New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-03
THE PASSING THRoNG.

William s CrOuch, who registers from Tacoma,
wash. is staying at the Grand Hotel. The subject
OF heroic action in the presence OF
1ANE ARM disaster being under discussion In
10 SAVE the hotel lobby few days ago Mr.
FRIENDS. Cronch contributed the details OF al
incident that came under his OBJ
servaton. 1T was about three years ago." said hs
'hat three men were engaged in sinking shaft On
mining claim in district north OF Spokane. Two
men were at the bottom Of the shaft willis tia
ehlrd was at the windIass used to hoist the ora
Inc wtndlass man had turned the crank until the
bucket weighing with it's contents. go pounds. had
come above the opening, and while he about to
swing 1t out to the surface the windass crank
handle broke and in an instant the bucket was
started downward with seeming promise OF certain
oeath to his two trUstfu PARTNERS the bottom
OF the shaft. But the at the windlass threw
tne brake. a crude device intended to arrest the
1t snapped and broHe9i1 had failed. and at ths
S Sb instant when the the bottom OF the
SaS4.t must nave felt spectre Of approaching
tsa'h near enough to whisper their mortal sentence
me man at the windlass thrust his fist into the
anaed their revolutions He willing give his
ne red TO the heartess teeth inch by inch. until
ne mad thrust his shoulder against the biting iron
me closing scene OF the heroic drama, and In tones
6lssding wreeEsse Of arm and shattered shoui.
his words to the seifforse funess Of his heroisn IN
action. the miner answered: oh. that's all right IL
ana such is sample OF some Of the men to be met
Sow Sow and then in the humble walks Of Western life
some nave achieved less whose praises have bean
sounded long and loud"
Abraham C. Bird. of Chicago. who controls xns
traffic on the Gould lines of railroad. was at the
Holland House few days ago. and
PROMOTION in the course Of conversation
FOR THE the essential qualifications for sf-
"lS-ERS." fective and acceptable service In
the various departments OF rail-
road work Mr.. Bird said: II reminded OF q
hardheaded Scotch superintendent who was once
my super!o railroad which I was
plOyed. He was discussing with the propriety OF
and he said: We cannot afford TO advance men
merely because they have been long time with
the company and have made creditabIe record
In The positions they ocGupy, nor will 1t De wise
are full OF promise and likelihood OF satisfactory
tent to do the thing required to be done without
a course OF training and season OF experiment.
..goin- - to.be-ers What we aust have are tho
Colonel irwin Z. Rockwell who was for many
years a Chicago manufacturer. has shifted bis
base OF operations to Idaho. Hs
TELLS OF went TO the Wood River Valley a
MINING couple OF years ago to look after
IN IDAHO. mining interests and Is now
OF the chief owners OF tha
Minnie Moore mine Bellevue near Haley.
Colonel Rockwell was IN the city for several days
recently and. being asked to tell OF the develop
1nents OF the property he said: Nearly 100000
was lost and for a full dozen years it had been
filed with water. had 4 stock interest in the en-
terprise and II was proposed TO get the water out
Of the property and resume operations To protect
my interests I obtained larger holding, and go
Ing on the ground. personally prosecuted the work
until the g03-foot level was reached Then We
proceeded on the theory that not all the value had
been taken out by our predecessors, but that a
fault had been encountered, and that the VEN
should be recoverable. The former owners haq
drtfted through the fOOtwau in search Tor ths
lost vein. and after expendi1g $4,000. abandoned
the workings. We took a different course and
made q CrOSscut through the hanging walk ana
when we had gone 1S5 feet We struck the vein, ana
Nv fulIowiu., IL on aEticl1ne We were Within
sixty feet OF the Slopes out of which the former
owners had taken rich values Inc DooleS OF
ore now uncovered by development worA snow
q vein averaging about sixteen feet wide, and az
bulges from thirty forty feet. shipments nave
been made that yielded IS per cent lead and -
ounces of silver 10 the ton. The average results
for the months of October. November and DeceIn-
Der have shown value for first class ore OF SlUS
tons and SO for second class The net prOdr artsr
deducting operating expenses - now about S1.HO
q day. and the ore blocked out - IalFIy worth e.
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