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Albany Tunnel [aka Electric Tramway Tunnel]
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Article
Info Source From:
The Morning Times. Volume: 3 [III], Issue No. 259
Info Publication Date:
February 16, 1896
Info found on page:
1
Info Title:
Electric Tramway and Tunnel Co. Tunnel
The Electric Tramway and Tunnel company is boring into Bull hill from the northwest. The tunnel enters on the Fleming lode which the company purchased for $25,000.
graphic for visual presentation of text The course of the tunnel is southeast a distance of 2,800 feet through the Fleming, Freeport and Helen lodes and the claims of the Grotto company, terminating at the Zenobia.
graphic for visual presentation of text In a distance of 300 feet the tunnel has cut four veins. Work is being pushed steadily and it is only a question of time when some of the rich veins of Bull hill will be reached and they will be tapped at a depth of 1,000 feet below the present workings of the mines.
graphic for visual presentation of text The tunnel is eight feet wide and provided with a double track. The Electric Tramway company has for its president C. M. Rice; vice-president, Isaac Schiff; secretary and treasurer, W. E. Bridgeman; manager, C. B. Wider. Max Straus, a St. Louis capitalist who has made heavy investment in the camp, is one of the directors.
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Deeds
Info Source From:
The Morning Times. Volume: 7 [VII], Issue No. 232
Info Publication Date:
August 31, 1899
Info found on page:
3
Info Title:
Deed Given for Albany Tunnel Rights
DEED.
graphic for visual presentation of text N. M. Campbell to Emma E. Thomas, perpetual right of going in and out of Albany tunnel and dumping ground on Fleming lode, $1.
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Above Info was First Seen 06.01.2015