Gilpin observer., 1914-06-11
A NEW BLAST TUNNEL DRIVER

the age, and one that Will revOlu-
tionize all present tunnel driving
and honey comb our Arcadian hills
with promptness and dispatch, is a
model that is now on exhibition at
the Observer office in this city.
1t is the invention of Count Brain
storm and Field Marshall Gotyour
nerve, of Katzenjammer, Germany,
two of the great and shining philoso-
piers of the old world, who are now
among us and is about to evolve
system heretofore unknown to man.
Their blue prints have withstood the
criticism of the most skeptical scien-
fists of Europe, who have sought in
vain for weak point in this marvel
Gus design.
Mammoth gulch in the northern
part of the county, is the scene Of
installation, and all the workings will
be completed before the northern
blasts appear. A 24-inch cast iron
pipe will be laid to the crest of
James peak, where the rarefied con-
dition of the atmosphere is the most
penetrating. and here nickel plated
horn Will be attached (somewhat af-
ter the style of a graphophone) that
will be 2341 feet high, having a dia-
meter of 632 feet and inches at
the bell, that will catch the Arctic
zephyrs as they are waited from old
Medicine Hat and whirled with am
azing rapidity through the pipe.
When these gentle Zephyrs reach
the lower end of the funnel, they
have a pressure of 1882 1-2, pounds
to the square inch, and for that rea-
son the pipe castings are six inches
thick. The pipe is to be extended
to the portal of the Moffat tunnel.
where tons of adamant gravel is now
being unloaded. About one hundred
feet back from the end, hopper is
placed in the pipe and the suction
feeds the gravel automatically, and
discharges it with such velocity that
the face of the cliff wears away at
the rate of one foot every ten min
utes. An additional pipe connects
with the main pipe. and receives a
portion of the blast that is capable
of washing out the silt and debris,
the entire length of the tunnel.
All the pulp will pass thru ten of
the Kuehn Hydrostatic Amalgamators
highly charged with quicksilver, to
catch whatever gold may be found
in driving the tunnel. Count Brain
storm is now negotiating with McFar-
lane and Son, of this city, as it is
said Pete has the contract to drive
the tunnel.
They will at once erect two branch
foundries, one in Mammoth gulch and
the other ON top of the peak to cast
the heavy piping and large wind re-
ceiver, as it would be difficult TO
transport them by wagon at this sea-
son of the year. The annealing of
the pipe will be by spraying it with
Kinks radium water, which gives it
toughness and elasticity. BY deep
study and practice Pete has discover
ed a certain degree of Fahrenheit
whereby the molten liquid will sprout
(like rapid growing tropical plant
and shoot onward and upward. ex-
panding in area as height is gained,
until the exact diameter is attained,
when the required height is reach
ed.
No allowance for expansion or con-
traction is considered, as the receiv-
er will face the north. and the north
has been deemed in all ages to be
place of darkness. where the suns
rays never penetrate.
The workmen will work from sun
to sun on the machinery and receiv-
er, as their work will be above the
jurisdiction of Colorado's eight hour
law. and in plain view of the por-
tai leading to the Heavenly throne
All the difficult problems connect
ed with the enterprise were solved
by the rule of calculus, by Colorado's
great craftsman, who built the fam
ous opera house at Central City.
Stock in the enterprise is now on
sale at all the boarding houses in
Russell Gulch Central City and Black
Hawk.