, 1899-12-07
Dollars Sin sight"-That is the
amount Of ore now in the
Rudefeha shaft-A rich
prospect ahead of the
famous copper
mine.
A A LOAD OF r
Moved every day-A string of teams
from the Mine to the railroad-A
pay roll Of $4,000 per month.

eve have a million dollars
worth of ore in sight now," re-
marked Hon. l. q. Miller, treasur-
err of the Rudefeha Mining Com
pany recently, in conversion
concerning the present condition
of the famous Rudefrha mine
which his company is now work.
ing. Mr. Miller had just been up
to the company's works and spoke
from a personal knowledge and
after n critical examination of the
mine at the present time.
The company constructed a
road through the green timber
last summer, from the edge of
the timber, near north fork of
Spring creek, to the mine.
This road is twelve miles in length
and leads gradually up the side of
the mountain to the top of the
Continental Divide and for "A mile
and a half beyond to the mine,
which is situated on the Pacific
slope. Four horse teams haul the
ore on sleds from the mine to the
transfer, situated at the edge of
the timber, from which place six
hnrcn f..a F,c frnt,ct1rt ~ 10 Snr,
toga and on to Walcott, where it
is loaded on the ears and sent to
the smelter. The distance from
the mine to the railroad is 40
miles and the road is lined with
the company's teams from one
terminus to the other Twenty tons
ofhighgrade ore re moved from
the mineto the railroad every day.
If one will think of this matter for
a moment he will at once under
stand that it takes men and teams
to do the this work. A small
army of men are employed in the
work of mining the ore and haul
ing it to the road.
The scene ut the mine is one
of great activity. Three shifts of
men are employed in the work of
extracting the ore from the mine
and a large number of men are
employed above ground, such as
engineers, clerks, stock tenders,
cooks and roustabouts. The COM
pany has five road stations beside
the one at the mine. First comes
the one at the saw mill, where the
ore teams and saw mill operatives
get their meals. The next is the
Transfer, where the work of the
sled teams end and the ore is
taken up by the wagon teams
Here all the men and teams re-
main over night and here all the
freight for the mine is taken on
by the sled teams and transported
to the mine on their return
trips. This is quite an i'm
portant station aud buildings for
the accommodation of the men
and horses, as well as for the
storage of supplies, have been
constructed. Saratoga is the next
relay station. At this place the
company has leased the large and
commodious stables of Mrs. Cross,
provided with stalls for fifty or
sixty head of horses. Here more
of the company's supplies are
stored, one item of which is a
hundred tons of baled hay. Pass
creek is the next stopping place
where the large stables of c. NJ
Scribner are brought into requisi-
ton for the accommodation of the
company's employees. Walcott,
on the line of the railroad, is the
terminus of company's line. Here
a ware house has been constructed
for the storing of the company''
supplies and is in charge of al
employ who remains here all the
time AS the distance between
Pass creek and Walcott is only
five miles, the ore teams make
the round trip to Walcott anc
back to Pass creek the same day