The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-03-22

Copperfleld.
March 18th. There being visibly a
furry this morning amongst the en-
plOyees OF the Copperfield Mining 81
Smelling Company your correspond
ent thought best to interview the Man.
ager, in order to learn about the cause.
Mr.. Cain received me with usual
courtesy and replied to my queries as
follows: '"The true cause of the COM
motion is simply that our paymaster,
having gone to the Junction for the
money needed for our payroll on Sat-
urday, did not reach here on Saturday
evening in time to attend to all of the
men, and therefore preferred to delay
all payments until to-day. Although
no men having been employed here UNI
der my individual management ever
lost his pay for an hours or days. work,
the fact, that the employees of the Ver-
mont Copper Mining Company Oate
Smith Ely Presidency lost three and
one half months pay at one time and
two months pay at another time is
good excuse for the men working
themselves up to panic on the slight
est provocatiOn. The money for our
payroll is on the premises and pay
master +. w. Farnham is at present
paying off the miners and will keep at
it until all hands, furnace-men and all
Others included, be paid i'm full" Mr..
Cain then continued: ''The OPINION
having SO far done the fair thing by
the new Company, might just as well
say few words more about what the
people hereabout are so deeply interest,"
ed in. The new Company spent all
of last summer season, as the works
themselves now show, in repairing, re-
modelling and completing the works
here, spending $50, 900 for the purpose
after the purchase money had been
paid to the Receiver. During the win
ter the Company did not consider it to
be in its interest to start up the works
to their full capacity, but good work
was done in the mine under Capt. Il.
w. Barrett, for securing safety in COM
mencing operations, and only SO much
productive work was carried on, as
would cause the skilled labor on, hand
to stay. But all preparations were
made for starting the works in full Ca
pacity as soon as frost would cease
and the snow be off the ground. Min
ing so far has been going on in the up
per half of the mine only, but two
Blake, Duplex pumps, 12x12 with all
appurtenances, have been purchased
and are now on the road to the works
and it is calculated that they will lay
the bottom of the mine dry in about
thirty-two days of operation. Two
carloads of steel rails have also
been purchased and are now on the
road, for doubling all tracks in the
mine and on the surface for the better
carrying on of the larger operation,
and for the better economy in carrying
on the business. The month of May
will find these works in full blast, pro-
ducing copper at a cost which will
leave margin even on panic copper
Prices, although so far there is no fear
of a material and permanent reduction
below the sixteen and one-half cents,
that manufacturers have been paying
up to March LIST. There is an amount
of toughness in the new enterprise for
weathering any kind storm, that the
people hereabouts will have yet to be-
come accustomed to-" Before your
correspondent mailed this letter all the
men had been paid, and if the little
storm did anything, it cleared the at
mosphere and made things look more
cheerful. 1.-THE Easter Sabbath exer.
cises will be observed at the M. E.
church March 24th.-Mr. f. M. f. Ca
Yin spent several days last week in
New York.-Mr. Henry Farnham has
been visiting his friend Max Cain at
Dartmouth.-Mr. Krause the president
of the Mining Co., with skilled ex-
pert, is in town.-Mindie Grant, who
has been visiting friends and relatives,
has returned to her home in Mass
Miss Bessie Nettle has returned to