The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-01
DRIVE BIC TUNNEL
UNDER PARK CITY
Contract for Great Bore for
Transportation and Drain
age Is Awarded.

The greS test transporta ton ana Gram
tunnel project ever undertaken IN CIali
was set in motion yesterday when the
engineering firm Of Free q J1yIor %
this city and Phoebe, was awarded tue
contract for driving the 14.009-toot pore
OF the Snake Creek Mining * runner
company. Starting on snake creek Just
,hova Nan Flat. the tunnel will pursue
. course suoroXimatelY toward SILVER
Islet lake. near the head OIL BOHaI , q
Flat, prosecuting the entire LoT IIttIOl = =
of the Park City district, eCla s Illii6 So :"
der the highest points, with a 1epth u
about :. 900 feet in Bonanza Flal, OF
500 feet below the present lowest NoI>-
ing of the Daly-JudGe mine. 49,.
clear with a waterway OH one slue - :
feet deep and feet wide II Will DS
double-trac6ed and VIII "e eIeclI l 49,,
equipped for heavy haulaSe SCI ~;
sTspping as il viii many strong nllIiei al
leads long before IL shall reach tHe oD-
iective point. IL Is expected that iiteL
esfing disclosures Will attend IT'S GflE-
ing. after a Few months from tne sJat1 -
and that many lateralS Tor the develop
ing Of nearby properties VIII pe uI -
III should thUs become the dNeH
through which thousands OF acres OF
mineral ground Will be deNeloped anu
operated
Conditions Favor Rapid Work.
In driving the long tunnel the con-
tractors promise to MAINTAIN prog -
at the rate OF not less tLah oVU 49,, :,
rnonth- and they expect TO make some
records in rapid tunnel drlElnS CIl
account Of prosecuting the Io[hlaLi t,l
conditions will be favorable LOT thS
work such difficulties as those Wnicl'
we're encountered in driving the Ontrlo
drain tunnel being eliminated
While the contract for the work was
finally closed only yesterday, efFalls
ments had been nearly enough per
FeCtsd that the contractors have the iaSS
Il daya had a force OF men employer
~ the tunnel site constructing DOsru-
equipment and otherwise preparing TOT
the main work The tunnel ltselL -
already under cover. The equlpliiTht =
sajd TO be first class, and tne Coli'
T,ressor and other machinery is 20 De
drfven bv electric power furnished Dy
fhe Snake Creek Power plant, WIZ
Is only one mile distant. IhaI thS S {
may be no question of ample pCWeI Lot
this and oSher projects which l. serves
The building of an auxiliary OF Ihe
snake creek power plant at the mouth
OF Provo canyon has been started:
The Snake Creek Mining q rowe
conDauv IS capitalized for 1.000,Ogg9
shares par value 81 eacn- us Ao!u-
fngs include 200 acres or patenteu nm m
ing claims surrounded by estates u "
>sii1-a,. King Goa lttiCu. Daly-J t-Se e.ui
Great Western Mining companies pc
sides 800 acres of land at the portal OF
the tunnel Officers and directors u
5aD+- Il OTTo HanIza Of Cincinnati. vice
nTesident: G. W. Lambourne, secretary
and treasurer. J. VIII Knight ana
Thomas F. Bayard-
NAV Drain Alta Camp.
The original purpose which actuat TED
the undertaking was. Of course. the
draining and exploring at depth OF the
Creat Western and other properties OF
the knights and the Daly-Judge COM
panv's great estate But the result = :
10 fQT-rpaCllnG lLttC
owners Of other ground affected are
l.o-operating and it is confidently eN-
pected that laterals Of the main tunnel
will eventually reach as far as Aita
district. -
The engineering firm that has taken
The contract mas had much experience
IN doing such work and the manag
ment of the tunnel company Is conIi-
dent that the work will be done proper
" and in good time, while the price
agreed upon is regarded as fair 10 both
sides. Free & Taylor will maintain
their head offices in this city as be-
fore