New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-03

Africa. Alaska and some - ia" Rocky Mountain
mining camps. beduciing Tho actual cost - lIv-
ing. cmployc u the Calumet and iI"cla Is
better r"nun"rat"d f'r his Labor than tn" work
man At any uth"r min" on ia" cioh" Another
Sl.U"Wo year IN proiits might hc squeezed
out - the employees. and still leave their wages
aboy. the aV"rdg" level. but there ~ no dispO-
s,'ion t. DO so.
Tn" sums PAID 2. labor and the annual divi-
bends are about equal There are =. ii2 share
. holders by IA" latest Official report. who d.
vid" between them NiObpobp annually an aE-
rraCc II ~ -, for each sharch ldcr Their" ar"
4 number % singl" shareholders who have mil
lions invested ~ The stock ~ this on" mine.
while there AT" hundreds who have hut single
shar" or two MANY 81 the employees ~ tn" mine
have Sysi"ilatIcally invested their savings in
the shares II the property for years. and
through tho steady appreciation % thu stock
and thr enormous d!sii"nds returned. hhN"
grown ind PENDENT on" man who b gan twenty
five years az" as a surfar" lahor"r ~ tn mine
Just over from Germany and without dollar
other than earned with his hands now Owl rs
over i've huuii'l shares worth more than 500.
UiU Every dollar saved was invested every
dividend pad h.W was made 10 buy more stock
Th,r. AZ" scores II old employees worth from
$lOVuO 10 >.,Uobb each made in the same way
Calumet = whicn ia" Calumet and Il.,la *
tn ccutr" and by far tn" LARGEST uinr has
forty thousand people. and is divided fnr COY
"rnmrnt purposes into two villages Red Jacket
and I.aUriUiu and two toW uships Calumet aud
bscrod. Calumet Is unqucstiouahly hy flr the
largest town In tn" country without cIt; fpIfn
II government. yet IN" propl" prosper without
municipal airs
The stamp mills are four miles from IN" mine
on the shores f Torch Lake. and H." rock from
thu. mine is hauled 10 the mills In ears over a
standard -eaua" railroad well ballast-d.
equipped and manned thu b.st trunk Inn. ia
America. The stamp mills al" tw" in number.
the calumet and ia" Ii"ca. each having eleven
steam stamps. Tn Alaska Trcadwcll mine has
$50 stamps. the Simmer and Jack gold mine.
near Johannesburg. South Africa. has $50 and
is the largest IN tn" world. yet the twenty two
stamps Of IN" Calumet and Iircla could easily
crush all the rock Of both tn" TrcadWrll and
Simmer and Jack mines The gold bearing
qtiartz il crushed 10y gravity stamps while the
c"iglomcratc carry ing the copper is pulvcriZ,d
by Ball stamps. where an eighteen inch piston
Is propelled 10y steam AT high pressure to strike
blows which make the earth culver for a quarter
~ mile about the mills.
The process Of extracting the copper from
th" rock Is simple IN principle. but amid the
acres II jig. Vdnncrs and slime tables the be-
holder is NOR" apt to acquire "A headache. i'm
striving Ia grasp the immensely of the enter
pris" than a clear idea Of how IL Is done The
rock. which has already passed through crush
crs at the shafts, is fed into hoppcrs which de-
liver it under the stamp. From the mortar box
where il is crushed by the steam stamp the
rock passes through jgs and vannng machines
where an eyer continuous but gentle notion
assisted by !nrumeraLle sprays Of water. sepa-