The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-10-16
THE SAVIOR MINES.
An oskaloosa Enterprise is
Proving Successful.

The Ssylor Coal Company men
toned in the following article from
the Des Moines Capital, is the one of
which s. i. Slade and D. B. Fleming,
former Oskaloosa people, are the
principal stockholders and managers.
Their many friends here are glad to
note their success:
6 The Saylor Coal Mining Company
has completed this week the construc-
ton of twenty-five four and Ave room
cottages for the accommodations of
miners, it being the intentionsof the
company to materiallyenlarge the bus
mess at once and increase the capac-
ity of the mine. Areporter for the Cap
ital visited the mining town six miles
north of this city this morning and was
shown about the camp by members of
the firm. The new houses which are
just completed and are for the accom-
mediation of men who will be brought
to Saylor to enlarge the working force
at the mine, are twenty five in number
and the most comfortable cottages,
which have been built by any mining
company in this section this year,
The copany expects within short
time to be able to fill the new homes
with good class of miners, who will
be given steady employment at first
class wages. This provides another
opportunity for minerssto get first class
siteations in one of the best mines in
this section.
The Saylor mine is being worked
hard these days as the company is in
a position to get rid of all the coal it
can mine, and that atvery satisfactory
prices. Saylor camp is located near the
Chicago & Northeastern railway from
which a spur runs down to the mine.
The present capacity of the mine
is 900 to 700 tons per day but it is hoped
when the new miners are secured nat
the capacity will be increased to
at least 1000 tons per day. The COM
pany owns and has leases upon about
900 acres of the best coal land in the
state, and the quality of the coal is
unexcelled. The shaft is242 feet deep,
equipped with the latest modern
machinery with all the lconveniences
required to make the life of a miner
comfortable. State Mine, Inspector
James Miller recently inspected the
mine and gave very satisfactory re-
port.
There are now about 300 men work
ing at the mine all of whom reside 10
the comfortable little homes which
are supplied for them at extremely
moderate rental. The miners do their
trading at the big general store, which
carries complete line of groceries,
dry goods, meats, flour and feed, and
household furnishings, The reporter
was permitted to look at one Iof the
recent mine sheets showing that the
miners are making excellent wages,
and a look into the homes at the.camp
8 enough to convince any one thai
the workers at Saylor mine are in
much better condition than the ma.
jority of the laboring people in the
city, The miners have the best of
everything to eat, and many of them
live as we'll or better than well-to-do
people in the city.
The Saylor mine has been opened up
three years. The company is sound
financially and has a reputation for
having treated its miners right. The
present company has been in charge
since last April. A new electric lighl
plant has been installed which furn
ishes light for the mine shaft andlfor
the big general store. The camp il
pleasantly located and has fine
school:
The Saylor company has been COM
PEELED to increase the capacity of the
mine because of the large increase
in business. The company has been
supplying 800 tons day to the North,
western railway alone and it has be-
come imperative to increase the work
ing force at the mine in order to keep
up with the shipping and local trade.
The new houses have been built
much better than the ordinary miners
home for the reason that the company
is DESTROYS of securing good class OF
miners who will remain with them for
long period of time"
Reechfer sells Wall Papef.