Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-10
HE GOT IN TRAINING.
BUT THE FIGHT FOR WHICH HE
AcHED NEVER OCCURRED.

AcHED NEVER OCCURRED.
The Mean Trick by which . Mine
''Jigger" Was Induced by one of
His Employers to Do Two Men.
Work Till the Ore Petered Qat.
During the second boom of the zinc
mining industry in what is known as
The Joplin district of southwest Mis-
souri,. which occurred about 1885, n
young man of ST. Louis by the name of
Daniel Taylor was one of the owners
of mine in the district which claimed
distinction chiefly because Of its name
of THE Great American Bull Pup" A
snow white, full blooded bull terrier
kept chained i'll the pump house was.
!, one OF the employees of the mine. and
his name figured OIL the payroll every
/! week. Young Taylor was the son Of
! George Taylor, eS-mayor of ST. Louis.
He enjoyed an income of some $4,000
j year. Dan Taylor had Just conc
from college when he became Dartner
in The Great American Bull Pup. He
was an athlete, hard as nails, with s
good understanding of the .'manly art
OF self defense" The mine superin-
tendcnt had been complaining because
of lack of "jigs' with which to sona-
rate ore and had represented to Ta5 io.-
the necessity of at least one more ..,ig
and competent bigger"
why" answered Taylor, 'sjust look
at that big, husky chap out there ON
the end jig. He's loafing. That man
could easily clean up twice as much
ore. What's more, I'll make him do It.
jig, he it understood, is composed
of two boxes. a spring board and han
die. First, there is large box filled
with water. A smaller box with an
open top and fitted with grating at
the bottom is suspended over the big
box at the end Of a long pole or handle.
This handle rests on IL cross bar higher
than and a little to the rear of the big
box. When the handle is lowered, the
smaller box, filled with crushed ore.
rocks and mud, is lowered into the lar
ger box and submerged in water. Tho
business end of the handle is graspea
by the jigger man, who stands on a
ophAAS5 OOuAus III uOluS Ills uG0QS
above his head at arms length and per-
fectly rigid. AS he teeters on the
spring board the box filled with ore
works up and down in the water in the
tank. The ore, being heavy, sinks to
the bottom of the smaller box, while
the mud goes through the grating at
the bottom. and the rock chips come to
the top. BY shoveling out the useles.
rock chips from time to time only,
cleaned ore is finally left in the Jig box.
A jig box will contain many hundred
pounds weight, and to operate one re-
quires IN abundance of muscle and
good wind
Jim Stuart, the Jig man pointed out
by Taylor, was a "scrapper" of local
fame, with an ambition to spread his
reputation. He and young Taylor
were about Of weight. Taylor steL
ped up to Stuart and talked boxing and
prizefighting to him. Stuart became in
terested, and then Taylor casually re-
marked that he had won the college
lightweight championship and had tax
en- finishing course from a welt
known professor" in st. Louis.
I'D like to fight or to spar with you
said Stuart.
"All right" replied Taylor. "We'li
have little go some day. I'm pretty
rough sometimes. and you want to get
into good condition"
"Well say" exclaimed the indignant
Stuart, "you fine haired city chaps
make me tired! Condition! Just feel
those muscles" And the Jig man held
out his right arm.
Taylor felt the arm critically. Iand
hard as iron-nearly. There
doubt about 1t, Stuart was as .
he would ever be.
Pretty fair" said Taylor "But yoL
will have to exercise little for few
days to get In the best Of shape, and
then Ill take you on. You've got big
muscles, but they're just little SOFT
Taylor walked away. Stuart looked
after him angrily, thought better of it
and went to work with savage earnest
ness. For three weeks Stuart worked
ut that Jig "gittin his muscle up" as
never nan worked at a jig before. Ev-
cry few days Taylor would drop
around with sweater up to his chin.
When he came in sight around tse
bend, 100 yards from the jighouse, ne
would break into a jog trot. Stuart
thought Taylor was out "hittin up his
wind" and that he had been runnius.
the three miles between the town ana
the mine. Taylor put off the fight from
day to day With various excuses, and
all the time poor Stuart was plugging
away at the jig box for dear life. How
long it would have lasted is a question.
but after about three weeks, during.
which Stuart did two mems WORT the
ore in the mine 'petered out"
The Great American Bull Pup closed
down, aud Taylor returned to st. Louis
without ever having had that little
go with Jim Stuart. Jim believes to
this day that Taylor was afraid OF him,
but Taylor only chuckles when remind
ed of it and says:
well. we didn't have to hire an ex-
ira jig hand, did we?'-New York Mais
and Express.
She Doubled. x
a gentleman took his little daughter