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  TURN RIVER TO MINE ITS BED.

  The tunnel to turn the Trinity River from its channel so that theriver-bed may be mined for gold is now in 1,150 feet. The total lengthwill be 1,400 feet. The tunnel cuts across a bend two miles aboveLewiston. The Trinity River Mining Company has a crew of eight menat work. The tunnel is being dug 8 x 10 feet in size. When it is cutthrough the hill at that size it will be enlarged to 10 x 12 feet,making it big enough to carry the whole river at ordinary stages. Thewater will be used at the tunnel outlet to run low-pressure turbines,furnishing power for mining purposes. The river-bed is known to be richin gold. Over a mile of the bed can be mined when the river is turnedthrough the tunnel less than one-third of a mile in length.