List Your Equipment For Free  /  Seller Login
☰
Equipmentdown-arrow
  • Parts Search
  • Equipment Specs
  • Wanted to Buy
  • CEG Bargains
  • All Equipment List

  • Aerial Lifts
  • Aggregate Equipment
  • Agricultural Equipment
  • Air Compressors
  • Asphalt / Concrete / Paving
  • Asphalt Pavers
  • Attachments
  • Backhoe Loaders
  • Cold Planers / Milling Machines
  • Compact Track Loaders
  • Compaction Equipment
  • Conveyors / Feeders / Stackers
  • Cranes
  • Crawler Carriers
  • Crawler Dozers
  • Crawler Loaders
  • Crushers
  • Drills
  • Dumpers
  • Excavators
  • Forestry Equipment
  • Forklifts
  • Landscaping Equipment
  • Light Towers
  • Material Handlers
  • Mini Excavators
  • Miscellaneous Equipment
  • Motor Graders
  • Off-Highway Trucks
  • Off-Highway Water Trucks
  • On-Road Trucks
  • Pipelayers
  • Power Systems and Generation
  • Pumps
  • Scrapers
  • Screening
  • Skid Steer Loaders
  • Skip Loaders
  • Snow Equipment
  • Straw Blowers / Hydroseeders
  • Sweepers
  • Telehandlers
  • Trailers
  • Trenching / Boring / Cable Plows
  • Utility Vehicles
  • Welders
  • Wheel Dozers
  • Wheel Loaders
    • Newsdown-arrow
    Auctionsdown-arrow
    Companydown-arrow
    Subscribedown-arrow
    Parts
    Buyer's Guides
    Digital Issues
    Videos
    search-icon Search

    Historic Gold Mining Tunnel Will Be Opened to Public

    Wed September 12, 2018 - West Edition #19
    Associated Press


    The tunnel was constructed largely by hand, with workers using picks, shovels and gun powder to excavate about 3 ft. of tunnel a day. (South Pass City Historic Site)
    The tunnel was constructed largely by hand, with workers using picks, shovels and gun powder to excavate about 3 ft. of tunnel a day. (South Pass City Historic Site)

    CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A 300-ft. mining tunnel in central Wyoming that was abandoned soon after its construction in 1868 is being opened to the public.

    The Casper Star-Tribune reported that the horizontal tunnel carved into rock on a hillside at South Pass City State Historic Site opened for tours Sept 1.

    Superintendent Joe Ellis said the tunnel was constructed largely by hand, with workers using picks, shovels and gun powder to excavate about 3 ft. of tunnel a day.

    It was abandoned when no gold was found and left undisturbed for 150 years.

    CEG




    Today's top stories

    Florida's Sarasota Bradenton International Airport Sees $105M Terminal Expansion

    Louisville Pump Station Receives $230M Update

    Rokbak Haul Track Telematics Boost Uptime With Proactive Maintenance

    SISO Air, InTerra Form Strategic Reseller Agreement

    Hitachi Construction Machinery Wins Silver in 2024 Anthem Award

    Balfour Beatty's Carolinas Operations Selected for Over $36M in Special Project Works

    Caterpillar to Spotlight 'Next 100 Years' at CES 2025

    Liebherr to Exhibit at World of Concrete 2025



     

    Read more about...

    Historical mining Wyoming







    \\ \\ \\