The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-20

and the expense Of operating about
$4,000. The ore is very low grade-the
lowest in the world TO pay such profits
II only averages S2.65 per ton, but
there is so much Of it. and It is handled
in such a wholesale manner. with such
economy, that it runs fast into money.
on the afternoon was taken through
the plant a cleanup was in progress.
4 chunk of gold the size of an ordinary
brick was brought into the Office. The
scales showed that its valuation was a
few cents short of $4,000. There were
seven more in the lot and their total
value was a little over S239 900. Not
long ago an excursion ship called at
Douglas island and swarm Of tour
lists. all eyes and ears. came tTo0ping
ashore. Some repairing was going on
at one of the buildings. and a pile of
old bricks Obstructed the passageWay.
A gold brick was laid carelessly on this
pile and a crowd gathered to await de-
veiopments. What "a funny looking
brick" said one woman. 'See how
yellow and smooth it is" said another.
A man at her elbOw-One of those
cheerful persons who know all about
everything. or if they don't know. al
ways pretend to-volunteered the infOr-
nation that it was the effect of the
weather" He said he had heard a good
deal about il. and the farther north one
went the more yellow and more smooth
the bricks were liable to become. Her
rejoinder would have silenced an or
binary liar, but he pulled out of il beau
tifully. why are not the rest Of them
that way?" she inquired Haven't
been exposed long enough, he replied,
aud she seemed to be satisfied with the
explanation. It is claimed that we have
a talent for something and that man,
with a htJle Tehearsing, would certinly
shine as the steering committee for
personally conducted parties.
on account OF the TreadWell being so
remote from Civiliza ton. It is necessary
TO maintain very extraordinary re-
sources. There is a complete foundry
where any piece Of broken machinery
can be Immediately replaced: a fine as
say Office makes it unnecessary to send
their ore away TO determine it's value;
they maintain a modern hospital to care
for their sick and wounded; SO many
people work in the mine that it sup
ports a United States postoffice Of the
third class; the company store has q
stock of goods in il valued at $4,000;
the stock of iron and steel kept con-
stantly on hand is worth $4,000. and
that of powder, $4,000. The company
store, butcher shop and cook houses are
large departments. because the firm
boards its men.
At present there are 300 men work
ing i'm the Treadwell and the force is
200 hands short. There is such a mix
ture of nationalities that seventeen diff
ferent languages are spoken in the
camp The rule in employing labor is
anybody but a Chinaman.T The unique
feature of the situation is that the SUI
perintendent can only talk to 20 per
cent of his men. To the remainder he
has to make signs, or depend upon in
terpreters, which is always very unsat-
isfactOry. Sometimes an interpreters
head is as hard as a miners when an
attempt is made to force an idea
through it. Besides. there is the incon-
venience OF it. 1t frequently happens
that an interpreter is not al hand when
he is wanted. Suppose in a moment Of
observation-disclosures or otherwise
you wanted TO express your feeling by
calling some one "a blame fool. " or
some other mild form Of expression
common with superintendents Of mines.
and that you had to wait twenty min
utes or a half hour before the official
mouthpiece Of the camp could be To-
Gated and brought TO your assistance.
The chances are five to one that your
wrath would have cooled in the mean
time, and the force of your TeprOOf with
it. There is nothing so effective in the
management of laboring men as the
heart TO heart talks of the boss at crit
zeal moments. but this interpreter bust
ness, with its drawbacks. takes all the