The daily tribune., 1905-01-04

hone town where he hes lived and
DEALT for years. aesivs in the th,svs
th>t make for progress. Ao1ess and
unass.ming. gestlemAn ~ all
ttDes. yet Of iron will and nnyieldins
dessruination- Loyal to HE friesds
and parsners. enemies i.s hes none.
Uns~srvina II integrity. dilisess and
viaiians in his busipsss. np,ouQuss-
able BY sdverss circumstances aud
never discourAsed-the master mind
that has broushs success from
small begtnninss whom weaklipes
would have given up in despair.
fce times thsrs were whom shinss
were BOT % full Of promise fo- this
company and some there must have
been who doubted IL mach vould
% accomplished. Fortunately for
every stock holder IL was that . man
Of Mr.. harpel,'s character and met.
tie was Ut the helm. and we'll may
they be glad today when they look
back from smooth sailing to the
breakers that threatened them
Mr.. Harpel bought into this com.
paDy ten or twelve years ago and soon
after organized the COMPANY. They
bes An work in earnest at once aud it
has awlays been on the CO. operative
plan which has proven . marked suo-
cess. 1t IL . remarkable thing TO
keep entirely out Of debt all these
years and 1t the same time accomplish
70 much. 1t 10 . remarkable thing
to handle 70 many men and to raise 20
much money and Keep the respect and
good will of all, but shen in many
ways Mr.. HArpel 10 . remarkable
Fan.
Their plan Of work for ever pre-.
vents azy Of the labor troubles which
20 otter and 20 recently Affected the
mining interests o. the state. Uuder
their methods each man, whether
stockholder, miner or lAborer, gets
mis- just share whether 1t be much or
little and 1t 10 largely due to this fact
and to Mr.. HArpel's foresight In plAc.
ing tho company on this plan, that
they have been. 20 successful. Upon
this subject . mining engineering ex-
pert said recently: "AmonR the most
valuable possession Of the company is
its organization and plan. The men
working ON the development Of the
property are stockholders. receiving
portion or all of their wages in
stock. Little wonder that the
strike situation In the year 1904 had
no interest for tthem. Every man
il working for his own interest. A
share OF the treasures Of nature,
won BY his toll. are his. 1t Is
worth long journey to nee these hap.
py contented men working like
beavers No lope need fear Of his
holdings in this company being
jeopArdized by the lauentable differ.
ences between capital and labor for
here every laborer is . oapitslist. ="
But no company can Go . success no
matter how well managed unless 1t
has the ore. And In this respect
they have been remarkably fortunate.
They own under patent from the
government aud otherwise, . vast
tract Of land which 10 rich in proven
value. Thousands Of tons Of ore are
mined SD in the cribs and hundreds
Of thousands more are in sight in the
various mines. Tunnels run In every
direction and 1t 10 proven beyond .
doubt by every method known to the
mining world. while new veins are
unexpectedly found ~ the work goes
on. On Dec 2Ist, while excavating
for the new boiler room at the ccnceu-
sratng plant, . body Of ore was un-
covered which carries copper. lead and
silver. the value and extent of which
mas not yet been accurately ascer-
tained. but will add materially to their
holdings.