Arizona republican., 1901-06-17
Mines and Minerals of Arizona !:

sulphur in the ore II IS With difncuity
 lately that the mines are able to meet
 the requirement. in output of this va-
 riety, being much more difficult to mine and far scarcer than the iron ore. It may perhaps be Interesting to fol-
 low the course of daily routine in ham,
 ding these immense properties. The
 men begin going down at GAO a. m. for | the day shift and 5:40 D. m. on the | night shift, which operation occupies | about twenty minutes at the largest | shaft:; the men of the upper levels | going first and continuing thus until l the last level has been manned. Early | | in the morning the manager Of each | shaft goes over the portion of his di- | vision requiring the most immediate
 attention and isoues general orders to
 his shift bosses as to the days work.
 The work of personal supervision is | distributed among from four to six
 shift bosses for each shift as the
 amount of work requires enc car boss
 for each shaft, having charge of the
 handling of the ore. and the rest hav-
 ing direct superintendence of each a given district on one or more levels. These shift bosses start out just after
 the men are on shift and visit each
 man on their routes. issuing orders as
 to the position and setting of the days
 set of tlmbers, and with respect to the
 dii ection and position of the ore bod
 ies which are to be worked. From each
 man who is in prospect ground he
 takes two samples. to be assayed, from
 as many positions in the drift or stope.
 and leaves directions where the noon
 shot is to be set as each man when occasion requires drills his holes so
 that the shots can be fired during the
 noon hour when he is up the shaft And so the boss proceeds with each man, examining the timbors and order : ing alterations. sampling the ore and
 giving suggestions. In regions that
 show up fine ore, or from which several successive assay returns have been the same and satisfac tory, samples are
 taken less often If the ore looks the : aame as that previously sampled The : bosses start out at l D. in., when the day shift again goes on duty, giving each man the returns from hfs morning l assay and directions as to which di- rectlon end which sample pile to work, If either. besides other general direc- 2 tions which may become necessary. This second trip is completed about { | o'clock, when the eight hour men go l off shift. The ten hour men continue until o'clock and are taken in by the shift bosses on a short trip at about l. 4:3O D. m. Of this latter class the number is very small perhaps about 7 % men in the Holbroox shaft. The 5 night shift goes on it D. m.; the day
 bosses report to the shaft superintend- :, ent, and the night bosses take up the . rounds.
 Change day comes every second Sun day, when the men on the day shift
 take the night shift. so that every man , works two weeks in the day and two weeks at night To do this the day 5 shift is required to work double time T while the night shift lays off thirty h six hours.
 Among these men are representatives e of nearly every nation and some who
 never were and never could be miners
 in any nation. Some of the men, par
 ticuiarly the shift bosses, have lived and worked in the same shaft ten years and more ard so have learned the courses. from Ions association. And
 so they must, fer many men of over a years standing in the same shaft lose their way and get lost in places they have traversed a dozen times or more ;, The conditions are very favorable tc z the miner for the most part, as water
 Is not present in troublesome quanti. ' ties. yet enough aboundG 10 soften the U earth, and as a rule render it easily :, worked. Again, the ore lalyera occul II nearly thick enough to allow for tht T requirements of tunnel, giving firm
 sides and ceilings of rock which can bt
 easily braced and timbered. There i. T little sliding of loose earth. Notwith. standing these conditions, the hill ha. U become so honeycorbed by this vast } system of drifts and tunnels that it i, s gradually sinking and twisting, and fal z up the hillside can be seen a cracl -' eighteen inches wide extending acros. the entire whaleback and filled with de - bris and broken rock This has opened II gradually within the last years ant y plainly tells that three or four years ar, Il going to bring trouble in the tim u bering question, which must be me T. by costly means. Already the timber |, below show signs Of the great weigh Il upon them ty being sprung and ever d broken in places
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