The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-04
THE DRUM LUSIMON.
Discussing the Proposition of Sink
ing Below the LOGO.

Discussing the Proposition of Sink
ing Below the 1,60O.
The l1O stamps of the Drum Lummon
mine at Marysville will be silenced
after next Saturday, says the Inter-
Mountain. of Butte, Mont. The so
stamp mill closed down yesterday and
the other 60 stamps will close down
Saturday. A force of about 10 men will
be retained at the mines to thoroughly
prospect them The following extract
from the Mining World and Engineer
inc Record of London, dated Oct. II,
in this connection will be found OF In
terest:
Somewhat painful interest vas given
to the Montana meeting on Wednesday
by the sudden indisposition of Mr.
Rawlinson T. Baylss, who was present
as usual to address it. He has spent
the greater part of the last 10 or L
wears of his life at the extreme altl-
tude' at which the Montana company 6
property is placed. and it is TO be
feared that his health has suffered in
consequence. MI BayliSs has never
referred to this himself, but the sug-
gestion is not incompatible with such
a sudden attack of giddiAesS and faint
ness as that which for about half an
hour completely Frustrated him on
Wednesday last. Mr.. Bayliss will be
the last TO make a point of what he
NAV have suffered in diScharging his
duty TO the company, but his friends
may do il for him. We hope we may
rank ourselves amongst the number OF
them, seeing that we have consistently
supported his policy from the time he
first took charge of the mines. Look
ing back upon those u years, the
shan eholders have had substantial
proofs of the prosperity the manage
ment of Mr.. Bayliss has brought them,
and if a : the moment the mine is under
a cloud, it bids fair to emerge from it
for reasons given not merely by Mr..
Bayliss, but by Mr.. Crowther and Mr..
Phillpotts, who presided. The meeting
was protracted, 9nd reminded one
somewhat of those long discussions
that used to take place about the time
when the present board brought the
company out of tie state of collapse
in which their predecessors left it. But
the point at issue, as Mr. Crowther
very aptly put it, was 'this-shall we
sink below the 1000 foot level or shall
we not? DR.. Wigglesworth, a medical
gentleman. residing in the north, is of
opinion that this should be done, whilst
those who think otherwise are experts
ike NJ. John Darlington, Professor
Clayton, Mr.. Nelson, Dr.. Rossiter Ray
mond, Mr.. Bayliss and a number of
other gentlemen OF scarcely lesser
reputation. Now, upon question of
medicine, as Mr.. Crowther said. the
superior knowledge of DR.. Wiggles-
worth would be freely accepted and
acted upon, but or a question of min
ing he is. to say the least. not entitled
to speak with so much weight Indeed,
while the meeting was progressing, the
thought occurred to US how much more
useful DR.. WiggleSworth would have
hppra in f10iniCrPFinO 70 the wants of
Mr.. Bayliss, Frustrated as he was in
the ante-room. than in criticising min
ing development in the presence of
gentlemen whose lives have been de-
voted to it's study. The fact of the
matter is that from the 600 level to the
500 the Montana company has passed
through a barren zone, and now, in