Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-01-08

IF you want to see mining on big
| scale go To Mono county"
"Iow hi ~ SAID little ma close
by
.Why, the Big Hole Mine, that | am
connected with, hss the deepest shaft
and the biggest workings in the world. =
How deep said the little nan.
lou can't measure II, because if we
stopped work long enough to see how
deep the shaft was, it would materially
Interfere with bullion product We
| dropped line down once aud reeied
it out until it broke with lis own
weight. When hoy falls down the
shaft, he strikes the bottom grand
| father"
Must have big pay roll?'
| ave used to send The money down
to the hands in cages until the work
ings got SO deep that we didn't get the
winter account settled until way
along in the spring. So we started
bank and telegraph ihe money orders.
That system saved us an awful wear
and tear on the cages. The miners
live down there and rear their families.
They got an underground city biggern
Carson, with regular charter and
municipal elections twice year. They
publish two daily papers and a literary
magazine"
II never heard of the magazine
said the stranger.
| "0f course not, it would be a year
old when it got to you. Besides they
hold fair there annually ana racing
every Saturday. Finest four mile track
in the world, lit with electric light.
No mud, no dust, always 10 the same
condition. Perfect paradise for sports.
What do yon think of that for m,ne?"
Here the stranger, who was Cali
fornian, threw his leg carelessly over
the arm of a char, and lighting cigar,
replied in deep earnest tone:
81 don't think much of your mine.
You work too much for small results
When your NINE plays out you have a
lot OF old truck on your hands, and
where are you9 You mine after prim-
alive methods. like all new countries.
1t takes experience aud head work to
tackle the Industry in the proper shape.
With your mine yon must be on the
ground in person and have any amount
Of men to look after this department or
that Now, | have bigger mine than
yours. 1t is located in Storey county,
somewhere in the northern part | be-
leve, and run itquile up to the han
die with one or two assistants"
"How deep might the shaft be?'
at might be pretty daep if | allowed
the men to rush forward and overdo the
thing, but at present there is no shalt
at all"
"Hoisting works spf'
mo, no hosting works-not if
know it. You can fool away great
deal of good hard coin on hosting
works"
How in thunder do you run your
mineY"
"On the assessment plan, sir. That's
the latest and most improved method
We have big map Of the mine hang
up in the company's office, made by
one OF the most competent artists on
the Coast. Now when we have good
map of the lower workings we don't
need any works to speak IF. We
photograph the Savage hoisting works
from the top of the Hale & Norcross
trostleworks--vsn entirely new view
and call it by our name; the Bullion
Brick. | keep man In virginia at
$50 II mouth to superintend the loca-
tlon nna write weekly letters, and !
stay in Snn Francisco in my Office on
flne street and levy Ire assessment
every &C days; that's rs often as the
law allows. Pm the president, board
OF trustees, secretary, treasurer aud
everything~ymore especially the treas.
urer. or course | draw the salary for
all tho officers, and when | get through
drawing salaries tnra the rest over to
| the agent il Virginia to pay OH the
hands. Ky moi employing any hands
lie saves enough to pay himself My
regular income from the mine is $780,
900 year, and mayer pick stuck il
the ground. THIS is what | consider
scientific mining. sir. You get the
silver out Of the pockets Of the stock
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