Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-20

lafe ofttimes as many as 500 holes
 drilled into the bottom of the pillar
 Tn order that it shall all be shot away.
 and had been informed that these
 holes were shot simultaneously. "Si-
 multaneously, hah," said MT. Cole.
 Well, maybe you'd better modify that
 and state that they are shot in rota-
 ton during one shift. 1 once had my
 nil of simultaneous shooting. 1 was
 in the Black Hills then, just a young
 fellow started at a mine in the
 blacksmith shop. graduating first to
 the mine as a helper, then on drills,
 and finally Co superintendent While
 l had this position the manager came
 out from the east, and matters were
 going So well he concluded it would
 be better if we had machine drills.
 so he ordered one. It was an oldstyle
 Sullivan steam drill. It was shipped
 on to me and with it were fullest in- sirncti0ns. not only how to set 1t up and run it, bat how to place the holes, and with positive instructions to
 shoot simultaneously l had my ideas
 on how to put in the holes, of course; but followed instructions, and also fol-
 lowed instructions on the shooting proposition. The tunnel was in about l50 feet ] had the little boiler house for the steam drill at the portal of the tunnel. We put in the round of holes as directed in the circular. affixed the fuses, etc, and ] went into the boiler house to touch off tine electricity that would shoot the holes It shot them And the simultaneous shot took out six sets of timbers, tore up the track half the length of the tunnel. knocked me against the further side of the boiler house. and turned that building half way around. But it sure shot the it didn't do it right. either. Since then I've never upheld . the simultaneous shooting idea; and . believe it to be too exciting for the ordinary mining man
 We needed another burro. because Manuel had hired a cook. asked the price and was told SIS. Manuel didn't swear-he don't do those things-but he looked at the fellow as If he wished 10 do something rash. We didn't get his burro. Then I went of to see Q mine: and when ! came back ! noticed . Manuel and the Lady going toward a residence down by tue creek. ! went also, and found them negotiat- ing. The man said the burro he wanted to sell was an extra fine one. and he could not let it go for less than s16. But" said the Lady, we ion't need one that bad; we want one for just s5" The Mexican said he night sell the burro and saddle for SIP But said the Lady again, eve lon't want a saddle; we want a burro. and we will pay S5.' So the man sold
 he bHrro for Sand then he got a ,oupie of dollars too mach.
 One of the miners at the Queen was lut hunting last winter. and killed leer. Standing beside its mother was little one. weighing not more than
 70 pounds. The miner brought it in, md the people in camp adopted and 'aised it. She was too young to eat md was actually raised on the bot le. It is now about half grown, as ane as a kitten. and it doesn't know , where its home is any more than do he people. She will go to one Of the different houses for each meal, and always get it. The children play with [, the miners pet it, and the women owe her. She come and goes as she | will, and during the hot days she learly always spends most Of the time 2 the tunnel When the whistle blows ,he tr1is calmly into the hoist room, 50 feet from the mouth of the tun- rel. and the men there share their ncheon with her. Really, Dodo." as