The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-10-24
THE DREDGER.
~ works Well But Its Checks Don't Seen, ;,
be Much Good

Seem
be Much Good.
Inc "arrens dredge proves a sue
cess as lar as the working of the ma
cnine goes. The Statesman saws.
General G. H. Roberts, general
manager of the Warrens Placer Min
ing Company, and j. B. Hastings,
nave returned from Warrens. Mr..
hastings states the company's plant
Is IN operation but only on a trial run
TO thoroughly test it and ascertain
deficiencies so as to remedy them
during the ensuing winter.
The great dredge proved its capac-
lty in digging channel for itself to
bedrock, on which it now rests. It
can raise $50 yards of the gravel 80
feet in one hour, the shovel holding
Il yards. This is 80 per cent more
than the placer company expected and
20 per cent more than its manufact-
urers, the Marion Steam Shovel Com
pany, guaranteed.
The placer company will build
another ditch during the winter to
meet this increased capacity and
slightly alter the plans of fumes and
sluices. This will enable them to
handle 5000 yards of gravel or more
every "a hours during the season.
The frightful condition of the county
roads, which the company had almost
to rebuild, delayed transportation of
the heavy machinery for six weeks
and postponed till next summer the
maximum results.
-Four men are employed on the
dredge, and two cords of wood is
consumed in handling 1900 yards OF
dirt. All the boulders are lifted by
the shovel and go through the sluces
or over the grizzlies. Three or four
other men may be employed on
bitches and sluices. With these
| figures it can be seen how cheaply
the dirt can be handled 1t will take
the company more than decade to
work the ground W. O. Taylor,
formerly of the Ceur de Alenes, is
superintendent
1t is hoped the venture will prove
Il complete success as much of War
ren's reputation might be damaged by
the failure of the enterprise in a min.
ing way The reputation of the
company is being rapidly damaged il
a financial way. 1t is too bad thai
an enterprise of so much Importance
should be mitigated against by either
the carelessness or dishonesty, we dc
not yet know which it is, of the pro
jectors In getting its plant int
Warrens and into operation, the com
pany has been meeting its expense!
by checks on the Boise Nationa
bank. These have nearly all beer
endorsed by Kelley & Patterson, o
Warrens, and great many of then
have been cashed in Weiser. 1t nov
transpires that the company has n
money in the bank to back up tn
checks and they will not be honored
This of course is causing no end o
trouble and some tall hustling. TIL
checks are being protested right an
left, and if the company does nc
make some quick movements to max
them good, holders will have to ia
back on to Kelley q Patterson. Thi
will fall hard on them, as there
, somewhere in the neighborhood {
, $40, 600 of the paper floating aroun
the country. The friends of til
Warrens merchants will greatly regrt
to see them suffer There should /
} the most stringent laws against me
t in position to gain the confiden'
of a community floating a lot {
f worthless paper without dollar c
: deposit to redeem it, and they shoul
r be socked through in every instanc
! General Roberts has likely been kee
enough to have the dredge machinel
r out of the reach of attachments.
e would hardly be available chattels f
Z that purpose anyway, as no one wou
e want it outside of the company.
can only be hoped the dredge peor
have resources to come to the fro
with the deposit of the cash and de
squarely by the people who have co
fided in them.