Arizona republican., 1903-08-30

nearly 100 feet. During the progress of the work from both ends many min erai leads have been cut heretofore un- known to exist. while the Jasper and chalcedony claims owned by the com
 pany will be tapped at greater depth
 and thus practically explored. In other
 words the driving of this tunnel
 through the mountain will uncover
 veins that are known to live and in
 so doing development will follow on
 enterprises in which the public will share in the general good The forma-
 tion through which the tunnel runs ar
 in which the mineral lays, is granite,
 cut at intervals with porphyry dikes-
 AS the work hears completion a great
 deal of interest is manifested both in
 the mining development of the Poland
 ground and the opening of other prop
 erty not owned by this company It is
 probably due to the influence of this
 tunnel that there is prevailing so much
 activity at the present time on Lynx
 Creek. It will probably be due also to the same cause that mining will be
 more profitably and generally prose
 cuted thereabo In the near future than ever hefore.
 FOSSIL CREEK ACTIVITY.
 There is a reasonable belief enter tained that the beginning of work on the Fossil Creek water storage enter prise of the Arizona Power company will be inaugurated at once. The sur vey from Fossil Creek to Prescott
 was finished this week. and the begin
 ming of work on the wagon road will
 follow. It is an expensive as well as q
 gigantic undertaking. but one that has, nevertheless. the solution of a problem that will profitably and generally assis. in the development of mining, through
 the furnishing of electric power for all purposes. The line as surveyed shows the distance it will cover to be nearly sixty miles, while the points to be serv- ed will increase this some miles more.
 or from the distributing point at Mayer
 the various lines that run from that
 point will in the aggregate give the
 system nearly a hundred miles of
 operating service. The site of the
 heavy work will be al Fossil Creek and
 In order to accommodate men and ma chinery the initial work will be com merced at that point in tunnel. road,
 and pole laying. Fossil Creek lays
 about twenty miles below Camp Verde. is If miles long. Its waters emptying
 into the Verde. and affording an abun-
 dant supply for the purposes of the
 plants, running the entire year. Two dynamos will be placed on the stream. some distance apart, each having Il capacity of 5000 horse power Con- tracts covering the consumption of the. power capacity of the enterprise have
 been signed at various points east of prescott, and there is now no doubt but
 that the enterprise will be energetically rushed to completion. An interesting feature or this enterprise and its won derful possibilities is that a woman Is behind the project and has been from the start. The credit, therefore of the
 work performed up to the present. and the zeal with which all the delicate affairs have been managed is due to Mrs. Iva F. Tut. She is placing her own money In the project, and is prac- ticaily directing the work For over a | year she has resided in Prescott and maintains a suite of we'll kept offices and gives general information to the public at all times and willingly. Per sonally Mrs. Tut is a charming lady.
 and with shrewd business tact, has won the favor of all in her admirable un- dertaking.