Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-26
NEW MILL WILL BE
CONSTRUCTED SOON
sIx-pAY SYSTEM is USED BY OLE
DOMINION
Mlner Operators in orovilIe District
Are Put on the Anxious Seat
by Strong Dredgers'
Union

Work on the construction of the new mill for
the Consolidated Mines company will be
started very soon All of the preliminary
tests have been completed and it has been
found that the values can be extracted and
that without losing a great percentage of the
assay value of the ore and at cost much
less than would be charged by custom mill
smelter.
The new mill will have 100 stamps and each
will be able to crush three tons of ore daily.
All the low grade product of the mine will be
treated at the mill and this means ore that
will assay as high as $50 ton. The high
grade as formerly will be shipped to the
smelters In the meantime the old reliable
mill at the Combination will be kept busy and
It has not yet been determined whether 1t will
be put out of commission or not when the
s0O-ton mill is in operation. At this mill
60 tons a day is being run through and there
is a world of ore in sight on the property
and new bodies are being constantly
opened up.
loaded as fast as they are placed on the side
track and there Is a constant demand Tor more
than the railway company can furnlsh. Inc
ore that is being shipped is running from slVo
to $3.50 ton and the big safety deposit stone
house is being gradually filled with sacks OF
high grade The returns from the shipment
of a hundred tons or so Of this high grade
will help materially TO swell the treasury OF
the Consolidated.
The old Dominion company inaugurated its
new sx-day labor system In its mines. The
new policy of the company will not AFFECT the
smeters except that for the time being ana
until the copper metal situation becomes more
settled but three furnaces Will be operated
This forms the only method of retrenchment 10
meet the present overproduction of copper tnat
will be adopted by the Old Dominion company
and 1t follows the recent visit of DIR. James
Douglas president OF the Phelps-p Dodge conf
pany According to the most reliable authority
there viii be no further curtailing and no
more. men will be laid off by the company.
VIII Adopt Six-Day System
IL is very likely that the six-day system
VIII be adopted by other large mining COM
panies in the district.
The only gold iredger IN Trinity county ls
being dismanted in order to build new and
larger craft one big enough to support the
machinery required.
Payne & Ciary of Santa Rosa have operated
a dredger a mile and half above Trinity
Center for several years, off and on, but they
have found that the boat is too light. They
are now rebuilding on larger scale.
The Dredger Miners union of Orovilie dis
trict is reported to have 1S0 members, and it
is causing some concern to the superntena-
ants and managers. The latter recently held
a meeting TO discuss the situation This meet
ing was not entirely harmonious, the difrer-
ences arising the rate OF pay, certain
managers favoring more liberal policy than
others. -,
II is reported that the men will ask a daily
wage OF SO. 50 for winch men and So a day for
oilers. The winch men must be skilled, as
mistake on their part would mean in many
cases a break that would cost many dollars
to repair to say nothing of loss OF time to q
dredee in which 500. 600 or more has been in
vested, outside of the cost of the land
Many of the dredge companies claim that
their heavy investments Will not permit the
payment OF better wages II operations are to
be carried on with profit.
SO far the relations between the men and
employers have been and are amieaole. as has