Afteb -fifteen years' labour, and an expenditure of £6j000,000, and the surmounting '■ of trenie'n'dous difficulties and opposition, the great. Sutrp 1 Tunpel, for the more efficient trprkingjof the Comstock mines in Virginia City,' Nevada, has been"fitfiihed, and prpnounced in complete working order/ ;Tb:ie Hale and' JNorcross mine commenced discHarging its water ipljjil^hetetnfnnel,* isSrid it made, its' appearance at the moutb ( in, one hour and twenty minutes. 'The ptirp^ose; of this great out is to thortfughTy drain the nondrained mines|i-an^ by establishipg , a working t base line 5,00(r" feet' beliow the original one, render'tn'e ektractid& of bres easier and less eipensive. Th,e' credit of the worfc;ißito' tAddpho Sutfoy y?Ho has exhibited exceptional •'^pefseTerance in carj^ingitout^ A.grand J&te was giren ofirine occasion. s»iS6m¥ MniMem Bcribbl^ declared that' wtod'^'lr'sWofeP allegiancei to hia'pother-.
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3310, 31 July 1879, Page 3
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129Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3310, 31 July 1879, Page 3
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