network of veins intersected by this
tunnel will still be hive of mining
industry.
Popular interest in the Poland-Ly
Creek tunnel attaches to its features
as a public enterprise. AS a highway
for the transportation of supplies to the
Lynx Creek country and for the con
Vcyance of ores, concentrates and bull
lion therefrom, it will be one of the
most valuable trade arteries in all -Ari-
IONA. The present wagon haul of four
teen miles over heavy grades consti-
tutes Il difficult obstacle to the growth
of the district-as a matter of ia It
this obstacle has been prohibitive of
successful operation for some of the
most valuable properties, and all nave
suffered seriously from the handicap.
Ores will be transported by the tunnel
route at a saving of 81 to $6 over the
existing rates-figures which tell the
whole story. a fraction of this differ
CHNc Noult LOT mines mean en-
trance into the dividend-paying class.
Purely as a traffic tunnel this project
takes rank with the greatest of Ari-
zona's enterprises.
An examination OF the mountain
climbing branch railroad to the Poland
ut the manner in which the mine has
been developed and equipped at he
tunnel and the country which it will
serve, leaves the conviction that
these comprehensive projects have
been conceived by men who had IN
acutely intelligent grasp of the situa-
ton. Step by step the fabric has beer
built up in methodical and far-seeil2
way, and carried to a point from whici
the result is known as certainly as the
simplest rule in arithmetic. AS in al
great achievements, the after-view is
one of wonder that capital did not
undertake it long ago. But it shoulo
be remembered that Arizona is yet il
the infancy OF her evolution, unC
that the home people" strong enough
financially TO take up enterprises sc
extensive arc comparatively few. Anj
unfortunately for the mining industry
in general, it appears to be an axiom
that capital can confidently expect sat
isfactory results only when it is under
the direction of those who have made
mining a life business and are entirely
, familiar with local conditions. In al
: parts of the territory. so far as l have
observed, the eminently successful
: mining is in the hands of men who ar,
:, naturally capable and have devoted
long study to the conditions with whivl
they are dealing.
IL RESULT OF CAPABLE DIRECTION
: Nothing could better emphasize thi
:" fact than considera ton of what ha
{ been accomplished within the past yea
I by the single group of capitalists VIII
u have had in hand the Poland TUNE
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