The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-02-15

/ Not long ago a couple of mining
men, both strangers to each other,
met in the reading room of the Wal
ter House, Harley, Idaho. The
conversation turned on the mineral
developments of the West, and
presently one of the men remarked
If you want to see mining on big
scale, just 60 to Southern Utah."
| How big ?" said the other quiet
lily.
"Why, the Big Hole mine that
am connected with has the deepest
shaft and the biggest workings in
the world
| How deep?" said the little man.
You can't measure it, because il
We stopped work long enough to
see how deep the shaft was it would
materially interfere with the bull
lion produced. We dropped line
once and reeled it out until it broke
with its own weight. When boy
falls down that shaft he strikes the
bottom a grandfather"
Must have big pay roll? ?"
I'VE used to send the money
down to the men in cages until the
workmen got so deep that we didn't
get the Winter account settled until
way along in the Spring. So we
started a bank and telegraphed the
money orders. That System saved
US an awful wear and tear on the
cages. The miners live down there
and rear their families. They've
got an underground city bigger'n
Salt Lake, with regular charter
and municipal elections twice a
year. They publish two daily pa
pers and a literary magazine"
Il never heard of the magazine.
said the stranger"
"Of course not, it would be a
year old when it got to you. Be-
sides they hold Il fair every year and
have horse races 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 of that for u mine ?"
| Here the stranger who was Il Cali
fornian, threw his leg carelessly
over the arm of a chair, and light
ing fresh cigar, replied in deep,
earnest tones:
Il don't think much of your
mine. You work too much for
small results. When your mine
plays out you have a lot a machin-
cry on your hands, and where are
you? You mine after primitive
methods, like all new country. 1t
takes experience and head work to
tackle the industry in proper shape.
With your mine you must be on
the ground in person, and have any
amount Of men to look after this or
that department.
"Now, have a bigger mine than
yours. 1t is located in Storey coun-
ty, sor .ewhere in the northern part,
| bell We and l run it up to the
hand e with one or two assistante, y
"How deep might the shaft be ~
asked the other.
1T might be pretty deep if al
lowed the men to rush forward and
overdo the thing, but at present
there is no shaft at ALL"
Hosting works up?"
"No, no hosting works-not if I
know it. You can fool away a good
deal of hard coin on hosting works. "
"How in thunder do YOU run
your mine ~
''On the assessment l.lan, sir.
That's the latest and most improv-
ed method. We have big map of
the mire hung up in the company's
Office made by one oi the most COM
petent artists on the coast. Now,
when we have IL good map of the
lower workings we don't need any
works to speak Of We photograph
the Savage hoistin5s works from the
top of the Nocrnss and Hale trussel
works-an entirely new view--and
call it by our Name in the bullion
brick. keep man in Virginia at
s60a month to superintend the loca-
ton and write weekly letters, and /
stay in my office in San Francisco
and levy the assessments every 60
DAYS : that's as often a. the Irr al
lows. ] am the President, Boa I'd of
Trustees, Secretary. Treasurer and
everything-more especially the
Treasurer. OF course ] draw sala-
ry for all the offices and when get
through drawing salaries turn the
rest over to my agent in Virginia to
paw of the hands. Bv not employ
ing any hands he saves enough to
pay himself. My regular income
from that is $4,000 a wear and
never II pick struck in the ground.
That is what | consider scientific
mining, sir. You get the silver out
of the pockets Of the stockholders
and leave the vast argentiferous and
auriierous deposits in your claim for
your children who can go right
ahead and develop the mine just as
quick as the public quit putting up,
which isn't at all likely TO happen.
As soon as Il man drops OH the game
he dies and the newcomer will have
to learn for themselves. As long as
people are born in Nevada and CAL
ifornia my mine will run like chro-
nonieter clock
But" said the Utah man, my
style of mining, keeps a lot of men
at work"
$50 does mine." quoth the gold
Ell gate chap. Thousands of men
are working night and day to pay
the assessment It keeps the coun-
try as busy as beehive and he
to the telegraph o.iice to
order assessment No. 36.
Weather Proverbs.
"a green winter makes a fat
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