The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-26


Judgment in operating the plant as
there is fully two minutes of wait
at each end for cars. When car Is
loaded the shovel stands idle until |
another comes up. When car is
dumped the siuices and hoisting ma
chinery are idle waiting for another
The shovel should be worked steadily
and without pause and the gravel
should be kept streaming into the
suices. AS the company counts its
expenses 10y the minute and these ex-
penses 90 on when the machinery is
idle and much dirt with no pay in
must be handled, this constant two
minute idleness may just represent
the shortage in returns at the end of
the month which would make a fail
IRE of the enterprise The exact
amount the company can take oV is
hard to learn They claim $500 for
every day the shovel works. If this
is true it would be $500 or $1,000 if
the idleness of the machinery WAS
avoided There were two shifts at
work last month but now there is one
There are now two pay-days due the
men working. VWhen one shift quit
there was not enough money to 90
around and the men who wanted to
continue working were told that if
they wanted to continue they must
let their wages 90 to pay off the
quitters and wait themselves, which
they did The last clean up of "a
seven days run was $2100 Instead
of asking their pay in dust the men
permitted the superintendent, WsO
Tayl lor, to take the bullion and leave
the camp with it. But it is.promised
the men that he will return this week
(about the 17th) and pay Off If the
men have to take chances on bedrock
and to wait for cleanup to get their
pay or not get it, they should call foi
Il "divy" when the dust is taken out
Dust is cash and there are always
chances to take when bullion Is sen
off somewhere and a month to elapst
for the coin to get back. n
Down on the Meadows james
Reardon. superintendent for the bed
rock hume company IN the absence o
Mr. Alexander, is building the franz
work for the hoist preparatory to th
arrival of the machinery now on tn
way. Sluices will he carried from
the hoist, water being pumped t
them from bedrock The compan
is not expecting the present metho
of operation to be the permanent on
but it is more in the nature of a pros
pect, though the ground has alread
demonstrated what it can produce
, They wirl 90 to bedrock and drift
taking the pay ground out in cars an
/ raising to the sluices. The compan
. house has just been put up and me
are at work getting out the timber
which will be needed. The compan
has 400 acres of ground which ca
he made to pay well with a bedroc
flume, but this will require n vel
n costly tunnel over mile long. NJ
Reardon states they will probab
, commence the tunnel next winte
i Mr. Alexander's company has ma'
!, two payments on this ground and o
timers who have held it for years a
ENJOYING the fruits of the deal. 4
- The company represented by Cbl
= Mcintosh, who recently made a de
with Bailey Chamberlain for l
i acres at the upper end of the Mea
=. ows for $50, 600, is considering t
- hest means of working the SAN
,t They will probably have machine
"a here before winter.
IN The camp just now is in conditi
4 to attract an immense amount
10 capital. JWhie there has been
i, cry raised about Florence, Elk Ci
is and other places, and people ha
no been rushing there and men ha
~ been buying mines, Warren is
al camp that has been constantly sci
-. mo out bars Of bullion This f
,.k goes long way with mine operate
7, and the further fact that many
,h the mines are in such shape that p
no chasers can 90 to crushing and TAX
ole bars of gold Immediately, provI'
~. they put mill on, is sure to dl
49,. the capital TO make the camp the
-, in the state A little iudicious,
dertlsing is needed at present. Wv
-, rem could well afford to have
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