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through deposit of volcanic ash. sub
jeCt 10 Cavcins and treachcruus in the
extreme Then suddenly in the midst
81 IL was encountered 500 feet Of ba-
salt rock as hard as flint and not con-
templated in the plans. The dangers
and difficulties, however, failed to
stop the progress Of tn" government
work which is as sure as the passing
Of time.
The tunnel. tiigXi3is. is now entirely
compl"ted and Is cmptying Il flood of
life bearing water into an irrigation
canal 60 feet wide on the bottom and
destined to irrigatc 1907 900 acres of viz
gin land. The tunnel is lined through
out with cement. as are all these VIA
duets. and is So carefully and thor
uughly male that II will create no
friction tn interfere with the rushing
watort. and will ut the same time re-
S.St the ripping and Juggling nf the tur-
bulent stream to the end of time.
The fiction canal in the Tieton can
yoa. North Yakima. Wash. il prob
ably more duZzling and spectacular
than any Of the others. 1t taps the
stream for its valuable waters. and in
order to convey them to the level of
the lands L. be irrigated sets out down
the canyon. bat ut less grade than
that maintained by tho stream itself.
In this way il crawls higher and
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and three miles to the DUNN and il
required 10O-horsepower To run the
vcntilatorS alone Gas. heat. water
all manners Of formation, were en-
Countcred, but the work went forward.
Great subtcrrancan lakes We're found.
and work had To be stopped until they
were emptied.
But it will soon he completed and
ccmentcd and polished smooth and the
torrents of the canyon turned through
it's InieNi2- foot bore and delivered to
the thirsty sands Of the valley beyunt.
where IL has been demonstrated that
500 an acre can he made each year by
planting apples. This over Il sage
brush stretch Of 10000 acres at barren
desert
Upper klamath lake il situated near
the bortiers of California and Oregon.
It's waters have been accustomed to
sIill over and form other shallow
lakes below that are tn reality littl'
more than swamps. \ tunnel has been
tap this lake and use it, waters for il
rigation. The lakes below will he re
lleved If that water and furth.r
drained and converted into fertil"
farms that will he irrigated by the
waters that formerly submerged them
but now brins prn1uctiveness.
The greater part of this tunnel ran
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last fou; years and has about four
miles of them to build. Her engineers
regard this as mere incident in the
whole great work of reclamation. yet
they challenge those builders in the
east to show any plan that compares
with half score of these for daring,
difficulty or unfailing accomplishment.
The men who are bringing New
York's water supply from the Cat
.skilIs. for Instance. have probably the
biggest such task in the east. yet they
are within three hours of the greatest
supply center in America, with labor
and every conceivable resource at their
beck and call. The man i'm charge of a
project in the west has to overcome
the difficulties as he finds them, and
even "A consultation with his chief Is
out of the question. as it would take II
month to bring it about. He works
out the problems as he finds them
ard takes the responsibility
In these reclamation works the adj
vantage of the government over indi-
vidual enterprise is also strongly exem-
plified. The west is dotted with rec
lamatiOn projects that have failed.
They are expensive and require vas.
sums of money that can wait years for
returns in their accomplishment. They
require such backing as win not be
affected by hard times. financial fur
ries or labor scarcity to the extent Of
forcing a giving over of the work.
The operation of the reclamation
service has shown a certainty of ac-
complishment never before eXempli-
fled. Having started on project it
is pushed steadily. surely. year after
year. and its completion, with the
nation back of it, is no misleading
conjecture to the settler. 1t is sure.
There f. an absence in these COVER
mental works of that element of en-
forced economy that is often SO ncces-
sary in private enterprise to satisfy
directors and stockholders. There are
sufficient time to take the pains to
insure thoroughness. and the engineer
Is a thorough man when allowed
these. His errors are usually forced
upon him by the necessity of haste or
economy.
AltogcthSr, while Astounding in spec
tacular difficulties. these works in the
Unframed west are proving models of
engineering accomplishment and fur
Their. that Uncle Sam is in all no
SLOUGH as Il builder.
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The power for doing all the work in
this tunnel and canal building is got
ten from power canal built for the
purpose. This plan is followed on
many of the projects. notably on the
Salt river scheme. where a canal 10
miles long leads a torrent to a point
of vantage over the works where It
may be utilized. Then a tunnel 800
feet long in the solid rock is built al
a steep incline and the flood is set
crashing through it and harnessed at
the other end and made to perform
such tasks as manufacturing wholesale
cement and lifting stones weighing
many tons into place in the great
GaI..
Another tunnel that digs direct into
the mountain side for a stretch of
four miles is the Corbett tunnel. on
the Shoshone project in Wyoming. The
idea is similar to that at Tieton. the
object being to get the water to the
surface from a precipitous canyon. In
the face of an occasional cliff along
the route the workers come to the sur
face and get peep of daylight. In
the broad valley below 100000 acres Q
land of fecund fertility awaits II T"
coming of the waters. on the plateau
"A thousand feet above the Highline
canal from another source winds out
and irrigates the lands under whic I,
this tunnel runs.
At Strawberry valley in Utah is the
newest of the tunnel undertakings of
the government, and next to the Gun
nison the longest. having an unbroken
extent of four miles. 1t taps the De-
shane river. and diverts those waters
that had already set out on a journey
to the Pacific coast in the great basin.
which never leads to the outside world
and offers only the salt lakes of its
tunnel Is built but 1000 feet at present
but the work is being rapidly pushed
There are many other lesser tunnels
built in the west by the government.
but these are the chief ones. Short
ones are the rule about the great res
crvoirs. in the case of the Roosevelt
dam in Arizona. where the mere gate
that watches over one of these. used
as flood outlet. weighs 800 900
hounds. Often tunnels are drilled
through points Of mountains in build
ing the roads that reach with great
difficulty the sites of the dams. Such
is the case at Shoshone. where one
such tunnel Is 800 feet long. and there
are MANY short ones.
Altogether the government has built
some 16 miles of these tunnels in the
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WYE HAVE stood ashast aud
" wondered at the ingenuity of
w man and the marvels Of en-
gineering skin when of recent years
we have watched private corporations
marshal such forces as to go under
ground and build themselves road
ways. here under a busy city, there be-
meath murky river and yonder
through an intervening hill These
enterprises in the midst of populous
centers and surrounded by the hahita-
tons of men, have been heralded as
the most stupendouE undertakings of
the times and as accomplishments
without parallel.
Yet while these things are being
done with much acclaim the national
government Is quietly going about
such projects in the solitudes of the
great west country as make these
others pale into insigniicance and APP
pear commonplace in comparison. At
one place a force of men has been
taken into canyon. the precipitious
walls and roaring torrents of which
had been pronounced impossible by
the boldest hunters Of the region, and
are driving tunnel six miles under
mountain into which they will hhr-
ness aud drive the torrent. Again, a
canal that carries riches To "a once bar
rem desert Is swung to mountain side
which IL skirts. hanging here tn Its
rim ard plunging there into its depths.
one tunnel extends beneath plateau
that Is irrigated above through other
tunnels. Many OF the canals dip here
and there into the darkness, while the
flood gates of practically all the reser-
yolrs that have been built for the stor-
age of water are drilled through the
solid rock.
The government reclamation service
is doing these things as part of tho
days work. They are being accom-
pllshed In remote regions unreached
by railroads and often difficult of ac-
cess in the crudest way. They are
thousands of miles away from the
source of supplies, and there are NJ
laborers i'm these regions To do the
work in hand. They are breaking
ground in a line of undertakings that
the world has never known before and
in which there is no precedent to fol
low. In most of the enterprises the
service has stepped in after prlEat"
contractors have failed, and the gov
eminent il pushing to success under
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takiugs 81 large as to- require a policy
extending through years To- complete.
The Gunnison tunnel in COLORADO
stands out as the rrize difficulty Pro-
Queer in the history of accomplish
mcnt. When the FIST government en-
ginror came to the upper end Of the
canyon of the GunnlSon river six years
ago and looked into it, frothing raalds
leadi..g 70 miles into chaos of peaks
and preCipiccs. he was told If the tras-
cdics that had resulted from othc, at
tcmIts Il go through it.
That is what | am paid for. and |
guess will tr, It," he replied
The trip was made on a rubber raft
and was successful. \ mar was drawn
on oilcluth as it progressed. and this
was made the basis If the govern
mcnt's operations. An alcovc was Sc
leCted from which to base operations
and start the tunnel. Three years
were spent in surveys and finding
how t. run roat into tn" canyon
with its completion came machinery
and the men and the means of pushing
the enterprise.
Gunnison canyon was an unthinkahle
wild ana the waters running through
il offered no benefit 10 the habitations
OF the men Yet six miles la the west
OF it lay a valley that would blossom
as the rose If these wasted waters
could bat he transferred to it, There
interviewed "A rugged mountain range
1000 feet high The oocn valley of
the Uncompahgrc invited and the tun-
mel was begun.
The work was let on contract and
the cnmrany attempting 1t forfeited
their bond and gave 1t up. Uncle sam
hired his own men ana they have been
blasting at the mountain ever since.
Three shifts of men have worked
night and day for three years. TheS"
men have come out into the shade ri
the stcep canyon and have seen til =
sun but occasionally during that time,
for Il Creeps In between the bluffs FOR
hut 20 minutes every day. setting he
hind the western hills at ll:io IA. m.
Five out at the SIX miles ri the tu1-
mel have been completed. \ worlds
record has been established and the
builders Of the Simplon tunnel In Tn"
Alps beaten by II gang Of laborcrs VIII"
drove this tunnel 800 feet In Il single
year. For long periods they advanced
into the heart Of the mountain at tn"
rate of go feet per day. II was tw"
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NEWS OF THE MINES

property Of "A n"w Incorporation at
Chewclah. known as the High Grade
silver 4 Copper Mining company,
capitalized at Sl.5G00Oo, nf which he Is
president and W. W. Dickinson, sec
rotary and treasurer. The ore con
sists Of brittle silver, copper and lead.
testing 80 ounces in silver. Il per cent
copper aud Il per cent lead. The ore
came from the shaft. which is nov
down a distance of 100 feet. The man
ugement intends to continue To- the
.to-fo1t level within the next 30 days.
The NabOb Mining company. owning
u CLAIMS of which two are patented.
three miles from wurduer. Idaho. has
more than $aa. 00n worth of ar" on the
dump awaiting a mill. There is much
ore In sight The property Is dormant.
and il is uuW up /" the Stockholders
To- com, through voluntarily 81 stand
for IN" loss at greater part at IN"
,nrnpuny'S holdings. ono million
shares nf stock are on the market.
AND If this amount 30 per cent /" nom
ss~>s-~. able The treasury stock has
be .u dis; n~rd "f and money will HAY"
t. b, raised H. de the annual assess
m,ut Work "n ~ out "f the u claims
l,} tr.. january l. "r the property Will
r,>.:' [ IN, government
TIL. Forty NINTH Parallel Mining
.,anf.er,l uvE ,rrn,ilr. Wu@h.. - TAX
aux ou, ..rra. rt,h copper ore in the
,uur~, 81 ,t,>,1trm&rut work. TIL" shaft
Is e.nNu e. tA- 1gas-t,ut lrv'l. and tn"
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property To w. b. Fisher of Salt Lake,
manager of the Salt Lake Copper COM
pany. also one of the owners of a
large copper property in Box Elder
county, Utah. Mr.. Fisher represents
large eastern capital interested in min
ing. Actual mining work, including
diamond drilling, will he started on the
property as soon as machinery can be
installed, The property has an excep-
tionally fine showing of high grade
cope: ore.
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An English street railway official
has patented = signal which notifies
a raotorm N To stop by the switching
on Of = nght whenever passenger
steps on the fOatboaFd. As soon as
the pa-SenG-~, ~ sht tn Hight Is cN-
tigguiShel
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Seven hundred feet of air pipe has
been installed in the Clear Grit mine.
near Delta, Idaho, under the direction
of Fl. h. Bohannon. manager The
face of the drift Is in a body of low
grade galena ore, assaying 20 ounces
in silver and u per cent in lead To the
ton. DR.. +. {. Rood ID. NJ. McQues-
ten and John Rosenberg Of Walla
Walla. Wash. who passed a week at
the property in which they are stock
holders. say they are well pleased with
the work and showing.
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Spokane. Aug. 21.-The Idaho Min
ing company, operating in the Pierce
City district. is completing second
dredge for the high plaeers adjoining
the town of Pierce. and il expects to
begin operations In a short time. This
property Was acquired four years ago,
and the first dredge was placed IN
operation in 1907 The results have
been highly satisfactory. While the
exact amount secured has been kept
from the public, large shipments OF
gold dust have been made each month
and the installation OF the second
dredge confirms the reports that rich
ground has been opened through tho
agency of the dredge boat During
the pioneer days Of placer mining III
the Pierce district. when thousands OF
men inhabited tke camp and millions
of dollars We're extracted 10y the use
Of the ran and the rocker, the high
bars were untouched because IF thv
primitive methods OF placer mining.
but modern Inventions have provided
the say for saving the gold from III"
high lands whc'e water ~ Only aNa4i-
able In small quantities.
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1t takes 10000 16-candlepowwer
tungsten lamp filaments to weight a
pound.
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they left for Seattle to visit the
Alaska Pacific exposition, after
which they VIII go to Vancouver Ia
coma. Victoria and other coast cities.
Thence they will go to Treadwel,
Alaska. to visit Edward Bennett. for
merry master mechanic at the Frisco
mine at Gem, Idaho.
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Frank Davy. who has recently leased
the bonanza property near B"ssburg.
Wash. has started work with two
shifts To clean out the old workings.
A hoisting plant will be installed and
a shaft sunk through the upper end
of the property to reach the ore at
depth of 500 feet. This property is
owned by the Deer Trail Consolidated
Mining company. and has been idle
more thar three months.
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at Saltese, owned by the Days. who
are the main holders in the Hercules
mine. and the Dominion mine near
Taft begin To send ore to the smelt-
ars. The Bryan l. lead-silver prop
erty with considerable copper and
gold. The Dominion carries chal-
copyrite copper.
kingsley Chemical Reduction com
pany. with II capital stock of slnno.60o
has filed articles of incorporation in
the auditors office of Spokane coun-
~. The incnrporators are George w.
Mckee. Harvey Martin, ii. :. Sims.
H. l.. Hewitt and \. Al'cn. The pur-
pose is To deal in patent rights or
secret processes of the United states
and other countries. for the reduction.
refining and concentrating 'of mineral
bearing ores, to dispose of patent
rights ar territorial rights. To use or
sell the same: tn operate mines Of nitre
and other minerals or chemicals and
refine the products for commercial
purposes.
F.rty- five thousand dollars II
dend disbursed among the share
holders of the Bunker Hill and Sulli-
van Mining company. operating in the
Occur d,Alene. on August ,. bringing
the total paid by the corporation TO
81. los. eco. and $iS5.0G0 paid since the
first of the year Frederick W. Brad
ley of san Francisco. president ri the
company. announced while in Spokane
"A short time ago that greater bodies
of lead-silVer ore are being blocked out
in the mine than ever before, adding
that there is every reason that the
property will continue for at least 20
years to earn dividends fully as large
as those paid in the past. The mine is
the richest and most regular producer
in northern Idaho.
\ +. Swanson of Barlow. \. d. has
gone 10 crunin. Wash. to oversee the
preliminary operation of a 40-tun con-
contractor erected on the Calumet X
Hec!a property ON Deep creek. The
plant is operated by water power from
the creek. which is carried in flume
three feet wide. four feet deep and
3.Se0 feet in length to the mill. \ tur-
bine wheel furnishes So-horsepower OF
energy. The development work will in
rlude more than 1900 feet of tunnel
and drifts upon ledge of silver-lead
ore. which carries good in copper and
gold. Thomas Rogers, who has charge
of the prospecting of the property.
says the combined values of the gen
eral run of the ledge matter will run
more than $50 10 the ton. The prop
erry. which has been under develop
ment two years. Will be worked for
values.
Ellis Hale. master mechanic of The
Federal Mining and smelling company
in the Occur i Alenes. and Miss Jessie
Belle Shambeau af OgdelShure. Wis.
were married at the Palmerst"n hotel
here uu August l. After the ceremony
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W. p N-D1u gall, owner of the Nc
n"ugar group of 81 aims. four miles
from j. lsvSte1I. nrv.. has bonded that
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The Hercules property in the Elk
City district is undergoing develop
ment work. which should result in
much ore being blocked out. \ tunnel
has been started ut IL point so feet be-
low the apex of the hill, and will be
run 40 feet to get above the ore in the
lower tunnel. An upraise will be
made To connect this tunnel and the
lower tunnel. distance of go feet.
The mine has recently been equipped
with steel rails and cars. The prop
erty has one of the best showings in
the district.
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II. F. Samuels of Wallace, Idaho,
has acquired controlling interest in
thu Buffalo Mining company's prop
ertv consisting Of Is claims near the
Monitor and Success properties in the
Occur d'Alenes. the price being $780,
Oa0 or % cent? share for l.a0oO0o
shares. The Buffal" has passed the
prospect stage and has three tunnels
of 1.Ie0. TC0 ard POO feet. respectively.
and three shafts. in all nf which good
ere has been found. The longest tun-
rai cut four lodges and two other
leslges are known I" be ahead The
success Monitor and Buffalo can be
worked together.
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Charles Sawdcy. manager of the
Montana Gold Mining & Milling COM
pany's properties, located near Heron,
Mont. has returned to Spokane. bring
ing with him samples of rich free mill
ing ore. in which the gold was visible
to the naked eye. \ contract for 100
feet OF work was made a short time
ago. and the drift is now in - feet.
At - feet stringer of ore WAS cut.
but the miners will drift 70 feet fur
Their to strike the ledge found ON the
surface. There are four distinct lodges
ON the property. and the lowest assays
show returns OF SIPS ton in gold.
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Ray r. Davis and c. V. Mcdowell
have taken bond on the Blinn prop
erty in the Red Mountain district near
Rlewett. Wash. and will develop it.
The property was developed in the Sos
and S50.0Oa was spent at that time in
development. The death of Colonel
Riinn in 1855 put stop Ia the work.
and since that time the property has
been tied up in the settlement of the
estate The new proprietors also have
taken lease on the Washington Me
teor property.
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NJ Rrockway of Boulder. Colo. who
has been inspecting the Tungsten King
mine at Deer Park, Wash. reports
there is enough ore in sight as re-
suit of a recent find To last five years
at 10 tons a day. High grade ore was
encountered on the lower cross tunnel.
giving the company LOCO feet of stop
ing ground and changing the property
from a prospect to mine. the ore
in the tunnel was encountered at 1870
feet Active work is going on and ar
engagements have been made to put in
a concentration within the next 60 days.
The plant win be- of sufficient capacity
To handle all the tungsten ore mined
in that district.
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Ellis Hale. master mechanic Of The
Federal Mining and smelling company
in the Occur Alenes. and Miss Jessie
Belle Shambeau of 0gdeGShure. Ms.
were married At the Palmerston hotel
herr. uu August l. After the ceremony