Arizona republican., 1908-02-10
MONDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 10 1908

tlpiIouS pdiilNS ldyS DttWrtH btlt iline and the road. The proper road turns to the left after crossing the canal bridge, or d still better one crosses the canal a half mile or a mile far ther west. It was the intention of Mir. Thayer to be at the bridge and give directions, or to have Mir HamliG there he being expected Tn Saturday night. But Mir. Hamlin failed to arr rive and Mir. Thayer was so long get ting the crowd started tbat the head of the procession reached the bridge ahead of him-and kept going. He had never been over that road but had been told that 1t was all right except perhaps a| little farther. so he made no effort to stop the others follow ing, and kept on himself. When it was seen the mine was getting the go-b. the caravan halted and punched up. then two automobile loads and some others turned back while one auto and the rest of the crowd pike5 on across country, each vehicle mak- ing it's own crossing over New river wash. The autos started last and were home first, but they did not go so far.
 T lit tdNt' lS llgA dlNdNS lO lilt SMlll nor the battle to the strong.
 Arrived at the mine. everybody was cordially welcomed by Superintendent George Hamlin, who placed the whole works. including the cook house, at the service of the guests. The first thing was dinner and the way the cook threw hash was superIative. equaled only by the scientific manner in which 1t was slowed away under fifty or sixty belts. After dinner the whole party tucked under ground like a swarm of red ants on hot summer day. Two at a time they were shot down the incline in the steel bucket of the skip and dumped out on the 30O-foot station whence they made their way several hundred feet in the drift .and up into the stoping cham bers. where each man grabbed a pick and broke off a gold speckled pocket piece from the 10-foot breast of oxide ore which was being exploited by the horny y-handed miners. They wandered all through the drifts and tunnels. fin ally emerging to the surface after their curiosity had been satisfied. The next thing was an inspection of the mill which is a Lane roller plant operated only about One-third of the time by reason of a shortage of water. They were shown the workings of the mill which was then in action, the dressing of the plates and the various details Of the plant. by Superintendent Ham lin. So satisfactory was this chalk talk" that Mir Hamlin was given three cheers and a tiger and forced into the front rank where his photograph was taken.
 Mir. Thayer had by this time begun tO feel the moving of the spirit and he called his fellow business men around him for a heart to heart talk He told them how this little plant had been pouring from $500 to S2500 a month in new gold into Phoenix for the East couple of years. Then he pointed out the lamentable fact that not one business man in a hundred in Phoenix even knew where the mine was or what it was doing until yes terday; that had sthey known of it and given it the right kind of encour- agement by word of mouth if no oth- CT way, instead of the little plant now in operation that produces barely enough Co pay expenses and neces- sary development. there would be a larger plant now in operation. He still further pointed out that if the company had been able to raise the money for developing a little larger water supply the same old mill would be running constantly and bringing in at least three times as much gold as now. lt was not a stock selling eX- petition Mir. Thayer had nothing to sell. He merely wanted to enthuse the business men of Phoenix to help let the world know what is going on. so people who have money to invest can find out the truth when they make inquiry about the Relief and not get the short and curt reply. q don't kHOw anything about it." Enthusiasm was what he wanted and Mir. Thayer land ed the goods. He was immediately put in the class with P. Henry and II. Clay and D. Webster and Bill Bryan as a quick action orator who gets TO- suits while he waits
 Seriously it was very much of a revelation to almost every man pres ent. It is not the biggest mine in the world nor is that claim made for it but it is the only one in this county that pays taxes on a bullion product and has more undisturbed ore in sight than it had when it began operations. It is not the magnitude of the mine that was impressed. though it was self evident that it was big enough. but
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