The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-06
THE WORklIEN.


educational matters among their employ
ecs.
THE wORKIiEN.
The total force of men employed at the
mines alone, at this time is about 500, most
of them being miners. They are divided
into two sections for each mine, one for
day work and one for night work, each sec
ton working ten hours.
Each mine has an overseer, called the
captain of the mine who has charge of all
the work, and is held responsible for the
safety of every thing under his charge.
The entire supervision of the mines, and
all the works at that place are under the di-
rection of Prof. A. Herring, native of
81 80 ---.-- -'.""r.a, go" an accomplished
geologist, mineralogist and engineer, who
took your reporter under his care as soon
as he arrived at the mines and to whom he
is greatly indebted for the kind and gentle.
manly attentions shown him while there
The professor conducted me over the en-
tire lands of the company that have been,
and that have not been developed, and ex-
/ planned in his easy and pleasing way, the
manner in which he conducted his opera
tons and why he made an opening here or
one there, and why this vein would finally
open into that one. All the time as we were
uaversing the ground he would keep hitting
piece of rock, with his cane, at the same
time saying, this is ore, or pointing over to
that ledge, "saying l have made an open
ing there, but did not get it deep enough to
work this winter but snail resume in the
spring" until, in imagination knew, the
whole formation ofthe mountain, and tried
to picture to myself the immense wealth
that laid snugly away, but which will in time
stir around at the call of the powder keg
and drill, ard fually find its way down the
winding railroad and after many transform
atoms turn up on the profit and loss sheet
of the company books.
NEW MINES.
In addition to the mines before described
the company have Il large deposit of ore on
the shore of Lake Champlain about one
mile south of their new blast furnace, but
as the ore contains some sulphur it has not
been developed to very large extent.
At Whitehall theyhavc a large deposit of
hcmatite ore which they worked last season
This ore will prove very valuable to work
in with their magnetic ores.
These however, have not been sufficient
ly developed to judge with any degree OF
accuracy of their extent
VALUE or THE ORE.
The companys, Developments thus far
have been confined to only one spot, and
that one but few acres in extent, and when
we consider the immense riches ofron that
have been taken out from this small space
and think of the vast amounts that lay hid
den in surrounding regions, it is evident that
out of the whole tract ofproperty belonging
to the company, there must be many Other
rich veins and deposits ready for theil
hands.
QUARRY.
In addition TO the iron mines, the com
they take all the limestone that they use
and they have also found traces of copper
on their ground, but as copper does not pa!
as well as iron, they d. not propose to rul
much risk with it
THE MANAGEMENr
The company is managed by board o
five trustees before whom all matters of i'm
portance come, who are as follows;
Gen John Hammond 80. Crown Point.
Thos Hammond .......... Deceased,
Moses Taylor ..........N New York.
Thos Dickson. Scranton Penn
Smith NJ Weed ...-.... Plattsburg.
The president of the company is Ge
John Hammond whose office and residenc
is at Crown Point.
The Treasurer, is Thos Dickson of Scran
ton Penn, his office being at II Canal 81
IS New York.
THE SOLDIERS MONUMENT
do not like to say goodbye the mine
without calling attention to one thing i
= connection with the name of Hammond
and the village of Crown Point, which per
haps, will interest the readers of the GLoDt
We have stated in our first article of thes
letters, that one of the pioneers in the iro
Il works of this town was Mr. f Hammond
father of the present president of the con