Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-17
MODEL COAL CAMP
At DAWSON
Mr.. Beaver Of This City Gives
Glowing Account Of Colfax
County Mining Town Where
He Has Just Been.

\ glowing account OF tn" progress
aud advancement, ct the little mining
town of Dawson ~ given by John :.
li.ascni VINO has recently retained
from "A business trip to- that interest
ing city
Mr.. Bcaycn was met at the station
on his arrival by T. VI. D'lirion. thp
general manager ot the mines, who
took him over the city ia an automo-
bile and afterwards conducted him
through She minoa on % tour of IN
specu ton.
The town. which Be- supported EN-
tircly hy the coal mining Industry, H.
an cntcrprising. up-to.dafc little city.
with practically all tho convenience
that aro to Doe found in the most al
Vhnred communities, regardless of
population An excellent electric
lighting system muk,s The streets gut
and attractive u; night. while the
health ol tho oitizcms Is protected by
as complete system OF sewerage as
can be- found in cities %! many tmpa
the population.
Tn mines az Dawson are owned
by single corporation. of which the
bholps-Dpdgc COMPANY is the con-
trolling factor, Nor, than SiUO.Unu a.
month Is discussed IN wages aud sal
aries nr $500 Tor cyerS man. woman
ana child la Dawson. TIA, numbrr
of VmpnY,s of all CLASSES ou Tia, pay
roll amounts t. more thah 900.
The mines nave AN output pt pres
cnt of 5,pOr tons OF coat daily. and
there ar, IN operation $40 coke owens
which produce l.0Oo tons ot cox. pen
DAY IN especially high grade OF
fancy lump coal ~ produced AT tines
mines which Is said 10 be second to
meme iu tho country.
But rs la the care taken Tor ut'
s,tf"t ANA comfort of it, employ
and ia vs. reputation az model roul
camp that the COMPANY takes th,
greatest pride. Every safety device
of ~" latest ami most approved stNl.
is iu use for tho prut,ction a. ths
miners. and "a station rs maintained
where men are specially trained hr
exports In the W., ot these safety ape
uliancrs. >" that 1t rs hardly bolicN-
abb" that any catastrophe could tik
place of the sort that has darhtacd
tn. records of SO many miuCs ia uthc
parts ot The country, There are 800
buildings In bawaon, al owned hy
thu company. aud these are fitted
with IN. most modern convenience,
such as electric lights. steam h,at,
baths AMI ali the other things that
go 20 make hume life cumfortabi.
Norih, the man who cannot be cone
tented with lic ~ Dawson b. hard .,
please
Five thousand tons of coal ate
nun.d q day nj Dawson. ana a thou
sand tons of coke are produced boz
tween the rising ANA tho setting al
III" sun Five million dollars are in
vested In the industry. Five hundred
ana seventy coke ovens. most of them
OF the latest pattern. az" being OBJ
Grated. The best grade OF domcsli
and furnace coke ~ made. Siaok,
and gas created by the process are
used TO generate electricity for pro-
polling machinery
The company ~ erecting % steel
trcsile loco feet IN span across the
Ncrmillu valley. \ new solid steel
upple Is being built Among tho inn
provcmcnts recently undertaken are
three truck scales. each % feet long
The small humps of coat and Stag
are thoroughly washed The lntt q So
employed in the manufacture of cnkr.
Some of thg best fancy lump coal II
the world comes from the Dawson
mines.