A tunneling machine is disclosed which includes a support frame, a rotatable cutter head, and inside roller cutters and gage roller cutters for cutting or crushing the end face of a tunnel. Each gage cutter is provided with a gage scraper which includes a first scraper portion for engaging the tunnel end face and a second scraper portion for engaging the cylindrical tunnel wall to clear protruding formation particles from the path of the gage cutter. A resilient mounting means resiliently biases the first and second scraper portions against their respective tunnel surfaces to provide substantially continuous contact therewith as the scraper portions become worn, and to permit retraction of the scraper portions if they encounter a formation particle which they cannot remove. A guide plate prevents movement of the resiliently mounted scraper portions toward the gage cutters in the direction of travel of the gage cutters around the tunnel end face to permit mounting the scraper portions on gage saddles immediately adjacent the gage cutters. Intersecting edge portions of the guide plate form fixed scrapers for further protection of the gage cutters.