Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-06
GOT IN TRAINING.
The Mean Trick by which n Mine
"JIgger" Was Induced by n of
His Employers to Do Two Mems
Work TIL h Ore Petered Out.

During the second boom of the zinc
mining Industry in what Ia known as
the Joplin district of southwest Mis-
souri,, which occurred about 1885, a
young mar CT st. Louis by the name of
Daniel Taylcr was one of the owners
of a 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 In the pump house was
one of the employees of the mine, and
his name figured on the payroll every
week. Young Taylor was the son of
George Taylor, ex-mayor of st. Louis.
He enjoyed al Income of some 100000
a year. Dan Taylor had just come
from college when he became n partner
In The Great American Bull Pup. He
was an athlete. hard as nails. with a
good understanding of the ''manly art
of SELF defense" The mine superin-
tendent had been complaining because
Of a lack of 'jigs" with which to sepa-
rate ore and had represented to Taylor
the necessity Of at least one more zig"
ond n competent bigger"
why" answered Taylor. lust look
at that big, husky chap out there on
the end Jig. He's loaing. That man
could easily clean up twice as much
ore. What's more. I'll make him do It."
A Jig. be 1t understood, is composed
of two boxes. a spring board and a han
die. First. there Is a large box filled
with water. A smaller box with an
open top and fitted with a grating at
the bottom Is suspended over the big
box at the end Of a long pole or handle.
This handle rests on a cross bar higher
than and a little to the rear of the big
box. When the handle is lowered, the
smaller box, filed with crushed ore.
rocks and MD, Is lowered into the lar
ger box and submerged in water. The
business end of the handle is grasped
by the jigger man, who stands on a
spring board. He holds his hands
above his head at arms length and per-
fectly rigid. As he teeters on the
/ spring board the box filed 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 useless
rock chips from time to time only
cleaned ore Is finally left in the Jig box
A Jig box Will contain many hundred
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quires an 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 a weight. Taylor STEP
ped up to Stuart and talked boxing and
prlzefighting to him. Stuart became in
terested. and then Taylor casually re-
marked that he had won the college
lightweight championship and had TAX
en- a finishing course from a well
known professor In st. Louis.
I'D like to fight or to spar with you"
said Stuart.
"All right" replied Taylor. Wei
have n little go some day. I'm pretty
j 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. Ii was
hard as lr%on-nearly. There was no
doubt about 1t, Stuart was as "ft" as
he would ever be.
Pretty fair said Taylor. But you
will have to exercise a little for a few
days to get in the best Of shape, and
then I'll take you on. You've got big
muscles. but they're just a little soft"
Taylor walked away. Stuart looked
after him angrily, thought better of II
and went to work with savage earnest
ness. For three weeks Stuart worked
Mt that Jig ''gittin his muscle up" as
never man worked at a jig before. Ev-
cry few days Taylor would drop
around with a sweater up to his chin.
When he came in sight around the
bend. 100 yards from the jighouse. he
would break into a jog trot. Stuart
thought Taylor was out "hittin up his
wind" and that he had been running
the three miles between the town and
the mine, Taylor put off the fight from
day to day with various Il and
all the time poor Stuart was plugging
away at the Jig box for dear life. How
long it would have lasted is n question
but after about three weeks, during
wnich Stuart did two mems work. the
orr In the mine ''petered out"
The Great American Bull Pup closed
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