The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-19
MODEL MINING CAMP IN UTAH DESCRIBED
Publication AbOu tn TOHn Newhou

4 IN the shape OF 4 Maltese cross, with a
wide veranda filed with porch chairs
/ and seats along the front. AS one en-
/ tcrG he finds himself in the card room,
with the office at the left. The card
room takes up tho center and east limb
| OF the cross. At tho back is g. large
brick fireplace. on each side or which
! is Q door to the barroom in the west
limb. The reading room IS in the north
! limb. It is q comfortable room with
! large reading table. book shelves, writ
/ inc desk. daVenpOrts easy and Morris
chairs and has brick fireplace similar
( 10 the one in the card room. IL iS sup
( piled with the leading dailieg from the
/ intermOuntain region and the coast and
/ Denvs.'. and the principal weekly and
monthly magazines.
Opposite the reading room, in the
south limb of the cross, is the billiard
room also with its large fireplace. Here
arc billiard and pool tables, with all
OF the apparatus for various ganlel of
Poo. Two smaller pOrcheS arc at the
reaf, one on each side of the barroom,
accessible from it and from the reading
and billiard rooms. The bar is up TO
date in every respect and in charge OF
Q competent bartender. Here one can
buy the best OF liquors and at prices
Ia? below those usually charged in min
inE camps and, in fact in most western
Citiec. Sobriety is strictly enjoined on
all members, ana in order 10 do away
witl the most prolific cause OF intox-
ication the club has adopted 9 mo
/ treating rule" which forbida any menu
be- 10 pay for drink for another.
The amount Of the stakes for which
any game may be played is also limited
by rule OF the board of directora to such
trif1inG amount as to prevent any
great sum OF money from changing
hands.
For all Of the privileges OF the club
employees Of the company pay an in
itiation fee Of so cents and monthly
dues Of p cents. Government is in tie
hands OF q board of seven directors.
elected annually by the members.
Membership IL, OF course, entirely vol
untary. but very few o. the employees
have failed to avail themselves of the
privilege, and their appreciation OF the
club Is shown by the liberia! patronage
that it receives in every part OF it.
Cottages Rent Cheap.
The cottages are all built on tho same
general plan. most Of them containing
three rooms, the smalles: Of which is
l1Xllla feet. They are well lighted and
conveniently arranged. There are
ample provisions for heating: each
kitchen has hot and cold water and &C.
intlleu cclllls tdtll DcuIOOll ld6 IL
roomy closet and shower bath, and the
entire house IL wired for electric lights.
Such three-rOOm cottage rents for
$40 a month, which includes water and
lighl.
The mine is located about one and
half miles distant from the town. with
which il is connected by n standard
gauge railroad. 4 Shay engine trans
ports the ore and supplies. and. twice
day, takes the men TO their work III
a passenger coach.
The mill site adjoins the town. The
mill is OF 500 tons daily capacity, built
OF structural steel and equipped for so
thoroughly working the ore that 90 to
81 per cent of the values are said 10
be saved.
The electric power used in the mill
ana for lighting the streets and build
ingg IL generated by Westinghouse
steam turbines, the only ones in use
west Of the Missouri river.
Before the present company oh
tanned control the mine was operated
by q French syndicate, which proved
financial failure. because water could
not be obtained in sufficient quantities
to mill the ore, To overcome this diff
Guilty the Newhouse Mines & SHELTERS
purchased the ranch at Wah Wah