The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-01-13

met IA the reading r,on ~ the walker
House nc salt Lake City- II. II. The
conversation turned Oh The mineral de-
veIopmrntS ~ the West. and presently
one ~ the men remarked:
III ,on want % see mining ga Il big
scale just 20 10 southern Utah.
..liow hig?r said the other quietly,
..Wh,. the Big Hole Mine. that am
connected with. has the deepest shaft
and the biggest workings IA che world
'.Ilov deep" said the little man.
'.lon cant measure II. because II we
stopped work long enough 10 see how
deep the shaft was. il would materially
interfere with the bullion product. We
dropped line once and reeled II out I'M
ill II broke with Is own weight, When
boy falls down that shaft he strikes the
bottom grandfather
Unjust have big payroll.
1--WE used 10 send the money down to
The hands in eases until the workings
got 80 deep that we didn't get the win
ter account settled until way along IN
the spring. So we started bank and
autographed the money orders That
system saved a. an awful wear and tear
On the cages. The miners live down
there and rear their families. They got
an underground city bigger n Salt Lake,
with regular charter and municipal
elections twice year. They publish
two daily papers down there and a liter
airy magazine.
~ never heard u the magazine" said
the stranger.
..Of course not. Il would br year old
when il got to Won. Beside they hold
fair there every year and have horse
racing every Saturday. Finest four-mile
| track IN the world. lit with electric light.
| No mud. no dust. always In the same
condition. Perfect paradise for sports:
| What do YOU think II that for 4 mine?'
Here the stranger. who was Cali
fornian. threw his leg carelessly owe:
the arm 81 chair. and lighting fresh
cigar, replied In 4 deep. earnest tone;
II don't think much Of your mine.
You work too much for small results
4 When your mine plays out you have
I LOT u old machinery on your hands. and
\ where are YOU? You mine after print
Z tive methods. like all new countries. II
4 takes experience and head work 10 tackle
the industry IN the proper shape. With
/ your mine YOU must b. on the ground
\ IN person. and have any amount ~ men
\ IA look after this department or that.
1 Now have bigger mine than yours.
! II is located in Story County. somewhere
| in the northern part. believe. and run
il quite up % the handle with one Or two
assistants
\ How deep might the shaft bc2''
asked the other.
\ II might be pretty deep il allowed
the men IL rush forward and oyer,iO the
thing. but AZ present there i no shaft At
all.
\ Hosting works up?"
No. no hosting works-not Il ]
know Il. You can fool away great
deal q good hard coin On hosting
works.
How in thunder DO you run your
mine?'.
v \. On the assessment plan. sir. That's
the latest and most improved method.
We have big map 81 the mine hung MP
in the company's Office. made BY one Of
the most competent artists on the coast.
Now when We have q good map ~ the
lower workings we don't need any
works to speak a. We photograph the
savage hosting works from the top Of
the Hale x Norcros> trestlework Ian en-
tirely new view and call X by our name.
the bullion Brick. kecpa man in Vir
ginia III <lOOa month 70 ~uperintcnd the
location and write weekly letters. and |
stay IN san Francisco IN my Office On
Pine Street and levy the assessments cv-
cry sixty days that's often = The Law
allows. I'm the President. Board u
Trustees, Secretary. Treasurer and ey-
erything more especially the Treasurer
OF course. draw salary for all the ON
ces. and when get through drawing
salaries I turn the rest over % the agent
in Virginia % pay Of the hands. By not
employing any hands NJ saves enough
70 pay himself My regular income from
! that mine il 500, 900 = year and never 2
pick struck in the ground This l. what
J consider scientific mining sir You
get the silver out 81 the pockets Of the
. stockholders and leave the vast argcn-
. tiferous and auriferous deposits IN Your
claim for your children. who can 20 right
. ahead and develop the mine just a. soon
! a. The public quit putting NJ. which ism I
III All likely 10 happen. A. soon as \
man drops on the game NJ dies. and the
newcomers All have % learn for them
selves. AZ long A. people are being born
in Nevada and California my mine Will
run On Ike a chronpmetrr clock.
y. But. said the Utah man. ''my style
Of mining keeps 4 ~ u men n work
NJ So does mine. quoth The Golden
. Gate chap. \. Thousands u men arc
I working day and night opay the assess
mcnts. II keeps the country e. busy ~
Il beehive. and the speaker sauntercd
into the telegraph Office ~ order assess
, ment No. 81. SAL Lake Tribune.
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