The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-01-13
THE HOOSAC AD!T
MERIT ORtOUS MINING ENTERPRISE
RESUME OPERATIONS.
WILL DEVELOP MILE OF THE VEIN
STEAM PLANT TO BE STARTED UP BY
THE FIRST OF FEBRUARY.

resumption OF operations upon the Hoo
ac tunnel and it is now expected to have
the big machine drills pounding away in
the face of the tunnel by the first of
February. The company intends to EN-
p'oy three eight-hour shifts in driving
the tunnel so that at the earliest possible
date the big Hoosac vein may be reached
| after which the course of the tunnel
will follow the walls of that big fssure
under the apex OF Bellevue and Pewabic
mountains. The Hoosac, which is the
e-stern continuation of the Donaldson
vein, is one of the largest traversiug
the mountains, aud there are numerous
feeders and functions in its course which
assure a continuous ore body, especially
when cut at depth by the tunnel, and ii
is bound to be prolific producer of
from milling to a smelling grade.
The principal advantages of the Hoos-
ac tunnel property are that it can be
driven at less than one half the cost of
driving a cross cut tunnel, and for its en-
tire projected length will be between
|
doubiedly carry values which will pay
for driving the tunnel and will probably
leave a good profit for the owners
| The erection of a mil al the portal of the
tunnel is said to be templated by the
owners in the near future. The ordi-
ary progress which can be made by The
tunnel should result i'll breaking enough
ore to keep so-ton mill steadily en-
gagged in handling the product, and
when Stopping of the ore bodies is started
few miners Can break enough to supply
ten times that amount of ore The
Hoosac tunnel will be opening ore re
serves from the time the Hoosac vein is
cut until it its projected terminal is
reached. Mill holes and chutes can be
constructed every rs feet for the Slopes
and the only limit to ore production will
be the available mill capacity.
The tunnel is already equipped with
a splendid plant of machinery, incud-
ing 100 horse power boiler and ten
drill Leyner air compressor, and the
mouth of the tunnel is located a, a mos,
advantageous point being within stones
throw of the Colorado & Southern rail
way and side tracks at the mouth of
Trail creek, where coal and supplies
may be delivered at a small cost
This will permit of S ipping the
lowest grades of ore tha, may be encoupt
cred and it need never be touched with
shovel, and when broken down in the
slopes can be loaded into the tram cars
from the chutes after which it NAV be
dumped directly into the railway cars
for shipment to the sm-lters, or thrown
into the crushing machinery of the con-
centratirg mill.
On the line Of the Hoosac tunnel are
number of big mines that can be worked
through the tunnel to advantage, which
arrangement will yield the company H
good revenue for the transportation of
ore from these adjoining mines. The
recent big strike of the Specie Payment
vein by the Two Brothers tunnel will
unquestionably be eclipsed by the Hoos-
&C tunnel whose course brings it under
meath that point at an additional depth
of 900 feet. Mining men familiar with
the Hoosac, unhesitatingly say that it is
one of the most attractive mining tunnels
in the district and they predict that it
will become an extremely profitable
proposition.
Last week thorough inspection OF
the property was made by Fl. P. Dickir-
son, a we'll known mining engineer, &C
companied by J. A. Townsend and Pierce
Underwood all of Chicago Mr.. Under
wood is the fiscal representative of the
company and stands high in eastern f
nancial circles. 1t was only after he had
made most rigid personal inspection.
that Mr. Underwood consented to finance
the enterprise, as heretofore he has
steadily refused to handle mining se-
curties unless positively convinced Of
their value.