The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-01-05

The Daily Mining Record, of Denver
which purloins its news from the COL
umns of its exchanges, on December 10
published an item taken bodily from thi.
paper and without credit. The item re-
lated to the working Of the Crown Point
vein through the Lucana and Central
tunnels, and stated that the Central tun.
mel would not reach the Crown Point at
its present rate of progress Qess than
I5o feet monthl for something like
four years yet.
On December 7o, the Daily Mining
Record reprinted the item under the
caption, Central Tunnel Comparison
is Not Fair re- adding the follow
ing:
1--WE are requested by William P.
Daniels, president of the Big Five Tur-
mel company to say that the Central tun-
nel will intersect the Crown Psiut vein
at point about 1000 feet east of the
Crown Point shaft, aud that it has 200
feet to drive to encounter the vein, or a
total of ), 100 feet Gncludisg the neces
!, sary drifting) before a juucture is nj ,de
Z with the shaft in question. He says
that the Central tannel has progressed
at rate Of more than 100 feet per
month, when operations were being
pursued with enc shift, and It therefore
cannot take four years work at this rate
to reach the point mentioned. Mr..
Daniels SAYS he had no desire to make
any comparisons with the Lucania tun-
nel, but that the latter has approximate
Iva 800 feet to go before reaching the
Crown Point shaft by drift, the differ
ence between the two routes being ap-
proximately 400 feet. Upon the basis
Of these measurmen,s, he considers the
coin parison made in the foregoing item
unjust to the management of the Cen
trail tunnel"
Siftiugs- News does not desire to make
comparisons in regard to the relative
meri, of tunnel enterprises, As all of them
benefit to the mining industry of this
district. Mr Daniels has not protested
to the statements made in the article,
and We certainly have no apology tc
make after the above statemeu. made by
Mr. Daniels, which statement is not in
accord ance with the facts. Mr.. Daniels
says that the Central tunnel has been
driven at rate Of more than $50 fee,
per month when operations were being
pursued. The statement is wrong ac-
neording to his own figures which say.
What in November the tunnel WAS driver
I42 feet The footage made in Decem
ber is reported to have been ia feet.
The original article in this paper wa.
approximately correct, but Mr.. Daniels
figures are not true in any respect.
By reference to the Idaho Spring,
special map. prepared by the U. S
geological survey, the accurate location
Of the Gro ~ Point shaft, the portals o
the Central aud Lucania and other tur.
nels and their attitudes are given. Or
January l. 1907. the heading Of the Cen
trail tunnel was in . little less than on,
mile, and il the breast of the tnnne
were now turned toward point directl,
line it would take over 4, 800 feet to reaci
the point. A. the vein pitches toward
the north it would take several hundred
feet more Of driving to encounter the
vein. If the Lucania tunnel should turn
its heading directly for point vertically
under the Crown Point shaft today. il
could be reached within 7,4oo feet o
driving Fer the Central tunnel tt
reach the point at the rate of $50 feet I
month would take 81 months; for the
Lucania tunnel to reach the sane spo
by the same method would take less
than ten months and the progress woul'
Of course be . minimum footage Of 75o
feet q month, which is tunnel driving
These two ways are not practicable an'
will not be followed, but the figure!
are given to show the relative distance:
that will have to be overcome befor'
the matter Of connecting with thu
Crown Point shaft could be considered
md to show how absurd i. the statemsn
~of Mr. Daniels that the Lucapia 10 onl,
900 feet nearer the Crown Point shat
than the Central tunnel heading.