The San Francisco call., 1904-02-27
THE RAWHIDE SHUT DOWN.


disturbers to precipitate trouble and the result
is the lockout.
THE RAWHIDE SHUT DOWN.
A local account of the troubles at the
Rawhide mine is as follows:
The strike of miners the Rawhide and
App mines, owned by w. A Nevills. has prac-
tically tied up business jamestown and is
very likely to result in boodshed. The strike
at the app has been on for several months
but IL only last Wednesday that the min
ers walked out at the Rawhide. Nearly all
the strikers Austrians and only few of
them understand English.
The strikers are armed and they have posted
pickets to prevent Captain Neyills taking men
to the mine to- take their places.
Last Friday NeviIs took eight men through
stockton to work in the Rawhide. The strik-
town and turned them back. The strikers are
said to be unreasonable and In dangerous
temper. Captain Nevills is a fighter and Is
help.
The Rawhide mine is within the Jurisdiction
Of the jamestown Union, under whose aus
pices the strike Is being conducted. II was
declared for the purpose of securing an in
crease In the daily wages paid engineers min
tofore paid at the Rawhide has been as fol-
lows Engineers 50; miners, 81 10; muckers.
81 %. The demand is for an increase OF %
cents Der day for each class Of workers. An
increase is also asked for other surface en-
, ployes.
Captain W. A. Nevills, the owner Of the
Rawhide, has been having trouble with the
the App mine at Quartz. which has been prac-
tically closed down for the past year owing
to the fact that the captain would not accept
the scale of wages adopted by the union and
accepted by other mine owners Of that sec
ton. few weeks ago an attempt to open
the App with non-union miners failed. A week
ago Saturday the mine started up with a lin
tied force without any regard being paid to
the present no interference with its operations
has been reported
The Union-Democrat, published at
Sonora, says of the mining situation as
it now appears:
The recent rainstorrns and the heavy fall
Of snow in the mountains indicate that the
operations being carried on until late into
the fall. The only thing affecting the mining
interests OF the county at present is the un-
settled condition of labor troubles, but II is
anticipated that many weeks have passed
all the differences existing will be adjusted
operation and producing heavily in bullion.
INSTRUCTS MINERS.
The California Debris Commission
has issued instructions to the owners
and operators of hydraulic mines In
this State. While there is little really
new in the notices that have been sent
out, there is a part of the instructions
that has present interest. The hy-
draulic miners are notified that Ill
censes or permission to mine will not
be given unless the requirements of
the commission are complied with in
reference to the eEection of suitable
restraining barriers or dams. Lii
censes, when granted, will be suspend
ed for failure to properly maintain
such barriers or dams or for failure
to make the reports and furnish the
information asked for by the commits
sion. Any dam built before the In
structions are received from the Of
fee Of the commission must be con-
sidered to be erected at the risk of
the parties doing the work. The more
essential parts of the instructions are
as follows:
When mining has been begun under a
license report every month must be sub
mitted one of the blank forms furnished
for this purpose by the commission. In case
of any accident to restraining dam Affecting
it's efficiency mining must Immediately cease
and the commission must be promptly notified
When a dam becomes full of debris 1t should
be raised and the permission Of the COM
mission must be obtained to raise dams. and
the work when completed must be inspected
and approved by the commission before MN
ing may be resumed. Dams must be kept
water-tight and pool at least two feet deep
each dam while mining Is in progress Leaks
must be promptly checked.
The Marysville Democrat gives de-
tails concerning two large new gold
mining dredges to be put on the Hal
lett place, ten miles east of Marys-
Vile, for the Harmon Company, as
follows:
The machinery and all except about hun
dred tons of the material is on the ground at
the site of the dredges. Wednesday night
twenty-five carpenters in the employ of the
construction company came to Marysville and
they went to the Hallett place to commence
work. Some of the had been employed
in other places IN constructing dredges, and
others came from San Francisco but all of
them familiar with the work to be done
here. These twenty-five and the force at work
prior to their coming will make a total OF
about sixty men. who will push the work as
rapidly as can be and handle 1t to advantage.
The excavation where the two dredges to
be constructed is 500 feet in length and about
200 feet in width. with depth sufficient TO
float them when finished At present three
large pumps are being run by steam power to
keep the water from the excavation while the
foundation is being laid.
RECENT OPERATIONS.